America - "Ventura Highway". In the Sunshine.

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Ride along, to the song (x2). 03/04/2022
Not a native Southern Californian, I live in Western New York. So it was a rare opportunity to be traveling throughout California on business for a few months in 2022. As a fan of the band America, and this song, for 50(!) years, it was a treat to be able to travel this famous highway. In my own vehicle and with a GoPro mounted on the windshield, no less.
And by the way, I wasn't driving quite as fast as it appears. In order to fit most of the drive within two playings of the song, the video is sped up by 25%

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@TC-eo5eb Жыл бұрын

I am 65 and have been a fan of America from the very beginning, especially this song and A Horse With No Name. A few years ago my wife and I flew from Wisconsin to L.A. with the specific plan to make this drive on the Pacific Coast Highway (PCH) from Santa Monica to Big Sur. I took my America CD and played this song in our rental car as we traveled this stretch of road. Traveling the PCH listening to America is the best anti-depressant there is. I wish I lived there.

@misselanys1219 Жыл бұрын

Elderly in NJ here. I always dreamed of going to California. Tried twice and was met with obstacles both attempts. We can no longer drive distances and I miss being in the car on a highway at 65-70 mph on a warm day windows open,radio blaring. Thank you for this upload. Allowed me to visit California and see the Pacific Ocean vicariously through your windshield and reminiscing flying down the highway the way we used to plus hearing my favorite song by America! ❤

@Seal00754

I will be 70 this year and always dreamed of driving this highway. Sadly dreams should always come true. Never wait for yours to come true, go out and do it.

@activistgranny2.066 Жыл бұрын

What a great video. People have no idea how beautiful the ride is.

@tracymiller1149 Жыл бұрын

What an amazing song. It just gets better the older I get.

@jimtonimarin 21 сағат бұрын

I think my wife, now in heaven, put all this together to remind me of the LOVE we had travelling Ventura Highway. We met in high school in 1972 in Santa Monica and went to UC Santa Barbara together from 74 to 78. We went back to Santa Monica on weekends on Ventura Highway. So I know every off ramp every overpass. This song played on the radio; replayed with this video it kindles memories as a gift from my wife in Heaven. Together We had five kids and (now) ten grandchildren. She passed away two years ago.

@craigbrowning9448 21 сағат бұрын

Has anyone ever found an Alligator Lizard in the proximity of the Ventura Highway?

@twistedtrails8128

i get a lil teary eyed and homesick every time i hear this song. miss my home town of Ventura...

@toniemcfadden296 Жыл бұрын

My home southern California Ventura Sherman oaks LA hollyweird LoL pretty much all over!! Malibu and Venice and all surrounding Beaches every weekend of my childhood and teenager year's..I miss home!!

@restlessmind5770

Bucket list. Don't die without renting a convertible Corvette and drive this coastal gem with this piece of musical art playing loud.. California Ventura Highway.

@shauncorless8965

As long as people play music ,,they will play this 😊

@terryforster4021

I lived in Carpinteria in 1977 and had a buddy who lived in Seacliff in a beach front house. We used to BBQ on weekends on his deck on the sand 🙂

@christanner9022

I'm from Kentucky, 48yrs old, I remember listening to this song on the radio when I was a kid. It was always one of my favorite songs, I'll never get to see it in real life but I showed my son this video, he said that is beautiful, he is 15.