Driving US 550 above Ouray, CO
For those who are wanting to know what it's like to drive US 550, check at the street view at this point: 37.975590, -107.657809 in Google Earth or Google Maps. Try this link. Semi coming downhill, ...
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Old Biscuit, the roads may be the same size, but the size of the borrow pit sure is deeper.
And some of those curves - one after another at 15 mph - are guaranteed to make you dizzy.
I first drove Red Mtn Pass by myself when I was 18, driving a big Cadillac after dark. Thought I was gonna die for sure - couldn't see over the front end of the thing. Was ferrying it for a friend who had even less sense than I did to let a kid drive his new Caddy. We were coming back from Farmington where he'd just bought it. He was driving a big old pickup, which was probably about as bad.
And some of those curves - one after another at 15 mph - are guaranteed to make you dizzy.
I first drove Red Mtn Pass by myself when I was 18, driving a big Cadillac after dark. Thought I was gonna die for sure - couldn't see over the front end of the thing. Was ferrying it for a friend who had even less sense than I did to let a kid drive his new Caddy. We were coming back from Farmington where he'd just bought it. He was driving a big old pickup, which was probably about as bad.
