Best Drives you've taken

[jballscalls]

I'm a complete phobic when it comes to flying so i've driven across many parts of the US on a many different occasions.

I was curious what some of everyone's favorite stretches of highway were here in the USA.

1. I-5 from the Oregon border to Redding, CA
tons of great hills, valleys, mt. shasta and lake shasta, always beautiful.

2. I-8 or I-10 (cant remember which) from Tucson to El Paso
completely barren, but some great views and i think desert sunsets are the best.

3. Tennessee backroads...........while driving through Tennessee and having to avoid traffic stopped on the interstate, i got to drive through the back woods of Tennessee and it was some of the most beautiful country i've ever seen.

what are some of your guys favorites?

[Dave Schwartz]

1. Pebble Beach - 17-mile drive

2. Around Lake Tahoe, the lake and the forest is beautiful.
(Which comes with an added bonus: If you drive to Reno, you get to "break crab" with Dave Schwartz. Flip you for who buys.)

3. Vermont - up around Lake George NY.

[GaryG]

Tennessee backroads...........while driving through Tennessee and having to avoid traffic stopped on the interstate, i got to drive through the back woods of Tennessee and it was some of the most beautiful country i've ever seen.

what are some of your guys favorites?Jason, I do that almost every day. Try the Blue Ridge Parkway. It goes from Roanoke to near the NC/TN line, more than 400 miles. It is limited access and doesn't take up more of nature than it needs. It goes along the crest of the Blue Ridge, not tall by western standards, but absolutely beautiful.

Also, the Natchez Trace, from Natchez MS just about to Nashville. This was once an Indian trail and it was used by Jackson in the War of 1812 heading to New Orleans.

[Mike at A+]

I just turned 60 and have never flown in my life. And have no intention of starting now. Three years ago, I drove from PA to Denver, CO for a consulting gig. Worked one week there and the balance of the contract from home. Left Denver Friday at 5:00 PM and checked into a motel in Grand Island, NE (within walking distance of Fonner Park but they weren't racing that time of year). Left there at about 9:30 AM Saturday morning and drove non-stop (except for gas and Starbucks) and made it home by 5:00 AM Sunday morning. Took I-80 most of the way and it was a decent trip. I did the trip during the baseball playoffs when Denver was playing Philly and people were flipping me the bird once I reached Colorado after seeing my PA plates and thinking I was a Philly fan (I'm not).

Next year, the Mrs. and I will be celebrating 25 years of wedded bliss and will be driving to Seattle and then cruising Alaska. When we got married in 1986, I was going to break down and fly to Hawaii for our honeymoon. A few weeks before the wedding, my wife called me to tell me that the QE2 was leaving NYC the day after the wedding and asked me if I'd rather do that. I didn't even ask her where it was going and said OK. Turned out to be an 18 day cruise to Southampton, UK, the Canarie Islands, back to Southampton and return to NYC.

[Let's Roll]

I've driven the Pacific Coast Highway in both directions between Los Angeles and Monterey. Always very scenic but the road can be narrow and twisting. I would avoid it at night. Also drove the 17 mile drive near Pebble Beach, in those days I lived in a room off the 18th fairway for a month during a construction project, I liked walking the course even more than the drive.

[Zippy Chippy]

Sedona AZ, but once we got to the top we hated it so got back in the car and drove back down.

[chickenhead]

I love driving and the country, I manage to get knocked out most anywhere...but some of my most memorable were around the Shenandoah Valley in VA...Highway 93 from Missoula to Twin Falls, 101 through Southern Humboldt County CA, Napa Valley CA, Oregon following the Columbia River East.

[bigmack]

Too many to mention but case sensitive to your travel companion. I took that Pebble 17 with a unit that was hotter than Gerogia asphalt. Such a pain in the can she was I saw nothing out of frustration for what came out of her mouth.

Kalispell, MT & Glacier is a real pic clicker. Love the journey through the Sawthooth's of Potato Land.

[Tom]

1. 94 to 75 north, through Detroit. Playing whack-a-mole with the potholes.

[Grits]

The majority of the miles on my car are highway miles; home unless I leave the state. LOL One of the finest drives, aside from those along the Blue Ridge Parkway here in Carolina, have been really long trips where I've seen a lot of countryside, with resort areas in between.

