Hwy 101: A Road Trip

(note: the Golden Gate Bridge has four lanes of traffic suspended 746 feet above the bay. Yellow bumps the size of discarded hats line up to separate the oncoming lane's 55mph from my ongoing 55mph. Taking a photo over the steering wheel is ill-advised. I am a professional.)

And thus it begins: Point 0.0.
This will be a five-day road trip from San Francisco to Seattle, sponsored by Coastal Living Magazine. My mission: to find close to 101 things to do on the 101. So the first thing I do when safely across the Golden Gate is exit from the 101. Highway 1, aka Shoreline Highway, hangs over the coast like a paved goat trail so I assume the Coastal Living editors will prefer this route as opposed to the inland 101. I'll catch up to 101 when it veers back to the shore in a few days (above Mendocino).