Crawling up the California Coastline, and we mean crawling, if it's not traffic, it's scary, steep mountains, white knuckle driving , pull off often to let other traffic pass! Highest highway right up against the coast was 5000 feet. We will not go near the Santa Lucia mountains if we return. Can't enjoy the scenery when your knuckles are aching, don't dare take your eyes off the road! California population is larger than Canada, not counting the illegals and the traffic proves that! We seen killer whales offshore at Malibu! Seen Hearst Castle , then elephant seals by the dozens ,sunning themselves on shore, then we seen ground squirrels and fed them at the next vista! They had an earthquake at the Channel Islands ,near Malibu, the day we left. We are officially members of the "mile-high" club and we didn't even have to get in a plane!