In 2005, I drove, with my Yorkie along for company, on a three week trip. I left Carolina headed for Kentucky, which is habit, having driven there so often. I stayed a couple of days there in Lexington visiting friends. At the end of visiting, I got up at daybreak on a Thursday morning and drove west to Louisville, where I turned northward heading through Indiana (flat, but still nice, open--farmland as far as one can see.) Up around Gary, at northernmost Ind., the interstate forks--a left takes one to Chicago, a right, takes one to Michigan.

For a little over a couple of weeks, I traveled throughout the Great Lakes region, from southern Mi, up the UP (for those unfamiliar, UP--is Upper Peninsula) driving along coastal highway, M-31, moving along the western side of the state. Quaint towns, and resort areas of Mi are beautiful--South and North Haven, Traverse City, and Petoskey were favorites. Went all the way north to Sault Ste Marie--man, it was cold there by the latter part of October!! (The Soo Locks are amazing--biggest ships I've ever seen were on Lake Superior.)

I had a plan and it was time to say goodbye to the Lakes. So, I came down the middle of MI. on Interstate 75, I took a left and headed for Port Huron. There, I spent the night, and got up early the next a.m. bound for the Canadian border which was across the lake, on the other side of the bridge. There, just past daybreak the next a.m., I encountered my two border guys. And I don't know who was more entertained--me--or them. They wouldn't let me leave for 20 minutes, couldn't understand what a Southern woman was doing so far from home--alone with only her dog--or why she wanted to enter their country.

"Do you have a weapon in your vehicle?"

"No sir, I don't. Can I leave now?"

"What's your hurry? We have to be sure."

"Ok, y'all check things out." (I laughed sincerely--knowing I had no guns.)

They liked my Southern accent and listening to me talk. They kept me there . . . talking to 'em. No traffic at this hour. They went all through my trunk, only opened part of my luggage. Then, I got nervous! I remembered in my totebag, behind my seat, I had an open bottle of Crown. (Had a couple of drinks the night before after driving all day . . . . everyone does!) I was scared too death they were gonna go in my totebag.

They liked my dog, even though she'd bark every time one of 'em poked their head in the window to look at her. I'm convinced she saved my butt and was the reason they didn't look all through the totebag. Anyway, they finally let us go. And I waved at 'em in my rearview mirror . . . friendly, good lookin' flirts that they were. Now, I'm on this fine highway in Southern Ontario running 75 mph which is my norm.

In the South we don't have kilometers, so, consequently, I have no damn earthly idea what the speed limit is. While flying past the signs, I'm just clueless. I stop to get gas, and learn I'm well over the speed limit, so I slow my butt down. Hell, I made it through customs, I really don't wanna go to jail in Canada. So with customs and kilometers, I didn't tarry too long, driving across, headed towards Buffalo. Heavy traffic in Hamilton, but all was still cool and Zo and I were rolling along with Sirus radio.

Coming back in at Buffalo was a breeze--they didn't even ask me 'bout weapons!! Damn, so much for security on this end, huh! :faint: Western NY to Syracuse is fine, but its busy and boring. So, I decided to do something more scenic. I headed south through the Catskills . . . Ithica, Watkins Glen, etc. Even came through some early snow--and that part of my drive through the mountains was beautiful!! Can't remember where I spent the night! LOL

Knowing my plan, I was getting in the short rows, to get where I was originally, in all of this, headed.

Anyway, next morning I drove on--bound for Belmont Park and the 2005 Breeders' Cup.

Y'all had to know there was a horserace in all of this somewhere.:lol:

(Headed to Breeders' Cup, it just took me a little over three weeks to get there taking the scenic route.)

I tell y'all what, though, I thought northern Michigan was cold . . . . Long Island, New York and Belmont Park on Breeders' Cup Day 2005 was the coldest damn place in North America!!! I mean, bless my cold, cold heart and everybody else that was there, I thought I would freeze too death.

Travelin's fun. Especially when folks are nice. And this was one of my most fun trips. Just me and Zo. In MI, folks let me bring her in their stores, I even took her in restaurants when she was in her carrier. Friendly, welcoming folks and a beautiful place.

I woulda never had this kind of adventure on an airplane. No way. I like driving and spending time with fun people.;) And there's lots of those out there.

[Tom]

I like any road as long as it is downhill.

[chrisl]

The Alaska Canada highway {Alcan} and all the other road trips in Alaska that I have literally lost myself on

[skate]

Upstate NY/PA and places in WY, Ut, and most of the N. West.


