Jeff and all,

If you're on 89A anyway, take it all the way into Prescott; don't neglect stopping in Jerome, a near ghost town turned Hippie commune, turned respectable artist's community. 

Karl Wolz
Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Aug 27, 2012, at 8:51 AM, J Stewart <fonman4277@COMCAST.NET> wrote:

> Don't know the route number, but I've said it before here, what ever road it is that goes north out of Sedona AZ through Oak Creek Canyon...amazing. Jeff Stewart ----- Original Message -----
>> M-22 (Michigan). North of Manistee, through Frankfort, along Crystal
>> Lake, through Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, Leland, Leelanau
>> peninsula and down to Traverse City. All along the most scenic part of
>> Lake Michigan. Anytime of the year, but Fall is spectacular.
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Sent: Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:16:33 -0000 (UTC)
>> Subject: Re: Interstates are boring
>> We almost always avoid interstate highways. On our recent near 6k mile
>> trip from Oklahoma to Washington and around about in the NW and Rocky
>> Mountain area, we spent most of the driving time on U.S. highways and
>> state highways. We did take the interstates to get from Oklahoma to
>> Spokane, but left them almost altogether after that.
>> My neighbor recently remarked to me that his driving style depended on
>> whether he was traveling or going somewhere. Traveling, he avoids
>> interstates and drives at 55 mph or slower. Going somewhere, he drives
>> 75 mph on interstates.
>> I noticed your mention of U.S. 50 across Colorado. While scenic,
>> because of the extreme traffic load, it is also slow and dangerous. If
>> my goal is to enjoy getting across Colorado, I go north and take
>> several different state and U.S. highways, including U.S. 40 through
>> the mountains. Again, slow but not because of a high traffic load,
>> just curvy and scenic. The stretch west of the divide is just sublime.
>> mcneely
>> ---- Kim Brennan wrote:
>>> In my travels across North America, I've often found that US routes
>>> (and equivalent routes in Canada) are more scenic, and interesting
>>> than the Interstates (and equivalent high speed limited access
>>> highways in Canada). Sometimes the destination is the goal.
>>> Sometimes its the drive to the destination that is the
>>> entertainment.
>>> 
>>> In no particular order, here are some of my favorites:
>>> 
>>> US Route 302 (New Hampshire. Crawford Notch. Near to Mt Washington,
>>> a beautiful scenic drive.
>>> 
>>> US Route 163 (southern Utah). Monument valley. Scene of many an
>>> early western.
>>> 
>>> US Route 50 (Colorado) Monarch Pass, and separately in eastern
>>> Colorado, along side the Arkansas River (if you have to cross the
>>> Great Plains this is a fairly pleasant way to do it.)
>>> 
>>> (not US 209) Millersburg Ferry, (Pennsylvania). This ferry connects
>>> US 15/11 with the town of Millersburg (where US 209 begins/ends).
>>> The ferry is a stern paddleboat free navigating ferry across the
>>> Susquehanna River (which is maybe 4 feet deep here). The US 15/11
>>> side of the ferry is in the Ferryboat Campground, which is otherwise
>>> unexceptional (noise from US 15/11 is unfortunately rather obtrusive
>>> in the campground.)
>>> 
>>> US Route 30 (Pennsylvania) Breezewood to Gettysburg. A reminder of
>>> what highways used to be like in the US.
>>> 
>>> US Route 33 (Virginia) George Washington National Forest (Dry River
>>> District). A narrow shady valley with simply magnificently tall
>>> trees (beware deer at dusk). A place that I always have to roll down
>>> my windows and just breath in the beneficial aromas.
>>> 
>>> US Route 250 (Virginia) Across Shenandoah Mountain in George
>>> Washington National Forest. A series of twisty roads not all alike.
>>> 
>>> US Route 2 (Montana) The southern edge of Glacier National Park.
>>> 
>>> US Route 101 (California) The northern section from Eureka to the
>>> Oregon line. Magnificent coastal views, and big trees on the inland
>>> side.
>>> 
>>> US Route 666 (old name, now it is US 491) Shiprock NM.
>>> 
>>> US Route 70 (Arkansas) Hot Springs. A reminder of old time resorts.
>> --
>> David McNeely