What an absolutely clear day. Being able to see The Tehachapi mountains in such detail is rare.

Great tour, thanks! Going to have to add this to my motorcycling list for 2025....

There is no Maricopa County California

Being able to see this all the time! Boy, you are lucky indeed!

My husband and I traveled to socal last June. We had the pleasure to take a ride on Topanga Canyon blvd to Red Rock Canyon. It was quite a ride, but we really enjoyed the scenery. I didn't know about the story behind Topanga. Thank you, Scott, for giving us such an insight 👌

Nice video except you are in Ventura and Santa Barbara counties, not Maricopa. That's in AZ.

Beautiful! I lived on Vandenburg AFB as a child in the 60s. We went to Lompoc often. Fond memories. I remember those wide-open drives in the area.

How will California protect itself from Trump? Is it all show by Newsom or can he really protect people from mass deportations, keep climate goals in place, etc etc. I am still shocked by the outcome of this election and really thought we were better than this. Amazing place you went to btw. Had the honor of going there once. Very susceptible to climate change.

Love this, someday I will get there. Thanks for the ride!

This was GREAT! Thank You for filming it. 😊

Beautiful! Enjoy your channel very much. Started with The Bristlecone Pine video. Got me hooked! Thank You for taking me places I've longed to see. 😊

great video and those were some good tunes too.

I delivered at the Aldi's in Lompoc was the scariest ride this route!! And all at night!! Reminded me kinda like Colorado

Yes indeed Scot-Laguna Beach is awesome but so is this video. GREAT drone footage too; fabulous. We have tons of great memories made in Laguna. Your camera work brings it all rushing back; thank you very much!

Great little highway. Took this route to get back to Vegas from Solvang, instead of heading south towards LA. Felt like stepping back in time along some stretches. I can see this highway has the potential to be dangerous with its single lane and limited vision around mountainous curves. Over taking has to be planned carefully as safe overtaking opportunities dissappear very quickly.

This was a avalanche of beautiful scenery coupled with music that was perfect. Many thanks to you for allowing me to live vicariously. Best wishes!

Thanks Scott. Have a good one!

Thanks for another great ride along. Always enjoy the scenery and the music. Helps take your mind off od all the crazy stuff in the news. Have a great day!

Always such a delight

Amazing scenery , really enjoyed this one.

Where is this?

I'd forgotten to thank you for making/posting the video, it truly captures everything I'd loved about driving Topanga (but was too rushed to stop and record myself) and I will be revisiting this video again in the future just as a reminder/homage to how much I'd loved my recent trip out to LA from New Jersey. Thank you.

I was out in LA visiting a friend (first time back in 32 years) two weeks ago and drove Topanga Canyon from Malibu to highway 101. One of the most AMAZING roads I've ever driven or ridden on! My friend lives right near the Mulholland Drive/Laurel Canyon Blvd areas and I'd used to think that those were the best. Topanga is WAY better. Coldwater Canyon is a close second though. 🙂

As always well done both photographically and musically. Brought back fond memories of living in Southern California. Thanks for the memories. Look forward to upcoming videos. Hope your week end is treating you well.

Porn Valley…

i have the 138 art work photo, lived up there, been driving 138 since 1968. lived in Palmdale

Hey thanks for this! Is this route a detour if you're driving down from LA or is this the original "Google Maps" way?

Lived 2013-2015 in LA and miss this drive home every day. Thanks.

I was out for a drive in the late '70s and stopped to get gas at station on corner of PCH. Had noticed a gal swerving in and out of traffic several cars behind me. She walked up to me in the station and said "my name's Mamu, I have a car just like that but mine's an Alpine. I live on Old Topanga near the corner. Want to come see my car?" Followed her up there, where she told me, "I live in that Tipi and my brother lives in the water tank". She said she was a Magic Mamu, and she could throw a mean Tarot and carried on without a comma that she was someone I should know. She had a snake for a pet, and an amulet and she was breeding a dwarf but she wasn't done yet. She had gray-green skin and a doll with a pin. I told her she was all right but I couldn't come in (I couldn't come in right then . . . ). And so she wandered trough the flap of fur just like a shadow from the tomb she said her stereo was four-way and I'd just love it in her cocoon. Well, I was born to have adventure so I just followed in her steps right past her fuming incense stencher to where she hung her castanets. She stripped away her rancid poncho and laid out naked by the door. We, um, smoked till we were un-concho and were useless any more. Modified lyrics of Frank Zappa's Camarillo Brillo. Can't help but think of these things whenever I go up Topanga. 7:49 LOL

Hello! My name is Jeremiah, we have a program that is dedicated to Joshua Trees. I’m here in Payahuunadü (Owens Valley), we have a workshop coming up, maybe you’d like to join? Curious if your the same guy I just read about? The music from the tree?

Thans for another great ride along Scott. Interesting music in this one. Have a great day!! ✌

8th Street exit of I-10 in Banning. There some nice little lakes or ponds along this drive. Another few miles past Idlewyld and you would come into Mountain Center and Hwy 74,

Check out the Paradise Cafe on the corner of Hwy 74 and the road heading to Anza. Ask for the Jimmy Buffet Special (Chesseburger in Paradise). Another nice drive is Hwy 79 from Old Town Temecula to Julian. I have not been on 79 from Julian to I-8 yet and would love to see that.

I've never been on this part of 74 even though I grewup in north OC... I HAVE been from the top of the hill in Elsinore all the wat to Palm Desert several times (74 becomes Monterey in Palm Desert and connects to I-10)..

Another spectacular drive Scott-Thank you very much! Keep up the great work and please give us some more drone footage too! :-}

What a wonderful, and heartfelt video. Thank you.

I love you videos! Thanks for taking us along for the ride! 🌞🙂

Laurel cyn. Was named after Stan Laurel (Laurel & Hardy) fun factoid 😊

That’s a beautiful area, I used to go out to borrego from San Diego nearly every weekend and that and the scenic route up palomar were my favorites

Is going this way less steep compared to taking the 101 up through Buellton? My truck had a tough time climbing the 101 last time going up to Pismo

Been to Big bear lake few times but ot lake Arrowhead planning to visit this place soon

Beautiful

I have not been on this highway.It looks so beautiful and scenic. Yes please have CAL TRANS desingnate HWY 154 as a california a state scenic byway.😊

thank you for helping me plan my tripe. good music. loved being here

This was so beautiful, the the last song caring me home, reminded me how much I miss my aunt who passed away in November, but I know she was ready so I smiled. Thanks again Scott for letting us see just how beautiful the world is. 😊

It's been a long time since I attended the military academy at the endof the Ortega hwy at Lake Elsinore. No longer there.😢

I just joined your page and love it, when I've had a long and hard day your page relaxes me and makes me still believe their is still hope to get out of dirty NYC. I moved to NYC 15yrs ago from Chicago and do miss a clean and nice city. Thanks again

2:47 that’s not Methuselah.

Have not seen lower Topanga since 1959; upper Topanga was not worth going at the time. (Did the road even go through? Paved?) Thanks for the ride.

We are hooked, Scott! Thanks for the amazing video! Did you make a separate video just for the Astro? I’d love to see more of it, if you did!