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Post by lesleyanne on Aug 3, 2014 17:21:08 GMT
The thread that mentioned Skippers Canyon got me thinking about this. On our summer holidays we go camping in an RV. This year we visited Rocky Mountain National Park. Gorgeous! But the road I wasn't driving, I was too busy crying. I wish pictures did it justice. It's awful! Not as bad, but definitely not fun is the road Going-to-the-Sun in Glacier. But that one you can't drive through with an RV!
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Post by sharlag on Aug 3, 2014 17:23:16 GMT
Those types of situations scare me!
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Post by luvnlifelady on Aug 3, 2014 17:25:03 GMT
Yah I'm a rather nervous driver anyway so I doubt I could handle that. DH could drive it but I definitely wouldn't put 17 yo DD on it with just a year's driving experience.
I'm surprised there's not more of a guard-rail on that road. I've done the "Going to the Sun" road but I was a passenger and it was eons ago.
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Post by melanell on Aug 3, 2014 17:27:04 GMT
I'd have to close my eyes.
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Post by anniebygaslight on Aug 3, 2014 17:29:34 GMT
Eek! That knocking sound you can hear - it's my knees.
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Post by johnnysmom on Aug 3, 2014 17:36:55 GMT
I remember going to the Rocky Mountains as a kid. The first time was in a full-size van hauling a pop-up camper, the 2nd time was in a motorhome. Both times my mom was a nervous wreck as the passenger. As a kid, I had no clue why she was so worried, as an adult, I totally understand. I will say though, it's a gorgeous place to go. I particularly liked a small town called Ouray, CO (probably spelled wrong), it's considered the Swiss Alps of America, we had to rent 4WD Jeeps to go up there, but positively gorgeous scenery.
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Post by Suziee2 on Aug 3, 2014 17:37:53 GMT
The first time I went to Colorado Springs, my friend took me and her kids up to Pikes Peak for a picnic. I was in the front passenger seat of a conversion van. I thought I was going to have a heart attack right there and all she would have to do is open my door and shove me out to bury me mountain side. Going up was worse than coming down.
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Post by misadventurous on Aug 3, 2014 17:38:50 GMT
Man, I hate roads like that. DH drives and I just close my eyes and pretend I'm somewhere else. In an RV?? Yeah, no thanks.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 3, 2014 17:54:17 GMT
There is a road similar to that in Cyprus but very narrow. It scared the heck out of me and I was glad to get completely off the Troodos mountain road to level ground again!
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Post by Neisey on Aug 3, 2014 18:27:24 GMT
I've driven as a passenger on roads like that in BC and in Acadia National Park in Maine. DH always laughs as I get myself squished as close to him as I can -like the car's centre of gravity will change and we won't topple over on my side. Totally petrifies me!
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Post by beachbum on Aug 3, 2014 18:29:54 GMT
Is that Trail Ridge Road? I drove that... shaking and sweating the whole way. I think I stopped at every overlook so I could breathe for a minute.
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Post by wellway on Aug 3, 2014 18:33:04 GMT
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Post by anxiousmom on Aug 3, 2014 19:18:04 GMT
Y'all...please don't take this wrong way, but I think I just crossed off the Colorado mountains as a place to visit. The pictures are beautiful, but I am pretty sure I would die of fright if I had to drive on that road long before I was able to appreciate the beauty.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 20:06:44 GMT
When we went to Mayfield Falls in Jamaica, the drive was one way up the mountain with no guardrail at all on the sheer drop side. If another vehicle was coming, one of the drivers had to back up until you got to a spot wide enough to pass.
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Post by gonewalkabout on Aug 3, 2014 20:22:21 GMT
That pic reminds me of our trips to a place called tumberumba and the snowy Australian mountains. The road was pretty much the same except without the wall and just enough room for about 1.5 cars. It was absolutely terrifying as a kid. I was scared of heights to begin with, and dad used to say stuff like everyone lean to this/that side of the car (so we don't fall off).
