Worst Roads to Photogenic Locations
May 29, 2013 10:54:20 #
Photoangel wrote:
When I was driving from Pennsylvania to California. I loved loved LOVED driving through the Colorado Rockies. However, the Salt Flats in Utah..... :roll: It was boring. After one picture.. you have enough...
ROTFLMAO - When I was a young lad we traveled from CA to Salt Lake quite often. My brother and I would have a contest to keep from getting too bored by each of us counting discarded tire on his side of the road - dang there were a lot of them back then.
May 29, 2013 10:56:34 #
BobHartung wrote:
The discussion of traveling to Bodie, CA and the r... (show quote)
I use to drive to the remnants of ghost towns when I lived in California. Just remember to take water. Also, in California, a one-lane unpaved road where you had to yield to the car coming uphill.
Nothing compared to the real dangers posed by some of those described in the following link, where many drivers HAVE to negotiate such hazards daily to make a living:
http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-most-dangerous-roads-in-the-world.php
May 29, 2013 10:58:55 #
May 29, 2013 11:05:25 #
Mogul wrote:
Kingsbury Grade, NV
Wow - now that used to be the most terrifying road I was ever on in my life - you folks have posted those CO roads - well I was on them too back in the 40s& 50s but that Kingsbury was a heart stopper. The top 1 mile is still bad but it was the best of the road that is why they did not improve it.
The second scariest road was the East side of Carson Pass hwy 88 CA it just was a scratch mark carved out of the mountainside barely one car wide.
May 29, 2013 11:10:44 #
I love ghost towns. I have yet to find one that has an interstate highway going into it. I really know what you are talking about. I can in one day shoot in ID, MT, WY, UT, NV. I love to photograph off the beaten path. Right today my little Tacoma has three broken shocks. I have bent frames and more. Not on purpose mine you. I love to go on stock roads, where the cowboys go to look after their stock. I was just thinking yesterday, I would shoot almost pro-camera line, drive almost any shoot appropriate vehicle and would be OK if someone like BP sponsored my fuel. Oh, I am also a gourmand, so I would need a food/beverage budget. You know the full gamete from French to American local to Burgers. But wait Grams says she is the current sponsor!
May 29, 2013 11:12:25 #
The washboard road to the Trona Pinnacles (where they do a lot of filming). My hometown has a lot of roads that shake my fillings loose.
May 29, 2013 11:16:59 #
Gifted One wrote:
I love ghost towns. I have yet to find one that h... (show quote)
In ID I vote for the Burke canyon road during snow slide season (G)
May 29, 2013 11:42:04 #
ole sarg
Loc: south florida
I 95 through Miami! Yesterday:
1. One king size mattress in center lane
2...One mile further on the bed spring for said mattress
4. One pick up truck hauling untied down carboard boxes being spread for at least 5 miles
5. One motorcyclist going 100 mph weaving through traffic
6. City garbage truck unloading recently picked up load onto two righ lanes
7 One girl without helmet on motorscotter going 35 in far left hand lane
The list goes on and on and on.....
1. One king size mattress in center lane
2...One mile further on the bed spring for said mattress
4. One pick up truck hauling untied down carboard boxes being spread for at least 5 miles
5. One motorcyclist going 100 mph weaving through traffic
6. City garbage truck unloading recently picked up load onto two righ lanes
7 One girl without helmet on motorscotter going 35 in far left hand lane
The list goes on and on and on.....
May 29, 2013 11:49:29 #
BobHartung wrote:
The discussion of traveling to Bodie, CA and the r... (show quote)
The most memorable road I've driven was the Flint Trail in Canyonlands N.P. in Utah. High clearance 4WD in compound low most of the way. Starting at the Han Flat ranger station its steep switchbacks making its way into "The Maze" district of the park.
May 29, 2013 11:54:43 #
4X4 roads should not be included here as there just are too many of them to consider and post.
Ya - I have a high clearance 4X4 and love the unpaved back roads.
Ya - I have a high clearance 4X4 and love the unpaved back roads.
Willy wrote:
The most memorable road I've driven was the Flint Trail in Canyonlands N.P. in Utah. High clearance 4WD in compound low most of the way. Starting at the Han Flat ranger station its steep switchbacks making its way into "The Maze" district of the park.
May 29, 2013 12:04:11 #
Harvey wrote:
4X4 roads should not be included here as there just are too many of them to consider and post.
Ya - I have a high clearance 4X4 and love the unpaved back roads.
Ya - I have a high clearance 4X4 and love the unpaved back roads.
Then how 'bout heading up the back roads to the top of Glass Butte (central Oregon obsidian mountains) with a low clearance diesel Mercedes? Got a lot of strange looks from the 4 WD crowd. :D
May 29, 2013 12:08:59 #
I don't think many are alive anymore that drove the old Alaskan Highway in the early 1950. 1,800 miles of dirt, mud, rocks and dust and never more then a 100 yard straight way. A memory that lasted me a lifetime.
May 29, 2013 12:20:04 #
Add
Loc: S.W.Florida
South from Kanab,UT.to the north rim of the Grand Canyon,but what a spot once you are there! No fence,no rangers,and probably nobody else.
May 29, 2013 13:17:49 #
BobHartung wrote:
The discussion of traveling to Bodie, CA and the r... (show quote)
Hey Bob, with all that experience the dirt track through Monument Valley should be a piece of cake. Don't forget the water and something to cover your equipment until the dust settles.
May 29, 2013 13:53:09 #
BobHartung wrote:
The discussion of traveling to Bodie, CA and the r... (show quote)
How appropriate at this time. There is an abandoned mine site about 20 miles from my house. Tried to get there a few days ago and could not pass because the road had been washed out where a small creek runs under it. I'm pretty sure it is on federal land and plan to go to the ranger station to find if it's hike-able from that point.
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