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Section NA01 World Tour Start & California Highway 1
Los
Angeles - San Francisco
Estimated
Distance: 520 km / 325 mi.
Planned
Route:
Los Angeles (California) - Santa Barbara - San Luis Obispo -
Monterey - San Jose - San Francisco
Highlights:
World Tour Start, Santa Barbara, California Highway 1, Big Sur,
Point Lobos State Park, Carmel, Monterey Bay, San Francisco, El
Camino Real and the Old Spanish Missions.
This
is the very first leg of the World Tour, on the way to Seattle
(Washington) via San Francisco, to ship out the motorcycle across
the Pacific Ocean to Vladivostok (Russian Far East). The Tour
starts with one of the World's most beautiful roads, the
California Highway 1, which follows the state's wild and rugged
coast from Los Angeles to San Francisco. Highlights include
natural wonders such as Big Sur and Point Lobos State Parks, the
18th century Spanish Missions scattered all along the old
missionary road (El Camino Real), the
charming town of Carmel and nearby Monterey Bay, San Francisco's
cultural life and unique architecture, and a sunset over the San
Francisco Bay and the Golden Gate Bridge.
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Section NA03 Pacific Northwest
Yreka - Seattle
Travelogue
Estimated
Distance: 650 km / 400 mi.
Planned
Route: Yreka (California) - Medford (Oregon) - Portland -
Tacoma (Washington) - Seattle
Highlights:
Oregon landscapes.
From
Seattle the motorcycle will be crated and shipped by sea cargo to
Pusan (South Korea), then Vladivostok (Russia) across the Pacific
Ocean. Seattle is indeed the only port on the US West Coast having
regular cargo connections to Vladivostok. The rider will fly back
to Los Angeles for a couple of weeks prior to flying to
Vladivostok, via South Korea, to get ready to pick up the
motorcycle and start the Asian part of the Tour.
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