But with that said, enough is enough and im done driving, yep and this is the very best of all.

I would not feel that way if i didnt travel a lot and a lot.:)

[johnhannibalsmith]

Damn, it's been so long I can't remember the route number, but anyone that's driven it or had the pleasure of riding a motorcycle from one end to the other - Maybe Tom knows - the beautiful winding road in Vermont (I know it lands in Sugarbush and I think it began pretty close to Crown Point if we went that way) - I believe it is route 17, but I just don't trust my brain going back that far.

[Jay Trotter]

Here's a nice drive for you Jason. Close enough to home that you can actually drive to the drive so to speak!

Going-to-the-Sun Road
Glacier National Park, Montana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going-to-the-Sun_Road

I've made this trip and there are some great places to stop and take a short hike to see some amazing things.

http://curiouscat.com/travels/glacier/images/dscf0464.jpg

[Rookies]

I've driven the Pacific Coast Highway in both directions between Los Angeles and Monterey. Always very scenic but the road can be narrow and twisting. I would avoid it at night. Also drove the 17 mile drive near Pebble Beach, in those days I lived in a room off the 18th fairway for a month during a construction project, I liked walking the course even more than the drive.

My #1 . Simply a no brainer. One day, going up to Big Sur, we managed only the 90 miles to Monterrey. Make sure you have stop offs at Nepenthe and Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park- staggeringly beautiful.

#2 From the Spa through the various mountain ranges to Bar Harbor. Nothing but net, as is the drive around the loop through Southwest Harbor.

#3 I've taken about 50 trips through old 17 Highway in N.Y. ( Southern Tier) from Batavia to N.E. Pa. Very cool! :ThmbUp:

[Overlay]

When I was going to school in Claremont, California, I liked to drive up Mount San Antonio (aka Mount Baldy) in the San Gabriel Mountains near campus, hook up with the Angeles Crest Highway (California State Route 2), and head west, weaving around until the highway came down and ended in La Canada. Great scenery and views.

[cj's dad]

The West Coast of Ireland !!

[Beachbabe]

The Amalfi Coast "highway" in Italy.

But truthfully, does anything beat I-95 between Baltimore & Petersburg Va. ?

[Grits]

But truthfully, does anything beat I-95 between Baltimore & Petersburg Va. ?

NO!:lol: My alley, and the drive from hell except when I'm going through on an early Sunday morning.

[ElKabong]

1- the loop around Lake Peppin in MN, WI in October. start @ Stillwater, go north, loop back down to Red Wing and back up

2-"Texas Alps". Nice cycling ride, Mtn Home, Comfort, etc in the Hill Country west of San Antonio. Great scenic ride

[sandpit]

This is my favorite off-topic title ever! http://paceadvantage.com/forum/images/smilies/43.gif

There are so many beautiful trips

-About any part of the PCH, except around Oxnard
-Trotter's Going to the Sun road, just incredible
-Going north out of Fairbanks to the Arctic Circle, crossing the Yukon...the vastness of Alaska is incomprehensible.
-Any road in Yellowstone, Yosemite, Sequoia
-Ditto for canyon country in southern Utah
-Shenandoah National Park & it's 35mph speed limit
-The pine and palm forests along the "Forgotten Coast" of the Florida panhandle
-Roosevelt Highway along the Tetons...best sunset I ever saw was there
-and for all the horse enthusiasts: Old Frankfort Pike near Lexington...go out the back entrance, Rice Road, of Keeneland, and weave your way a couple of miles until you hit one of the prettiest stretches of road anywhere...hardly any traffic, huge old trees, beautiful horses everywhere, and a couple of little hole in the wall spots to stop and pick up a beverage or sandwich. I've driven this one at dusk, dawn, all four seasons, and each time yields something new and beautiful.

[Donnie]

The drive back from Vegas to IA thru Utah and CO (the Rockies) was just breathe taking. And then there is the Kangamangas HiWay in NH. The rolling hills of KY is beautiful as well.

[dylbert]

Highway 7 in Arkansas from Arkadelphia to Hot Springs -- probably best stretch of scenery headed to racetrack, Oaklawn Park.

