Iconic USA Drives....List Your Favorite
I want to seek out the most iconic USA drives. List your favorite (that would be one) and why. Tell us what you most brought away from that drive. I'll look forward to the replies! THANKS.
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Colorado 149 from Blue Mesa Reservoir to South Fork passes through two interesting late 19th century mining towns--Lake City and Creede. Creede was made famous in a poem by newspaper editor Cy Warman:
The cliffs are solid silver
With wondrous wealth untold,
And the beds of running rivers
Are lined with purest gold.
While the world is filled with sorrow,
And hearts must break and bleed,
It's day all day in the day-time
And there is no night in Creede.
CO 149 also passes by beautiful Lake San Cristobal and its natural dam--the Slumgullion Mudslide, which is so large that it was photographed by the Gemini astronauts. This paved highway can be traversed by any size RV, but is really at its best in the latter part of September when the aspen are turning yellow, gold, and orange.
The cliffs are solid silver
With wondrous wealth untold,
And the beds of running rivers
Are lined with purest gold.
While the world is filled with sorrow,
And hearts must break and bleed,
It's day all day in the day-time
And there is no night in Creede.
CO 149 also passes by beautiful Lake San Cristobal and its natural dam--the Slumgullion Mudslide, which is so large that it was photographed by the Gemini astronauts. This paved highway can be traversed by any size RV, but is really at its best in the latter part of September when the aspen are turning yellow, gold, and orange.
