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   Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 15:51:34 JST Jeri Dansky

   • AI6YR Ben

   @ai6yr Ben, did you see this about Highway 1 getting fully re-opened? Gift link:
   https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/us/pacific-coast-highway-reopened.html?unlocked_article_code=1.E1A.Z57c.SjdnoBwcN2JC&smid=url-share

   The region ... has more than 1,500 active slide areas, making it among the most landslide-prone areas in the Western United States. ... In some places, chunks of the road have slipped into the ocean. In others, more than a million tons of earth have barreled onto the highway, slicing it to pieces. Bridges have failed. Rainstorms have flooded the road with mud. Residents have been left marooned. Tourists have been shut out.

   In May, the slide on the shuttered stretch of road was moving more than a foot a day, making the site so treacherous that the California Department of Transportation ... used remote-controlled bulldozers to keep workers safe. Mr. Newsom said that Caltrans had managed to stabilize the slopes with thousands of steel reinforcements drilled up to 60 feet deep, and in the days leading up to the reopening, the agency had removed about 240 dump trucks’ worth of mud and debris from the site.

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 16:01:37 JST Jeri Dansky

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     • W6KME

     @W6KME Cool! I drove down to Nepenthe from the north when that part of the road got re-opened back in May 2024. I'm delighted that it's fully open now, even if that means some traffic control areas. Big Sur is such a special place.

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     W6KME (w6kme@mastodon.radio)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 16:01:38 JST W6KME

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     • AI6YR Ben

     @jeridansky @ai6yr My daughter drove the entire distance Thursday northbound. She spent about an hour total in traffic control areas where only one lane is open, alternating northbound and southbound traffic.

     It was her first opportunity to see Big Sur from 1, and in spite of the traffic she was amazed.

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     Jeri Dansky (jeridansky@sfba.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 16:17:14 JST Jeri Dansky

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     • W6KME
     • ティージェーグレェ

     @teajaygrey That sounds wonderful! It's been ages since I went to Esalen and enjoyed its hot springs. I also got the best massage I've ever had at Esalen. Another very special place, or at least it was back then. (I don't know if it's changed since I was last there.)

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     ティージェーグレェ (teajaygrey@snac.bsd.cafe)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 16:17:16 JST ティージェーグレェ

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     • W6KME
     Enjoying the hot springs at Esalen is a wonderful experience (not the only hot springs in the area, but maybe the best known and I think the only ones overlooking the ocean from a cliff). Admittedly, the one time I was blessed with such an experience I took advantage of their $10 after hours soak (not sure if it is still a thing, but probably? This was back around 2010/2011 IIRC) and it was a rainy night so I basically had the place to myself. (There was one other couple, but they kept their distance in another pool entirely.)
     
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