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Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:04 am
by ousdahl
ohhh these drives sound rad.

I've done that stretch of I-70 about as much as anyone, and yup.

I think the wildest drive I've done is McKenzie Pass in Oregon...scraggly evergreens popping out of black rock lavafields with snow-capped volcanoes in the distance.

Also done various stretches across the west where you'd swear to god you're on Mars.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:05 am
by ousdahl
also I'm going to Missoula in 2 weeks!

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 am
by Deleted User 89
bear tooth pass b/t wyoming and montana

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:03 am
by TDub
TraditionKU wrote: Fri Apr 12, 2019 10:59 am bear tooth pass b/t wyoming and montana
Yes. Awesome.

Basically anywhere west of the Rockies, east of the cascades and north of Arizona is amazing. Minus large parts of Nevada.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 2:52 am
by kubandalum
Also US-14 in the Bighorn National Forest in Wyoming between I-90 and Cody. At least there were no places to stop there 40 years ago.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:10 am
by jhawks99
US 129 in North Carolina aka Tail of the Dragon

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Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 9:23 am
by defixione
^^^^^^ Would be awesome on two wheels.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 10:17 am
by jhawks99
Yes, it would. Lots of bikes on that road. We drove it a couple of years ago coming back from the Smokies. It was miata weekend. Other than too many old, white guys in sweaters, it was pretty cool.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 3:38 pm
by Deleted User 89
reminds me of the iron mtn road in the black hills, but where that road splits to one lane and winds through the pines

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:36 pm
by Deleted User 62
Hwy 7, NW Arkansas.

TT-RS and 2 days to learn the curves and drops.

Priceless

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:02 pm
by Deleted User 89
nw arkansas is beautiful country

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 8:17 pm
by Shirley
The mountain biking in NW rKansas is great!

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 5:16 am
by kubandalum
On a clear night in the summer and away from city lights, especially if you’re in the mountains, try this: lie on your back outdoors and look at the Milky Way with a pair of binoculars. For the purpose it’s better than using a telescope. To the naked eye the Milky Way looks like a band of thin high-altitude clouds, but with binoculars you’ll see more stars than you ever imagined. There’s some real scenery for you.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 6:41 am
by Deleted User 183

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:29 am
by Deleted User 62
3 best places in the US to see a night sky.

Joshua Tree

Mohave desert

Davis Mountains, Tx

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:35 am
by pdub
Best place night sky I've seen was in the Sangre de Cristo Mountains in New Mexico.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:44 am
by Deleted User 62
I really like Chama, NM

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 8:46 am
by NewtonHawk11
jeepinjayhawk wrote: Sat Apr 13, 2019 5:36 pm Hwy 7, NW Arkansas.

TT-RS and 2 days to learn the curves and drops.

Priceless
Love Hwy 7.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:23 am
by jhawks99
My buddy and I camped at a reservoir in Northeast Colorado. Nothing but sand, wind and rattlesnakes.
We light a huge fire that night and the stars were amazing. We didn't see any snakes in the campground, but dozens on the dirt road into it.

Re: The Travel Thread

Posted: Thu Apr 18, 2019 9:37 am
by Deleted User 89
rural northern new mexico would be wonderful, if not for the crime...it’s why my family left almost 30 years ago and, sadly, it seems to have only gotten worse

Chama and Abiquiu are gorgeous

the best night skies i’ve ever witnessed have been in rural parts of the Philippines