"JXStern" > wrote in message
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> On Sat, 05 Aug 2006 18:47:26 +0000, off the wagon
> > wrote:
>>Filled with blind spots and hairpin curves wrapped around some of the
>>most beautifully distracting scenery in the country, the PCH has been
>>called an accident waiting to happen.
>
> There are no blind spots or hairpin turns within fifty miles of where
> Gibson had his fun, the bad stuff is way north of Santa Barbara around
> Hearst Castle, anything at all challenging is past Zuma, about ten
> miles north.
>
> And it's not "the PCH", it's just PCH.

Given that the OP did not capitalize 'the', he is correct and you are not.
If the proper name is Pacific Coast Highway rather than The Pacific Coast
Highway then his usage is correct.

/pendantry mode = off/