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I gotta say, north from San Francisco is pretty amazing. I did a road trip years ago, we were in a hurry for this section, so took the I-5 rather than the coast road. That was a shame for the LA to SF section of the trip, but my god when we got north of SF... Driving through Shasta National Park was perhaps the most beautiful scenery I've ever witnessed.
At some point we passed a lake beach that was truly unreal, the vibrant greens of the pines, the red clay of the shore, and rich blue of the water, the color was so intense, so saturated, it was like an alien world in the best possible way.
When you look to the east, you can see Mount Shasta. Now, being from New England, up in the Appalachians, I thought I knew what a mountain was, I was wrong. Shasta loomed over the terrain, a solitary giant, with a perfect cone shaped lenticular cloud overhead. The scale was truly awe inspiring.
Note: I didn't have to search for "lenticular cloud" to find that image, I just searched for "Mount Shasta".
Should you make this drive, up toward Portland, don't forget to stop in weed CA. It's an old logging town, probably not a lot to see, but there's a lovely, kitschy little diner, a great place to stop for lunch. The food was good, and you get the opportunity to pick up some merch like a shirt that says "I got high in weed CA".