[jballscalls]

Highway 7 in Arkansas from Arkadelphia to Hot Springs -- probably best stretch of scenery headed to racetrack, Oaklawn Park.

i really thought Arkansas, especially going up through Hot Springs, was an absolutely beautiful state!! Little rock not included :)

nice to see some of the postings from everyone, nice to have a conversation that doesn't include the word liberals or socialists or any biblical quotes!!

[Jay Trotter]

JINX --- now you've gone and done it! LOL

i really thought Arkansas, especially going up through Hot Springs, was an absolutely beautiful state!! Little rock not included :)

nice to see some of the postings from everyone, nice to have a conversation that doesn't include the word liberals or socialists or any biblical quotes!!

[Spiderman]

Niagara Falls to Cooperstown, NY via the Erie Canal route.

[SchagFactorToWin]

This is my favorite off-topic title ever! http://paceadvantage.com/forum/images/smilies/43.gif


Keep 'em coming- I'm taking notes! I'm buying a motor home next year and am going to spend a couple of years knocking around the country, visiting as many race tracks and BBQ points as possible.

[BlueShoe]

Have not flown since the Navy, a long time ago, and always drive. Since the 70's have driven over much of America west of the Rockies at one time or another, and to post all of the pleasant drives would take too much space. Will just mention one recent one taken in October of '08 that really impressed me. It was from Paradise, Ca. to Lake Tahoe over Hwy 70, the Feather River Scenic Byway through Quincy and then Hwy 89. Much of it parallels the north fork of the Feather River through scenic Plumas County and crosses over bridges and through tunnels and wonderful mountain scenery, and at the time, fine fall color. Would like to take this one again, in the late spring, perhaps May, after snowmelt when the waterfalls are full and the streams are at full flow.

[rastajenk]

The ride out to Key West is pretty unique. I'm also partial to the Outer Banks, but I know that's not for everyone.

Recently the spouse unit and I visited the Smokies, and after crossing over into North Carolina took a roundabout drive on that side of the park; very nice.

[Tom]

Niagara Falls to Cooperstown, NY via the Erie Canal route.

My backyard. Very nice back roads through this neck of the woods.:ThmbUp:

[Greyfox]

Here's a nice drive for you Jason. Close enough to home that you can actually drive to the drive so to speak!

Going-to-the-Sun Road
Glacier National Park, Montana

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Going-to-the-Sun_Road

I've made this trip and there are some great places to stop and take a short hike to see some amazing things.

http://curiouscat.com/travels/glacier/images/dscf0464.jpg

That's a great drive if you are going from East to West.
Driving West to East is the fright of your life.

[Greyfox]

Interstate 15

Montana, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, California right to San Diego.

For the most part there are very few cars on the road.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Interstate_15_map.png

[andymays]

Anyone ever got their kicks on Route 66?


YouTube - Route 66- The Lyrics in Pictures

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrNzqc1ZMRo

[BlueShoe]

Anyone ever got their kicks on Route 66?
Yes indeed, have a large connection to that road, and still today have one. While a child in Chicago, my father was transfered to LA, and that was the way we came. A couple of years later we went back for a visit, and again made the roundtrip on 66. Still drive a short segment of it today on occasion on my trips to Laughlin when taking the backdoor 29 Palms route. For those familiar with SoCal, there is about a 50 mile stretch of the old highway 66 between Amboy and the connection with I-40. Very light traffic for those that enjoy the solitude of lonely roads, as I do. Favorite version of the old classic song is still the original Nat Cole recording.

[Capper Al]

I liked the drive between Vancouver B.C. and Whistler along the bay.

[sandpit]

Keep 'em coming- I'm taking notes! I'm buying a motor home next year and am going to spend a couple of years knocking around the country, visiting as many race tracks and BBQ points as possible.

If it's bbq and racing you want, take some time to go to Ellis Park next summer. Ellis is located in Henderson, KY, where there's plenty of good hole in the wall eateries. Then it's just a quick 30 minute drive south out of Henderson for a few miles, then east on the lovely Audubon Parkway, which has absolutely no cars on it ever and is really pretty at sunset and sunrise, to Owensboro, where there's a bunch more excellent bbq spots.

More:
-southern New Mexico: left Carlsbad (the town) and took 285 down to Guadalupe Mtns NP for some hiking and terrific scenery, back to Carlsbad Caverns, only 15-20 miles. There is a dirt road there that the park personnel told me about that was an easy drive in a car; incredible scenery and wildlife around sunset. Then hit 285 north to 82 west for the trip through Lincoln NF and White Sands and then on into southern Arizona.

