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I have not been on the road in about 15 years so it will be an adventure. Last time I was on the road was in a lowered bug and we made it OK. I remember mud and dirt in some corners that was a little exciting. I suspect there will be a few rocks to dodge.
The road is paved all the way. I do not think the road will be too bumpy. I hope not because my car is pretty stiff and not fun on bumpy roads.

 

CFMINI,
Thanks for the update on the road and cautions.

 

So far I have received responses from 6 cars. 5 plan to attend and 1 cannot.
Hopefully a few more plan to attend but just did not respond to my email.

 

The San Antonio Mission has a wine tasting event planned for the evening of the day we will be visiting the Mission. The wine tasting event is $35 and is from 4-8 PM. Here is a link to a flyer if any club members are interested in staying at the Mission to attend the event.

http://www.whigmaleerie.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderfiles/2010_evening_in_the_garden_brochure.pdf

 

Thanks for posting the photos.

The Nacimiento-Fergusson Road was much better than I expected.
It was paved all the way. The pavement was good, smooth (a few slighly rough areas), and well maintained with no potholes. Highway 1 was in worse condition than Nacimiento-Fergusson. There were a few small rocks to avoid and tarantulas walking across the road to avoid. Some corners had leaves that would be slick if wet. Everything was dry for our drive. I think there was one or two corners that had a little water running across the road, out of a zillion corners.

We did not catch any cars going our direction until we were on base property where we followed the speed limit anyway. We had about 10 cars and about 50 motorcycles go by the other direction, all going relatively slow. It was a large touring bike group (not sport bikes) just cruising.

There is no center line on the road but the road is about 1 3/4 lanes wide. Wide enough for on-coming cars to pass with a slowdown and a little caution. Thus you do have to drive with a little caution at blind corners.

The rest of our drive was also pretty good. We headed north up Highway 1 from San Luis Obispo. We stopped for lunch at Sabastian's in San Simeon. We had great sandwiches. Drove up Hwy 1 to Nacimiento-Fergussion Rd. The Hwy 1 drive was beautiful but a little slow following other cars. Mission San Antonio De Padua was very interesting and well worth the stop.

All and all a great road and good adventure.

 

Attached is a google map image of Nacimiento-Fergusson Rd from CA-1 (Hwy 1) to Fort Hunter Leggett. It is about 16 miles of very twisty road from Hwy 1 to the edge of Fort Hunter Leggett (right edge of image). It was basically 1st and 2nd gear all the way with many very tight turns. It was like a long Auto-X track.

 

Gordon,
Thanks for the Flickr link.
I really like the Water Mill photo.