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Aug 5, 2022 12:32:44   #
b top gun
 
If you like "living on the edge", I suggest you check out Rim Road (F.R. 300) in Arizona. This road follows the SW edge of the Colorado Escarpment, also known as the Mogollon Rim. I had a near life changing event the day I was on this road.

https://azoffroad.net/rim-road-fr-300





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Aug 5, 2022 12:36:42   #
Umnak Loc: Mount Vernon, Wa.
 
Great shots! Glad you're around to post after that "near life changing event"!
Rob

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Aug 5, 2022 12:43:58   #
Bigmike1 Loc: I am from Gaffney, S.C. but live in Utah.
 
Great shots. Arizona is very interesting and scenic country.

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Aug 5, 2022 12:51:32   #
b top gun
 
We were headed east along the rim road (the road is scraped gravel and not wide enough for two vehicles to pass. The road is very popular with 4 wheel off road vehicles as well.) As we were coming around a blind corner, some IDIOT contractor in a white truck of some kind came from the opposite direction, he was poking around on his cell phone! There are NO guard rails or shoulders on this road. Average vertical drop is 500 feet. We were in a full size Toyota Tundra and on the edge. Natural reaction would have been to swerve to avoid a collision. Fortunately my buddy's dad had the sense to turn away from the edge. We stopped less than three feet from the idiot's truck! I could not get of that road too soon. On the other hand the views are spectacular!!!

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Aug 5, 2022 13:35:09   #
UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT
 
Beautiful set!

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Aug 5, 2022 13:36:23   #
Umnak Loc: Mount Vernon, Wa.
 
b top gun wrote:
We were headed east along the rim road (the road is scraped gravel and not wide enough for two vehicles to pass. The road is very popular with 4 wheel off road vehicles as well.) As we were coming around a blind corner, some IDIOT contractor in a white truck of some kind came from the opposite direction, he was poking around on his cell phone! There are NO guard rails or shoulders on this road. Average vertical drop is 500 feet. We were in a full size Toyota Tundra and on the edge. Natural reaction would have been to swerve to avoid a collision. Fortunately my buddy's dad had the sense to turn away from the edge. We stopped less than three feet from the idiot's truck! I could not get of that road too soon. On the other hand the views are spectacular!!!
We were headed east along the rim road (the road i... (show quote)


Yikes!! That is a harrowing tale indeed! Glad to see the views from that treacherous road though!
Rob

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Aug 5, 2022 14:51:47   #
NMGal Loc: NE NM
 
Beautiful.

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Aug 6, 2022 06:06:18   #
Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis
 
b top gun wrote:
We were headed east along the rim road (the road is scraped gravel and not wide enough for two vehicles to pass. The road is very popular with 4 wheel off road vehicles as well.) As we were coming around a blind corner, some IDIOT contractor in a white truck of some kind came from the opposite direction, he was poking around on his cell phone! There are NO guard rails or shoulders on this road. Average vertical drop is 500 feet. We were in a full size Toyota Tundra and on the edge. Natural reaction would have been to swerve to avoid a collision. Fortunately my buddy's dad had the sense to turn away from the edge. We stopped less than three feet from the idiot's truck! I could not get of that road too soon. On the other hand the views are spectacular!!!
We were headed east along the rim road (the road i... (show quote)


For something like this I could understand "Road Rage"

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Aug 6, 2022 06:07:38   #
yssirk123 Loc: New Jersey
 
Beautiful images - glad you okay!

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Aug 6, 2022 06:31:06   #
J-SPEIGHT Loc: Akron, Ohio
 
b top gun wrote:
If you like "living on the edge", I suggest you check out Rim Road (F.R. 300) in Arizona. This road follows the SW edge of the Colorado Escarpment, also known as the Mogollon Rim. I had a near life changing event the day I was on this road.

https://azoffroad.net/rim-road-fr-300



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Aug 6, 2022 07:16:40   #
tcthome Loc: NJ
 

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Aug 6, 2022 07:38:07   #
sb Loc: Florida's East Coast
 
Beautiful! When my knees were younger I hiked a trail that went up the rim - it was a really nice hike - at the bottom was a spring that came out of the rocks with the power of a fire hydrant.

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Aug 9, 2022 16:12:16   #
topcat Loc: Alameda, CA
 
What a tail. Glad that nothing happened.

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