Well, I wanted to write an article on the benefits of eating a certain kind of yogurt with bifidus regularus and promises regularity for our weary, constipated nation. However, after I did a search on it I discovered that subject has already been written about. Bummer. My chances at stardom have been shot down again. BUT....I looked up bifidus regularis and discover (just as I suspected) it is a made up name, sort of trademarked by the Dannon company in order to make their yogurt sound healthier than other yogurts. Urbandictionary.com has a rather forthright way of saying it. I don't wish to repeat their words.
So, instead of writing an article on that exhaustively studied subject, I decided to try and take a crack at writing about what I feel are the top ten scenic drives in the U.S. I haven't been to many places east of the Mississippi. Most of my travelling has been done on my side of the river. I'm also tremendously lucky that I happen to live in a state known for it's beautiful and scenic roads. Now I hope you understand that I can only write about places where I've been. So, with that in mind, these are my picks for roads that take my breath away and are stunning.
It's hard to say what the number one route would be. I like too many to place any drive at number one. However, if I had to pick one, it would be the "Going to the Sun Highway" in Glacier National Park. It takes your breath away, literally. Some of the points in the road are scary enough to be classified a theme park ride. When you stop at an "artists point" or a "scenic view" and look down to the valley below. Oooh---makes me hop back in the car and pray the brakes hold.
I also love the drive from Red Lodge, Montana up and over the Beartooth Mountains to "The Top of the World." The Beartooth Mountains are very rugged. They are the "purple mountains" in the song "America the Beautiful." Whenever I see them I start humming the song. In the middle of July there can be areas where valleys are hidden from the sun and the snow is still there. One hot, hot summer day we took a trip over that road and had a snowball fight at the top. That.......was cool!
So, instead of writing an article on that exhaustively studied subject, I decided to try and take a crack at writing about what I feel are the top ten scenic drives in the U.S. I haven't been to many places east of the Mississippi. Most of my travelling has been done on my side of the river. I'm also tremendously lucky that I happen to live in a state known for it's beautiful and scenic roads. Now I hope you understand that I can only write about places where I've been. So, with that in mind, these are my picks for roads that take my breath away and are stunning.
It's hard to say what the number one route would be. I like too many to place any drive at number one. However, if I had to pick one, it would be the "Going to the Sun Highway" in Glacier National Park. It takes your breath away, literally. Some of the points in the road are scary enough to be classified a theme park ride. When you stop at an "artists point" or a "scenic view" and look down to the valley below. Oooh---makes me hop back in the car and pray the brakes hold.
I also love the drive from Red Lodge, Montana up and over the Beartooth Mountains to "The Top of the World." The Beartooth Mountains are very rugged. They are the "purple mountains" in the song "America the Beautiful." Whenever I see them I start humming the song. In the middle of July there can be areas where valleys are hidden from the sun and the snow is still there. One hot, hot summer day we took a trip over that road and had a snowball fight at the top. That.......was cool!
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