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Scenic Drives
- Thread starter Roberto Benitez
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Surprisingly, that middle one, is an easy 10 minutes to there, while you wait at the cooler. A full hour to Sheep Head Lake. So when we get back, will there be any beer left for us?
(I have a bad habbit of re-editing to fix 'crap', go back and look !)
What Critter said........
Just went back and saw more pics (that one in the middle) YIKES me with my height issues, sometimes I feel a very overwhelming compulsion to jump!! Yeah I'll be with the cooler in the shade.......have a nice hike.
zelio
Elio Addict
I think I was on the trail in the last picture (if it is in CA), in 1960. :-) Z
Absolutely! I can see doing Bear Tooth Pass, (Billings to Yellowstone), early October.
Cheeez! This blog beats a calendar hands down.A couple ideas:
The Natchez Trace Parkway runs 444 miles from Natchez to Nashville as a 2-lane road through early American history. Get the CD that will provide you a running commentary on your journey as you take the long drive up or down the route that was used by Native Americans, trappers, and boatmen who traveled back up the Trace after floating down the Mississippi.
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Or, the old Fall River Road through Rocky Mountain National Park, just out of Estes Park, CO - it's the backroad to the continental divide, the last 11 miles of which is above the treeline. This road was the original access up to the peak of Rocky Mountain National Park just outside Estes Park, Colorado that preceded Trailridge Road. Lots of twists and turns with steep grades, little traffic, and less pavement, some of it is only one lane with turnouts to allow cars to pass. It remains much as it was when it was first built in 1920. Mt. Chapin (12,454 feet) is in the background
If you go in mid-September-ish, catch the fall rut of the Elk that come down to pastures in the Park and in town as well. These are BIG animals with a piercing wail as the bulls challenge each other across the valleys. During the fall rut, they can be pests for townspeople who just have to sacrifice their lawns and flowerbeds . . . be careful though, these guys are big and well-armed . . . and no, you can't pet them.
Rush hour on the 101 out of Eureka, CA, as yearling elk await instructions from elders in woods to right. The youngsters eye the exit and seem to ask the age-old question of kids everywhere, "Are we there yet?"
Not far away in Norcal, you'll find the Redwoods in Del Norte State Park. Sorta gives you a whole new appreciation of trees.
I definitely am interested in other parts of the US. But I know the northwest, so I'll peddle another NW thing that works well for Elio pac-runs.
The ferry boat routes in Puget Sound, I always liked that a lot. You can't post an image to show what that wind-in-your-face is like.
All I can say is.. "I'm the King of the World!" (isn't that what he said in the movie?) K his boat had trouble, aside from hitting a dock or two, these don't.
Imagine 50-100 Elios parked in the hold of this (image below)?
Of course anything in Washington is more predictable in the better 4 months of the year. The others aren't as predictable. However, I could LOVE some night-skiing since we can handle a little snow. Day skiing there sometimes sucks cause it's often too warm and too foggy. But after sunset, there is very predictable vision. So you go up and have dinner with the sunset, if visible, then ski for a while. You can also do the dinner part in the summer.
The ferry boat routes in Puget Sound, I always liked that a lot. You can't post an image to show what that wind-in-your-face is like.
All I can say is.. "I'm the King of the World!" (isn't that what he said in the movie?) K his boat had trouble, aside from hitting a dock or two, these don't.
Imagine 50-100 Elios parked in the hold of this (image below)?
Of course anything in Washington is more predictable in the better 4 months of the year. The others aren't as predictable. However, I could LOVE some night-skiing since we can handle a little snow. Day skiing there sometimes sucks cause it's often too warm and too foggy. But after sunset, there is very predictable vision. So you go up and have dinner with the sunset, if visible, then ski for a while. You can also do the dinner part in the summer.
Roberto Benitez
Elio Aficionado
Yes, there are roads that can be taken that follow the trail closely. Naturally, not the same experience (literally), to drive it all. One could still walk the most scenic parts--for me the most flat parts.
As I think about it though, would. I dare leave my new Elio--so small that it could probably be picked up quite easily--in some strange place.
Thus far this is the most detail I have found on a good route: http://www.roadtripusa.com/routes/appalachiantrail/appalachiantrail.html
I don't ski but the rest sounds great! I lived in the Great NW for 11 years and only moved to follow employment. Walking on to the ferry is about the best thing in the world but driving on with an Elio would have a strong second place. Unless you are trying to get from the Olympic Peninsula to Seattle via Bainbridge ferry on a beautiful Sunday summer afternoon. You and several thousand of your closest friends and relatives!
Hmm, sounds like what I did this fall, I hiked the whole width of the Continental Divide Trail! Worth every blister. The aspens were changing colors, the sky was a beautiful blue. Makes you glad you took the challenge and were able to make it to the other side, er, end.