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For us fruits and nuts...
...in Sunny California, there often isn't a non-freeway option that doesn't triple the mileage. We live where the freeway was invented and many of our main arteries are the only option to get out of the L.A. Basin. For example, I can go to Corona Motorsports in 9 miles if I go on the freeway. (My closest Suzuki dealer - in the next town.) If I avoid the freeway, I have to go through 4 other towns and do a 35 mile triangle each way. (One of the legs of which is actually a pretty sweet canyon twisty.)
It's a similar deal for going to Malibu, or Santa Barbara, or any one of a number of other popular destinations. Our part of the country is a lot newer and with the mountain ranges and their associated passes, there's just not as many options.
I *can* go to the beach (Newport, Corona, Huntington) with only a mile or two on the freeway. But I'm not really a sun and sand person. Especially not with all my riding crap on.
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