-the loop thru western South Dakota through the Black Hills, Mt. Rushmore, the caves area and then over to the Badlands.

-the grasslands of eastern Montana are incredibly beautiful to me, but not for everybody. The entire area gives you a great sense of the challenges that the Native Americans and pioneers faced.

-I echoed the Going to the Sun road earlier, but the drive from Coeur d Alene to their is phenomenal and not for the inattentive driver.

-the ring around Olympic National Park, home of America's greatest rain forest

-Redwoods and Muir Woods north of San Fran. I like this better than the manicured beauty of Pebble Beach.

-if you like the combo of desert and mountains, take 395 from north of San Bernardino all the way to Tahoe. You can make side trips to Death Valley, see the highest mountain in the lower 48 (Mt. Whitney), beautiful Mono Lake, take hwy 120 over to Yosemite, and take the windy road up to Devil's Postpile.

[rastajenk]

These are all very scenic and pleasant...Whatcha got for white-knuckle, butt-puckering thrilling drives? i.e., bridges. The Glacier Natl Park road looks like it could pose some challenges.

I went over Tampa's Sunshine Skyway or whatever they call it a short time after a ship had hit it and closed one of the spans...Two lanes, straight up into the wild blue yonder, and straight back down. Day-um, that was scary. Some years later, I did it again after the repairs and it wasn't much less tense.

The one over the Chesapeake at Annapolis weren't much fun either.

There's one in Cleveland that seems to span the entire Cuyahoga River valley at high altitude; I did it during a lake effect blizzard that added an extra layer of terror.

I crossed the Colorado Rockies once in March when there was a wreck or something that had closed the Eisenhower Tunnel, so it was up and over on Route 6 in the snow that made for a dramatic couple of hours.

What are your thrill rides?

[newtothegame]

Love the Mountains of Tn...
Drove down 75 through Chattanooga on to 59 down through Georgia, eventually back home to Louisiana.
The scenery, air quality, seemed so different.
Actually pulled over in the mountains, rolled the windows down...grabbed a jacket and slept for a few hours.
Although twenty years ago, I will never forget that trip!

[Jay Trotter]

rastajenk, I'm thinking you want to go to Six Flags! :lol:

These are all very scenic and pleasant...Whatcha got for white-knuckle, butt-puckering thrilling drives? i.e., bridges. The Glacier Natl Park road looks like it could pose some challenges.

[cj's dad]

The BQE on a Saturday night in bumper to bumper is quite the pleasure !

[OTM Al]

The BQE on a Saturday night in bumper to bumper is quite the pleasure !

Second only to 278 in Staten Island when it's backed up from the Goethals all the way to the Verazano. The spans on that one can be seen all the way from the Goethals crossing like a finish line that you'll never make it to.

[michiken]

1. 94 to 75 north, through Detroit. Playing whack-a-mole with the potholes.

Tom,

We have NEW pavement on 94 near the Uniroyal Tire (http://beta.local.yahoo.com/monster-tire-video-detroit-mi-turn-here?woeid=2364558)

JUST FOR YOU and your Labatts Ice

Since the pavement was done under the stimulus plan it is a POS and will crumble soon.

[highnote]

Trail Ridge Road from Estes Park, CO to Grand Lake, CO through Rocky Mountain National Park. Spectacular.

Bear Tooth Pass near Yellowstone Park -- also spectacular.

Big Sur is amazing.

Florida Keys are much different but still beautiful.

Many beautiful backroads of Ohio and Upstate NY and Vermont.

West Virginia -- almost Heaven!

The Loneliest Highway in America -- Highway 50 across Nevada.

The prairies of the Dakotas are very beautiful.

[BlueShoe]

The Loneliest Highway in America -- Highway 50 across Nevada.
Not all agree with this old claim, including myself. Imo, the loneliest road is still in Nevada, but it is not 50, it is Hwy 93. From Twin Falls, Id to Las Vegas is 500 miles, and the only town of any size is Ely, a bit over 4000 pop. Neat drive, a slight detour and stop at lightly visited Great Basin NP added to the enjoyment.

[chickenhead]

We had planned to drive across Nevada to salt lake city on our way to yellowstone, we were so demoralized by the monotony that we didn't make it, headed north thru jackpot instead. Miserable drive, doing 120 and felt like I was getting nowhere.

