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Route 101,Oregon
While often overshadowed by its Northern
California stretch, the Pacific Coast Highway’s
350-mile squiggle throughOregon is an
equally good bet for hairpin turns and sublime
vistas. The route bristles with coves, crags
and looming pines, interspersedwithwineries
whose proprietors haveworn the same pair of
sandals for 20 years.
WHATTODRIVE:
VolkswagenJettaHybrid
Replace Sunglasses
Fat Boy Drive-In in Brunswick, Maine, may be known as a mecca
for onion rings, but to you it’s the place where you left your
shades. So, by necessity, you go in search
of a replacement. The most important
attribute for any good pair of driving
sunglasses—besides making you
look as broodingly hip as Ryan
Gosling in
Drive
—is that they
allow you to see where you’re
going. To cut the glare while
maintaining Gosling-esque
panache, go with the unisex
Cayton fromMosley Tribes,
Oliver Peoples’ active-lifestyles
offshoot, with VFX polarized
lenses and antiqued-gold frames.
$220, mosleytribes.com
Pan-AmericanHighway, Peru
Youwouldn’t want to drive the whole
continent-spanning thing, but the Pan-
AmericanHighway fromLima toArequipa is
doable. The road traces Peru’s Pacific coast,
packing a ton of spectacle into 623miles: Incan
ruins, volcanoes, UFO landing sites, oases, gift
shops. Try to avoid the alpacas, which tend to
congregate in themiddle of the road.
WHATTODRIVE:
JeepWrangler
TheSilkRoad, EuropeandAsia
Winding fromVenice to Beijing, this one
represents a serious undertaking. The ancient
trading route runs for 12,500miles through
12 countries, with rugged terrain and exotic
political systems, requiring even the hardiest
travelers to seek help. The standard duration
of a self-drive tour is 80 days, and it doesn’t
come cheap—but the things youwill see!
WHATTODRIVE:
HummerH3T
GreatRiverRoad,U.S.
Fixed in the American popular imagination, the
Mississippi is as rich in cultural significance as
it is inmud. Apart fromhopping a barge, the
best way to follow its 2,350-mile journey is
via the Great River Road. The trip can be gritty
(you’re often as likely to see a smokestack as a
sycamore), but that’s part of the poetry.
WHATTODRIVE:
Dodge Challenger
Yellow Jacket
VFX
POLARIZED
LENSESTHAT
CUTGLARE
RULENO. 19
Boston:
Daily flights from
Los Angeles, San Francisco,
Denver, Houston, Chicago,
Cleveland, New York/Newark
andWashington, D.C.
Portland, Maine:
Daily flights
from New York/Newark,
Cleveland, Chicago and D.C.