Not to twist the knife, but this is just one of the routes around here. There are an infinite amount of great roads that last an hour or two and go out to the coast, and likewise that go up into the mountains.
I once mapped out a 10 hour drive for me and the wife that went from lake tahoe to the coast and never saw a straight-away longer than half a mile. This is one of the main reasons I just moved back to the area form So. Cal.