Best drives in the US - MIDWEST! -Reply

[Ed Kellock <EKELLOCK@ecs-inc.com>]

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Ed Kellock
ekellock@ecs-inc.com

>>> <Mausoof_Saqib@hpmail1.90.deere.com> 06/06/97 09:52am >>>
Hi,
All right guys, stop talking about your drives from Barstow to Tahoe, I am
sick of it :-) Lets talk about great drives in the midwest. Any
suggestions? I personaly prefer the driving in the midwest during
October and see the splendid fall foliage. I am more interested in drives in
IL, IA, WI and MN area. Come one guys, lets show these
Californians a thing or two.

Sorry Saqib but it just ain't gonna happen.  I'm originally from SoCal and
just spent 3 years living in NE Iowa, right along the Mississippi River.
I am not knocking the area, it just can't offer up ANY driving experiences
which rival CA.   I did have a few favorites there, but they were few, far
between, and short in distance once there.

For instance: Take Hwy 76 northwest out of Caledonia, MN.  You will
make a couple of ninety degree turns with a mile or two of straight road
in between.  Then the road follows down through a small "canyon"
formed by a small river.  This is about a two mile stretch of closely
spaced, well engineered 25-50 mph corners.  I usually turn around, go
back, and come thru again, just to make it worthwhile.  Also, if there was
any traffic, I wait at the side of the road until a vehicle approaches from
behind, to give the traffic ahead as much time to navigate it as possible. 
Interestingly, the fastest vehicles thru this stretch are local farm pickups. 
But I would outpace them as well.  Always tried to give other traffic a
safe margin, for them and for me :-).

Most of the roads that lead up thru the bluffs from the Mississippi are at
least somewhat entertaining, but their short and moderately traveled.

Just my $.02 worth.

Ed Kellock .................... Greenville, SC
91 200qw ..................... 87 Coupe GT

PS.  Spent seven hours in the seat Sunday exploring the area.  Made it
up into NC, on the Blue Ridge Parkway for a short time and back and
forth across the NC/SC border on various roads.  :-)  :-)  :-)  :-)
This is gonna be fun....