Sunday, September 5, 2010

The guide book warned us not to try it in a passenger car, but as we got closer to the 90-mile dirt road, we decided to just step into the waters for a bit and get our feet wet. "We'll turn around if it looks too hard," Grady said. "What do you think?" And I wanted to at least attempt this little-traveled path. As it turned out, this was probably one of the ABSOLUTE BEST roads we have ever been on, with heart-stopping scenery on the one-lane dirt path, as we looked over the sides of the sheer drop-offs at about 8700 feet. We enjoyed the shadows of the trees, the mountain peaks, the amazing rocks, the Jarbidge River gurgling alongside through the valley at the bottom, and even the little town, where we stopped to use the bathroom in the Inn/club. It took all day, since we could only go at about 10-15 miles per hour, but it was something I was really glad we saw. We did not meet many people on the road. There were a few places I was a little scared because the gravel seemed to push us off the road as we slid a little bit, and that was scary, but the many switchbacks were not too bad, and the road was not rough like the guide book had warned. We only scraped the bottom of the car once and it was not a bad bump. There is no way that photographs captured this trip adequately, but I did take over 350 shots yesterday, and Grady took 7 videos. Best of all, we had wonderful conversation together, and it provided a memory for the rest of our lifetimes that we will not forget.

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