Road-tripping north of Los Angeles

Take in the sun, sand, sea and history through a journey on wheels along California's coast

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On the way to Los Angeles from Washington DC, with a stop in Dallas, Fort Worth, the airports are packed and so are the planes.
But after finishing a day's work in the big city, I buckle on a different kind of seat belt - for a road trip up the iconic California coast, through wine country, past the reminders of history and, finally, to the timeless roar of the Pacific Ocean.
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