Escape From Alcatraz

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A day-trip to San Francisco from Los Angeles is not to recommend. It's a 6 hr drive on the interstate, one way. Sort of a hit-n-run experience. You step on it to make the most out of your day in SF, but still the time just isn't enough. Our Ford Mercury is big and comfortable, more than enough for the three of us. The coastal highway would have been much more scenic, but we just don't have the time, so I-5 it is. It's really not too bad. The valleys leading out to the inland of California are nice. Dry, not very colorful, but very different from the terrain in our homeland. Then all of a sudden the topography changes. Like the flick of a switch the landscape switches to completely flat, plain land. Like a car simulator in an arcade hall. Remember "Out Run"?

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