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 20:31:43 GMT
There is a road similar to that in Cyprus but very narrow. It scared the heck out of me and I was glad to get completely off the Troodos mountain road to level ground again! I've been on that one,scary isn't the word for it! I've been on a coach up to the glaciers in Austria too.Thinking it was a good idea to have a better view by sitting on the back seat,it was until I looked and the end of the coach going round the corners was over the edge
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Post by Sam on Aug 3, 2014 20:32:21 GMT
There was a video doing the rounds on FB recently of a road trip 'somewhere' (I really can't remember where) and I swear I had palpitations just watching it. Add in the rickity old bus they were in and it was an experience I would have zero interest in!
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Post by 950nancy on Aug 3, 2014 20:42:44 GMT
We live in the foothills of Pikes Peak. I think you just get used to it. If you drive carefully, it is really pretty amazing. That being said, one of our junior high teachers was just killed over the 4th of July weekend when he rolled his car over a drop off. Alcohol was involved (from last I heard). My biggest fear is a bridge in a state with earthquakes. Mountains in Colorado just don't move.
I should add that I have never been on a roller coaster and gotten butterflies. I guess heights and drops seem fun.
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Post by shevy on Aug 3, 2014 20:44:17 GMT
Those are the roads I love doing on the motorcycle. But DH isn't a fan and goes in front of me so I don't go to fast. Lol
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Post by ntsf on Aug 3, 2014 20:51:01 GMT
after some of the logging roads I have driven...that looks cushy....guess I was brought up driving on "scary roads". the only time I got really concerned was driving a pick up full of oil drums of diesel up a road while the logging trucks were coming down.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 3, 2014 20:57:15 GMT
Don't think I'm going to add that to our bucket list!! Would love to see the Millau Viaduct bridge though, it looks spectacular!
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Post by lucyg on Aug 3, 2014 20:58:22 GMT
I'm terrified of roads like that. When I was a preschooler (in the days before car seats or even seat belts) I remember curling up in a little ball on the floor of the back seat if we were driving along a steep drop-off. There's a section of road like that on Hwy 1 on the way to Stinson Beach, the most popular beach around here. I won't drive it anymore, so I have to make it a longer drive and approach from the north instead of the south. NO.WAY. am I ever driving that road again.
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Post by BuckeyeSandy on Aug 3, 2014 20:58:37 GMT
There are roads in Japan and Switzerland that are WORSE, much worse...
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Post by akathy on Aug 3, 2014 21:14:19 GMT
Those kind of roads scare the piss out of me too!
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Post by gillyp on Aug 3, 2014 23:00:02 GMT
I've been on this a couple of times and because the side rails are so high, you don't really notice that you are high up. So if you go expecting it to be a thrilling drive, you might be disappointed. It IS a very impressive structure and there are viewing points from down in the valley and, iirc, a little museum of how it was built.
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Post by gillyp on Aug 3, 2014 23:06:22 GMT
I know this is not a road but why on earth would anyone think it was a good idea to do THIS hike?
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Post by garcia5050 on Aug 3, 2014 23:13:38 GMT
There is a highway called the rumorosa in between Tijuana and Mexicali, it looks much like that first picture. As a child, my family would travel this highway a couple of times a year. Now that the 8 has been built on the US side, we no longer need to go that route. I hated it. There are tons of burned out cars at the bottom of the ravines.
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Post by perumbula on Aug 3, 2014 23:21:20 GMT
I live in Idaho. You should see some of the roads to the campgrounds around here. The whole one car wide with mountain on one side and drop off on the other is pretty common. Of course, they are dirt roads which makes it more fun.
we don't go camping much.
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Post by BarbaraUK on Aug 3, 2014 23:25:56 GMT
I know this is not a road but why on earth would anyone think it was a good idea to do THIS hike?Oh, my goodness - I just couldn't imagine even being tempted to do that......any part of it!! I wouldn't get past the third step right at the beginning, I would turn and run then! Other people aren't as wimpy as me though, judging by the pictures!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 3, 2014 23:26:18 GMT
If that kind of stuff makes you nervous, then do not go to Cave of the Winds It has a ropes course that is anchored to the side of a cliff so you aren't just a few stories up, you're hundreds of feet up over the actual canyon. It's in Colorado.
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