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Yes, there was quite a bit of "washboard." All was well, though. It was nice to get off the pavement for a while. Sometimes I think it would be nice to have a 4-wheel drive vehicle and get on some really remote roads like I did in my dad's pickup truck when I was a kid in the wilds of Nevada. That's not happening any time soon, though. I'll mostly have to stick to the highway for now. Dream on.

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It started snowing and the road kept going up and up with more snow. I was getting a little concerned there because I didn't know how bad it was going to get. Obviously it turned out okay, and it was a somewhat unique (though not really rare) weather event to have experienced in July. I'm glad I got to record it.

@@ASunnyAdventure I wondered if you were "on edge" up there, because if you're below freezing temperatures, then you're facing some potential slip-offs on ice, and that's not a place you want to go off the road. I had my doubts that they ever put down salt on those roads spontaneously if there suddenly is those conditions in summer.

@@davidborrink137 Luckily the road seemed to have retained some heat from the day before, so it didn't ice up. As you saw, it did get a little slushy in places, though. I was a little "on edge.". I doubt they would put salt down. The road totally shuts down in winter, so they don't have to worry about it then. As an aside, I sometimes wonder how much salt damages the vegetation along roadways. In various other places I notice conspicuous dead trees right along the edge of the road, and I wonder if this has anything to do with treating the road. If so, they wouldn't want this to happen in the national park. Just speculating.

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I think you're right. It's hard to top this one. I wasn't sure what the highest point on this road was, so I just looked it up. It tops out at 12,183 feet. That's high enough for me.

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Thank you for your nice comments. Colorado is indeed a beautiful state, and you are lucky to live there and be close to these beautiful areas. I always enjoy visiting your state. Thank you, and take care.

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It must have been a great place to grow up. It's a beautiful area.

Thank you for the nice comment. I hope you have a good time there. Winter is definitely the time to go.

Alright. We can check another one off your wish list. And just for giggles, after a few more videos, we'll drive much of this same route in the opposite direction. I agree that this road is truly a wonder. I thought about how much work went into building this road and others like it back in the day. It certainly took a lot of planning to get the route just right so they could scale the mountain and keep the grade just right. Anyhow, thanks for watching. Take care.

@@ASunnyAdventure That's neat because I'm sure there's just as much of an interesting view the other direction. Speaking of other direction, that's what you did on this one with the parkway. I know you did the other direction last year when you visited here.

@@davidborrink137 Yes, this road was interesting no matter which way I was going.

Your comment made my day. Thanks for watching, and I'm glad you enjoyed it. It is a beautiful area, and I'm happy I had the chance to visit and film it.

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Yes, it was a great day. Thanks for watching.

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That's a good question. It would be beautiful, but you'd have to be okay with snow in the winter. Thanks a lot for watching.

Thanks, David. I generally couldn't have asked for better conditions for this drive. The second part of the drive was all new to me, and the drive through that steep canyon just popped up out of nowhere. It was a nice surprise. As always, thanks for watching.

​@@ASunnyAdventure Yeah, this drive was full of sudden changes and surprises. That canyon did seem to pop out of nowhere. Like when that tall pointed peak shows up about a 1/3 of the way in out in the open. It suddenly becomes visible after a few bends and around a hill. Wow. It's really a ride full of surprise views.

@@davidborrink137 Yep. I enjoy surprising roads like this. Sometimes I'd rather go 1000 miles to get on a road like this than drive across town.

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I didn't really know what to expect from this drive going in. I knew the first part of the drive was going to be rather desolate. It was a pleasant surprise to encounter the hilly terrain with long views of the road ahead. The first half of the next video will revisit the part of US 40 between Steamboat Springs and Kremmling that I drove last year, but in the second half we'll keep going and explore a stretch of US 40 that was new to me. Anyhow, I appreciate you watching. Talk to you later.

@@ASunnyAdventure I wondered if this was going to be a US-40 trip. Yes, I remember that stretch you mentioned. I think there was some great cloud activity on that one as well. So something old and new on this next one.

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Oh, man. You can't imagine what the car looked liked. The lower half of the car body was just caked with dead crickets. It smelled bad, too. Yes, we got it washed as soon as we could. As far as the road is concerned, it is definitely a prime example of a remote road. I was kind of hoping for a little more dramatic scenery and less just driving through sagebrush-covered hills. It's still a unique route, though, and I'm glad I did it.

@@ASunnyAdventure Yeah, it would have been a hilarious ending to the video to have you end up in the nearest small town and have you drive into a car wash and fade out at that point.

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Thank you. I use GoPro cameras. This was shot mostly with a GoPro Hero 11.

Yes. This was a case where I saw a road on the map that was going in the general direction I wanted to head. I had never been on this road, but the map and street view images looked promising, so up the road I went. It certainly did not disappoint. Sometimes the most interesting roads are not the ones that all the tourists flock to.

@@ASunnyAdventure Like CO-141. Way out of the way and not near any major attractions, and yet, wow.

It was unexpected to me, too. This road was a lot more interesting than it appeared to be on a map. Thanks for watching.

The roads in the West are always an incredibile source of beauty!

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