hey socal, what's faster the 101 or the 5 to get to Frisco? any opinions or advice, thanks

 

5fwy is faster it will take you maybe 6 hours depends on how fast you're driving. but if you want to go sightseeing while driving 101 and 1 is better.

 

the 101 is the scenic route but the 5 is definitely faster...

 

If you can at all avoid it, stay away from the 101-- it runs right by the mudslide at La Conchita, and traffic will likely be very bad or completely shut down based on resuce and recovery efforts there. Be careful out there.

 

5 is the best way to go. And that's "San Francisco" Or "San Fran" never Frisco.

 

ha ha, hey thanks a lot guys, and thanks for the info regarding La Conchita. I'm sure i'll have fun in "San Fran".

 

I love the city of san francisco, just hate driving in it. I'm actaully planning to move up there, as soon as i get a job offer up there im outta here.

 

Its Frisco, i lived there for 18 yrs. I hate when people say San Fran

 

i thought you guys hate it when people call it frisco as well. When ever Im up there and thats like 8-12 times a year, most people call it the city

 

EXACTLY my thought when I read bixby's post... it's "The City"

 

It's San Francisco, not San Fran or Frisco or SF or any other bogus shortened form. You never hear Tony Bennet sing "I left my heart in that place called Frisco" do you?

 

I know im up there too much because I start referring to it as "the city" even to people down here in LA and they have no clue what I'm talking about

 

It's the City to me.

Oh yeah, take the 5.


*damn I'm bored. work sucks.*

 

What everybody else said...take the 5 fwy.

You then can take the grapevine through Gilroy (I think it's the 252 or something like that) to the 101N.

That's the way I usually go because I like to stop off at Bay 101.

 

I used to go back and forth SF and LA! I miss SF! They have the best Chinese food!!!!

The fastest way would be to use hwy 152 to cut across to 101.

5 north
152 east
101 north

Oh yeah, there are a lot of cops on I-5. Watch out. And when you get close to Fresno, close all the vents.... the cows stink.

 

when im up there i call it "the city" get funny looks if i call it anything else.

 

I've driven both ways coming back from Portland, Oregon. The 5 was much easier and faster. The 101 sucked because it was late night/early morning, and mostly dense fog.

On the 5, there was a cool guy in an old 280Z who gave me a thumbs up. It was just after seing Napoleon Dynamite, and he looked like the uncle. I laughed for like 50 miles.