Bluesdawg.......If you have the nerve to ride on 2 lane Hwy 1 (south of Monterrey immortalized by "Play Misty for Me" and a stage of the Amgen earlier this year, then you can have hills, curves, the Pacific......and guys swerving around in Travel America rental rv's. Anyway, a bit back from the coastline-- from Mendocino down to Big Sur and south-- there are narrow mountain roads in the hills back from the coast where you ca ride, smell the wild mint and eucalyptus and pines...and feel and sniff the sea breeze. Take several summers to explore it all. Sometimes the pleasure of such beauties and the frustration of not having the time to ride it all is almost bittersweet.