2016 10 BEST and WORST States For Road Trips - Page 6

Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

I love to take road trips through the mountains in Colorado. Parents were both adventurous natives, and over the years showed me many off-the-beaten-path drives. Some are quite scary but I learned to drive even those. Trouble with Colorado...their annual budget for guard rails is only about $25.

I know of one route which is a National Scenic Byway called The Silver Thread that goes from South Fork in SW part of the state, up through the infamous Creede (Creede Silver Day), over Slumgullon Pass to Lake City. Part of the trip follows the Rio Grande where it's a clear, cold, rushing mountain stream (the Silver Thread). It's a good road with spectacular scenery.

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ZoetheCat · ‎11-30-2014

@Kachina624 wrote:
I love to take road trips through the mountains in Colorado. Parents were both adventurous natives, and over the years showed me many off-the-beaten-path drives. Some are quite scary but I learned to drive even those. Trouble with Colorado...their annual budget for guard rails is only about $25.

I know of one route which is a National Scenic Byway called The Silver Thread that goes from South Fork in SW part of the state, up through the infamous Creede (Creede Silver Day), over Slumgullon Pass to Lake City. Part of the trip follows the Rio Grande where it's a clear, cold, rushing mountain stream (the Silver Thread). It's a good road with spectacular scenery.

One of the scariest days of my life was driving the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado with my husband. He is afraid of heights to begin with, and this drive nearly put him over the edge, pun intended. No guard rails and narrow curving roads with steep dropoffs. Not good for someone with a fear of heights. We actually had to turn around midway. Colorado is breathtaking, but if I never drive the Million Dollar Highway again, I'm good!

I've been fortunate to travel many places in the world, and I think there are wondrous, beautiful places just about everywhere. I always feel like, even if a place I visit is not as scenic as I might have hoped, it's different from where I live, and that makes it special.

Since I live in New England, I have to say that there is nothing like autumn here. If I could have October in New England year round, I'd be a happy girl!

Spurt · ‎03-20-2010

@Kachina624 wrote:
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@Kachina624 wrote:
I've driven across Texas a few times and it's got to be #1 for lack of scenery and boring.
I agree! Depressingly boring. The whole state is like that. There's a movement by the way to make Texas a separate country....again. I say they're welcome to it.
Can't imagine living in TEXAS*.
I lived there for 28 years in the DFW area. I had a great job that gave me a great retirement but when I retired I left and moved further North so I could have 4 seasons again (grew up in North). There are parts of Texas that are quite pretty - parts of East Texas and the hill country around Austin, for example. There are also a lot of things to do & see all over the state all of the time. But, the heat in summer is unbearable particularly in an area like DFW that is all concrete & freeways and especially as I got older. As to the overall political environment there, I won't comment on that.
I spent almost 35 years in Texas, first in Houston then West Texas. I absolutely hated Houston with a passion and won't go back, even to visit friends. That's okay because they're only too willing to visit me.

I don't think there's much to see and do there at all. When relatives visited me there, I didn't know what to do with them. Big Bend National Park is a joke if you've seen parks in Utah and Colorado.

Texas has a lot of really good people, and I'm sorry for those trapped there. There's just too much to dislike.

@Kachina624 PLEASE don't condemn the entire state of Texas because you lived in Houston and hated it!, why even native Texans hate Houston...LOL!!!

https://bigbluemess.com/2010/10/21/i-hate-houston/

http://www.texashighways.com/txtop40

http://www.city-data.com/forum/houston/1429399-why-do-people-hate-houston-3.html

There are nice parts of the state and I'm not talking the flat DFW area either (just as bad as Houston-JMHO) .... I love the Texas Hill Country....charming towns, interesting shops, friendly people....and Padre Island is one of the top destinations for the college crowd......and my city isn't half bad, although the summer time IS hot, but people enjoy our Fiesta, Folklife Festival, and Holiday River Parade....Personally, when I go somewhere to visit, i don't chose the desert areas and prefer upstate NY and New England in the Fall---that's what i call GOREGOUS!!

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Kachina624 · ‎03-10-2010

@ZoetheCat wrote:
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One of the scariest days of my life was driving the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado with my husband. He is afraid of heights to begin with, and this drive nearly put him over the edge, pun intended. No guard rails and narrow curving roads with steep dropoffs. Not good for someone with a fear of heights. We actually had to turn around midway. Colorado is breathtaking, but if I never drive the Million Dollar Highway again, I'm good!

@ZoetheCat The Million Dollar Hwy is a boulevard now compared to what it was when I was a child, the first time I went over it. It was unpaved, even more narrow and I spend the entire trip on the floor of the car scared to peek out.

Since then, I have driven from Durango to Ouray many times myself. Having also driven much worse jeep roads, it seems like a cake walk.

You and DH should have taken the little train.

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ZoetheCat · ‎11-30-2014

@Kachina624 wrote:
@ZoetheCat wrote:
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One of the scariest days of my life was driving the Million Dollar Highway in Colorado with my husband. He is afraid of heights to begin with, and this drive nearly put him over the edge, pun intended. No guard rails and narrow curving roads with steep dropoffs. Not good for someone with a fear of heights. We actually had to turn around midway. Colorado is breathtaking, but if I never drive the Million Dollar Highway again, I'm good!

@ZoetheCat The Million Dollar Hwy is a boulevard now compared to what it was when I was a child, the first time I went over it. It was unpaved, even more narrow and I spend the entire trip on the floor of the car scared to peek out.

Since then, I have driven from Durango to Ouray many times myself. Having also driven much worse jeep roads, it seems like a cake walk.

You and DH should have taken the little train.

Wow, you drive that road regularly and voluntarily? That is impressive. We actually talked about taking the train, but my husband said he'd rather drive. Trust me, he was eating those words during that drive! It is a beautiful part of the world, though ...