10 Most Scenic Drives?

Well, they were Travel Writers, not motorcycle enthusiats, but
nonethless...

http://www.fcvb.org/press_15.html

Let's see how they did...

1. Blue Ridge Parkway: Virginia and North Carolina

[Since I've never found it to be other than very foggy and or drizzly,
I guess I'm not the one to judge. I remain convinced it's just a
fuckin NASA wind tunnel aka Mr. Toad's Wild Ride with an impressive
fog generator and without the cute props.]

2. Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway: South Dakota

[Absolutely. And included in recent trip.]

3. Port Townsend to Neah Bay: Washington's Olympic Peninsula

[Well maybe. That Peninsula must have been pretty spectacular before
all the clear cutting of the last century. Didn't go beyond Port
Townsend on this trip.]

4. Mt. Cheaha: Alabama "A very straight road with a 30-degree angle
drop from the mountain - for 3 miles!"

[Haven't been there. Will probly make it a point. But doesn't sound
like it belongs on this top 10 list. (There's a *lot* of great roads
out there.)]

5. Going-to-the-Sun Road: Glacier National Park, Montana

[Absolutely. And included in the recent trip as well, tho regretably
the entire area was engulfed in so much smoke that this time we
couldn't even see the gorgeous mtn range we were traversing.]

6. Great River Road: Baton Rouge - New Orleans, Louisiana

[Yup. Wasn't on this trip's route but love doin it when I'm in the
region.]

7. Great River Road: Iowa, Wisconsin & Minnesota along the Mississippi
River

[Absolutely. Did a bunch of it this time; had tentative plans to do
summore just for the halibut butt we had places to go and people to
see; just can't get too much of if, tho.]

8. Kancagamus Highway: New Hampshire

[Dunno if I've done this road. Sounds like one I'll have to seek
out.]

9. Overseas Highway: Florida Keys

[Yeah, sure. Unique. Wuz gonna do it last Feb before gettin stuck in
the Tejas ice storm. Did it last year. Not for the "do it every
chance I get" list.]

10. Acadia National Park (27-mile Park Loop Road): Maine

[Yup. Been there, too, but not this year. Pretty damn nice. Again,
there's alot of pretty damn nice roads out there.]

So, I've done 8-9 of 'em. They left out Charles Carolt's (can't
remember the spelling) alltime favorite: The Beartooth Highway. I
can't disagree with him.

And what about US 101 up in northern CA, CA Hiway 1 (central coast),
Utah Hiway 12, NM Hiway 64, The Cherohala Hiway, hell, even I-70 along
the Colorado Ri. So many great roads.

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On Thu, 18 Sep 2003 08:59:46 -0700, Redbeard Emeritus
<redbeard DeleteThis @volcano.net> wrote:

 >Well, they were Travel Writers, not motorcycle enthusiats, but
 >nonethless...
 >
 >http://www.fcvb.org/press_15.html
 >
 >Let's see how they did...
 >
 >1. Blue Ridge Parkway: Virginia and North Carolina
 >
 >[Since I've never found it to be other than very foggy and or drizzly,
 >I guess I'm not the one to judge. I remain convinced it's just a
 >fuckin NASA wind tunnel aka Mr. Toad's Wild Ride with an impressive
 >fog generator and without the cute props.]


there's better scenic roads in the southeast than the the BRP, I can;t
see it being number one, but it should be in the top ten, you really
need to do it when it's not foggy <g>
 >

 >2. Peter Norbeck Scenic Byway: South Dakota
 >
 >[Absolutely. And included in recent trip.]
 >
 >3. Port Townsend to Neah Bay: Washington's Olympic Peninsula
 >
 >[Well maybe. That Peninsula must have been pretty spectacular before
 >all the clear cutting of the last century. Didn't go beyond Port
 >Townsend on this trip.]
 >
 >4. Mt. Cheaha: Alabama "A very straight road with a 30-degree angle
 >drop from the mountain - for 3 miles!"
 >
 >[Haven't been there. Will probly make it a point. But doesn't sound
 >like it belongs on this top 10 list. (There's a *lot* of great roads
 >out there.)]
 >
 >5. Going-to-the-Sun Road: Glacier National Park, Montana
 >
 >[Absolutely. And included in the recent trip as well, tho regretably
 >the entire area was engulfed in so much smoke that this time we
 >couldn't even see the gorgeous mtn range we were traversing.]

That's my next trip to see Glacier Park.

 >
 >6. Great River Road: Baton Rouge - New Orleans, Louisiana
 >
 >[Yup. Wasn't on this trip's route but love doin it when I'm in the
 >region.]
 >
 >7. Great River Road: Iowa, Wisconsin & Minnesota along the Mississippi
 >River
 >
 >[Absolutely. Did a bunch of it this time; had tentative plans to do
 >summore just for the halibut butt we had places to go and people to
 >see; just can't get too much of if, tho.]
 >
 >8. Kancagamus Highway: New Hampshire
 >
 >[Dunno if I've done this road. Sounds like one I'll have to seek
 >out.]
 >
 >9. Overseas Highway: Florida Keys
 >
 >[Yeah, sure. Unique. Wuz gonna do it last Feb before gettin stuck in
 >the Tejas ice storm. Did it last year. Not for the "do it every
 >chance I get" list.]
 >
 >10. Acadia National Park (27-mile Park Loop Road): Maine
 >
 >[Yup. Been there, too, but not this year. Pretty damn nice. Again,
 >there's alot of pretty damn nice roads out there.]
 >
 >So, I've done 8-9 of 'em. They left out Charles Carolt's (can't
 >remember the spelling) alltime favorite: The Beartooth Highway. I
 >can't disagree with him.
 >
 >And what about US 101 up in northern CA, CA Hiway 1 (central coast),
 >Utah Hiway 12, NM Hiway 64, The Cherohala Hiway, hell, even I-70 along
 >the Colorado Ri. So many great roads.


what about Yosemite, Damn them! they left out the best place I went
to on my trip!

Tom (can't wait to get the SO out there!)<!-- ~MESSAGE_AFTER~ -->