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Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by PenultimateManStanding » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 16:18:10
The drive through Big Sur is very pleasant. I don't know how badly it got messed up by the recent wild fires there though. Another terrific ride is across the San Diego Coast Range to the desert. The strange other worldly rock outcroppings of granodiorite are breathtaking.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by PrairieMule » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 16:37:59
This is easy, The Talimena Scenic Hwy between Oklahoma and Arkansas.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by emersonbiggins » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 16:44:39
I-84/US 30, Columbia River Gorge (Oregon)
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by mercurygirl » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 16:46:17
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', 'T')he drive through Big Sur is very pleasant. I don't know how badly it got messed up by the recent wild fires there though. Another terrific ride is across the San Diego Coast Range to the desert. The strange other worldly rock outcroppings of granodiorite are breathtaking.
I stayed in Big Sur on my honeymoon. Loved it there, but the drive, not so much. It's lovely going north of SLO for awhile, but then you get to the cliffs. I have a pretty bad height phobia and drove my hubby crazy, especially on the way back south.
Driving on 101 in Washington, out to the coast through the Olympic forest is great. Huge trees, mountains and beaches all at once. The driftwood on some beaches consists of massive tree trunks.
The northeast countryside in October is slightly surreal as the leaves all turn.
Just drove around in the coastal South, down roads lined with twisty old oaks dripping Spanish moss.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by Ludi » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 17:00:31
We're on the local "scenic tour" for car clubs, so I guess our one-lane county road is considered scenic. So that's good enough for me. It's especially pretty down by the river.
There are a lot of nice drives around here, in a small-scale kind of way.
There are a lot of nice drives around here, in a small-scale kind of way.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by MD » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 17:34:45
The Most Scenic Drives in America
ISBN#0-89577-862-9
An excellent book detailing 120 of the best scenic routes in America. At one time I had planned to drive every one. To date I've managed about 50, but probably won't get much further now.
My favorites to date would be those through Utah and Wyoming.
ISBN#0-89577-862-9
An excellent book detailing 120 of the best scenic routes in America. At one time I had planned to drive every one. To date I've managed about 50, but probably won't get much further now.
My favorites to date would be those through Utah and Wyoming.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by mercurygirl » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 17:43:19
Ludi, that is pretty. Small-scale is good. 
Large-scale can be inspiring, unless you're constantly worried about falling over a cliff.
Large-scale can be inspiring, unless you're constantly worried about falling over a cliff.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by Plantagenet » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 17:58:32
Denali Highway. Paxson Lake to Denali National Park.
Now that the RVers have gone back to the lower 48, its really nice again.
Now that the RVers have gone back to the lower 48, its really nice again.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by PenultimateManStanding » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 18:04:15
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'D')enali Highway. Paxson Lake to Denali National Park.
Now that the RVers have gone back to the lower 48, its really nice again.
I didn't know they had roads in Alaska. Thought it was all airplanes and dog sledding up there. Now that the RVers have gone back to the lower 48, its really nice again.
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Re: Scenic roads - Whats yours ? Enjoy them while you can
by Plantagenet » Thu 11 Sep 2008, 18:23:26
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('PenultimateManStanding', '')$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'D')enali Highway. Paxson Lake to Denali National Park.
Now that the RVers have gone back to the lower 48, its really nice again.
I didn't know they had roads in Alaska. Thought it was all airplanes and dog sledding up there. Now that the RVers have gone back to the lower 48, its really nice again.
Yup. There are a few roads, but no gas stations, so we have to use dog teams year round.
In the summer we use cars with the engines ripped out---We put the dog teams INSIDE the cars to protect them from the mosquitoes. Just their legs hang out through little holes to power the cars.
That helps keep the dog teams fit to pull the dog sleds in winter.
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