[bigmack]

I've got 500 acres of farmland in Dakota. North Dakota. Highway 46 runs through there. 46 is a straight line. Not a bend in it FOR 125 MILES!

The vistas are riveting.

http://ageofgeek.files.wordpress.com/2009/07/asleep-at-the-wheel.jpg

[highnote]

Not all agree with this old claim, including myself. Imo, the loneliest road is still in Nevada, but it is not 50, it is Hwy 93. From Twin Falls, Id to Las Vegas is 500 miles, and the only town of any size is Ely, a bit over 4000 pop. Neat drive, a slight detour and stop at lightly visited Great Basin NP added to the enjoyment.

I would love to try that drive!

[highnote]

We had planned to drive across Nevada to salt lake city on our way to yellowstone, we were so demoralized by the monotony that we didn't make it, headed north thru jackpot instead. Miserable drive, doing 120 and felt like I was getting nowhere.


You're probably used to the scenery in the west. Being from the east, the rugged scenery is always exciting to us.

The Green Mountains of Vermont are beautiful, but they are not magnificent like the Rockies. However, someone from the west may prefer the beauty of the eastern mountains.

[Valuist]

1. 94 to 75 north, through Detroit. Playing whack-a-mole with the potholes.

If you're going to do Detroit, don't forget to hit Flint.

[Pell Mell]

If your a biker, hit the "Dragon's Tail" in the Smokies in E. TN. :faint:

[BlueShoe]

Ah, the call of the open road! All this talk of scenic or lonely drives has given me the travel itch again, and I was just on a trip the last week of October, and here I am ready to go again. Was always told that when you get old a person loses the urge to travel, so guess I am the exception.:D

[rastajenk]

I was blessed with incredible wanderlust as a young adult, and was fortunate enough ( :cool: )to be laid off often enough to express it. I took several long, open-ended road trips ( I called them 'sabbaticals'), south and west, just to see what was out there, to drive routes that look interesting in the atlas. In my case, the urge to travel hasn't diminished, but the opportunities surely have. In fact, I was kind of fishing around for permission to go on one again this past September, as I had the month off between River Downs and Beulah. As usual though, real life intervened and it didn't happen. Maybe next year.

[BlueShoe]

We had planned to drive across Nevada to salt lake city on our way to yellowstone, we were so demoralized by the monotony that we didn't make it, headed north thru jackpot instead.
Well, at least Jackpot has casinos. The bad news is that none of them have a racebook. Boo.:ThmbDown: Now had you taken I-80 east you would have come to Wendover, which also has casinos, and is a bit livelier than Jackpot. The good news is that one or two of the clubs does have a racebook. Yea.:ThmbUp:

[kingfin66]

-I echoed the Going to the Sun road earlier, but the drive from Coeur d Alene to their is phenomenal and not for the inattentive driver.



Sandpit,

I have gone this route, assuming you mean north from Coeur d'Alene through Sandpoint ID and then east to Kalispell/Whitefish, MT. It is indeed a very beautiful drive, but it was amazing to me that the daytime speed limit on that winding highway is 70mph. That is some incredible country.

[Jay Trotter]

It's a funny thing how one man's beauty can be the next guy's drudgery...

...I live on the prairie and long for the mountains and ocean,
while others visit the prairies and are in awe of the golden fields of wheat and big sky!

http://www.davidlillyphotography.ca/PraireLandscapes/images/pl04.jpg

[sandpit]

Sandpit,

I have gone this route, assuming you mean north from Coeur d'Alene through Sandpoint ID and then east to Kalispell/Whitefish, MT. It is indeed a very beautiful drive, but it was amazing to me that the daytime speed limit on that winding highway is 70mph. That is some incredible country.

Exactly the route I was talking about. I first made the trip about 25 years ago, and I was kind of freaked out by all the white crosses marking where people had died. Definitely made me and my buddy slow down.

[jognlope]

I could lie and say "oh what fun" but I was scared, driving up to Cape Breton by myself, Nova Scotia. So I had a quick lunch, pretended to read a book and was so glad to get in the car and drive back down the east coast to Peggy's Cove, then Yarmouth to board the ferry back to Bar Harbor. That windy road with a little bitty railing and sheer drop off!!! I love Nova Scotia, the brightly colored barns, no trash anywhere, the people.