Cathy Kearns wrote:
> "Carmen L. Abruzzi" wrote in message
> news:1114399509.428064.245320@g14g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > > You realize 15 year olds cannot legally drive in California.
> >
> > With a learners permit they can. Got to have a licensed adult with
> > them at all times and can't drive after dark.
>
> With my 15.5 year old just home from Driver's ed: to get a learner's
permit
> they need to be 15 and a half, need to have finished 28 hours of
classroom
> training, need to be registered for drivers training with a certified
> driving school to test for the learner's permit. Once they get the
> learner's permit they need to be trained for 6 hours with the
certified
> driving school before being allowed to drive with a licensed adult
over the
> age of 25. So I'm thinking even bringing this up for tourists is
just
> confusing.
My apologies. I'm often misunderstood even in person. Still, I
should hope that, even in the face of the most bizarre recommendations,
that any responsible parent would think more than twice before allowing
their inexperienced offspring to drive a vehicle of any sort in any
locale; especially one unknown to the parent. Perhaps I'm wrong in
this.
That said, I would highly recommend a trip to the redwoods, the best
place convenient to Silicon Valley would be Big Basin Redwoods State
Park. Get yourself to Boulder Creek and take Highway 236 north from
there to park headquarters. Take the kilometer-long Redwood Trail with
its accompanying brochure to learn a bit about the redwood forest.
Then head north along the Skyline to the Sea Trail or the North Escape
Road (parallel trail and paved road) to the Maddock Cabin site and then
further till you reach the kiosk. Wonderful redwood hike.
That's just for starters. SttS Trail in the other direction goes over
a highish ridge to a waterfall then down to the ocean or... hey, google
it.
>
> >
> > > And good luck
> > > finding any rental company willing to put anyone under 18 on the
> > driver's
> > > list.
> >
> > You have a point there.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, if he is an avid cyclist, rent him a good bike
and
> > he can
> > > ride up La Honda and out to the ocean. If you ask at the local
> > bicycle
> > > shops you may even find an organized ride he can join.
> >
> > Much healthier.
> >
> > Whichever approach is taken, Alpine Road is a very narrow, twisty
road
> > descending from crest of the Santa Cruz Mountains down into the
redwood
> > forest and La Honda. There's nothing really alpine about it,
though it
> > is an interesting drive.
> >
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