I've been travelling for the past week and haven't been able to write up any reader questions, so I thought I'd show a photo or two of California's Marin and Sonoma coastal area, some of the best convertible country on earth. The caveat is that the roads are so bad (one survey has them as the worst in California, if not the United States) that it's not high performance car territory. No, it's best when experienced in an open car, like a Morgan Plus 8, at 35 miles per hour.
The weather makes the coast a perfect place for wearing tweed (a guarantee that it can't be found locally). Much of the year, the temperature is cool. A third of the time it's wet, half of the time it's foggy and half the time it's sunny.
Outdoor activities include hiking, golf, birding, whale watching, horseback riding, and driving from one winery to another with the top open. I'm the guy wearing the flat cap with a cigar in his mouth.
2 comments:
One of my dream cars. It's nice to know that some people actually live as you do. Inspiration for the rest of us!
Chris
EasyAndElegantLife.com
From that angle, that gorgeous Morgan really resembles my (now long gone)1939 Jaguar SS100, except the Jag had 19" wire wheels. I miss that car; I don't miss the 2 MPG nor the tendency of the (apparently) non-alloyed aluminium body to accept embedded handprints when someone would lean on the car. Other than that, the car was a wonder! Windshield folded down and only the small Perspex windscreens showing, with a leather helmet and Girling goggles, what a sight at 120MPH! The huge front fenders would flex slightly at that speed (I now drive a Porsche that totally encloses me and does the 120 in second gear... much faster, not nearly the fun)
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