Road between Grand Canyon and Arches
I was wondering about some nice places to stop and picnic or sightsee between. Grand Canyon and Arches. Thanks!
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Do you mean Hwy 12? I guess I'm immunized to concern over roads like that. I started driving on them back in California in the 70's when I was in the Navy there. I found the most hair-raising switchback I've ever been on, on some dirt road north of Napa. I couldn't find it now If I wanted to. But maybe you have a point, other than the extreme grades for maybe 5 miles on 12 I don't think the road is that challenging. But again I'm a poor judge of other peoples mountain driving abilities.
If you mean Hell's backbone, I wouldn't drive an RV on Hell's Backbone, tho actually I don't recall any extreme grades or switchbacks. But we stopped and turned around after the bridge so I don't know what the last part of the trip is like. As I recall it was about 90 percent a drive in some very nice forest areas and the other 10 percent that bridge area, which I guess is where it got it's name. I just looked at a description of the rest of the road and it must get more 'interesting' so we stopped too soon.
But on the other hand did I miss something? The only thing I saw from the OP contained no info on what he was driving or what type of RV either. And his address line just says 'west'. Someone who lives out 'west' stands a better chance of some experience with mountain roads than someone from FL (like me) does after all. My wife for example refuses to touch the steering wheel once the first real mountain shows up on the horizon.
If you mean Hell's backbone, I wouldn't drive an RV on Hell's Backbone, tho actually I don't recall any extreme grades or switchbacks. But we stopped and turned around after the bridge so I don't know what the last part of the trip is like. As I recall it was about 90 percent a drive in some very nice forest areas and the other 10 percent that bridge area, which I guess is where it got it's name. I just looked at a description of the rest of the road and it must get more 'interesting' so we stopped too soon.
But on the other hand did I miss something? The only thing I saw from the OP contained no info on what he was driving or what type of RV either. And his address line just says 'west'. Someone who lives out 'west' stands a better chance of some experience with mountain roads than someone from FL (like me) does after all. My wife for example refuses to touch the steering wheel once the first real mountain shows up on the horizon.
