Here are some of the road trips I've taken in my GVR4 over the past year and a half. I live in Everett WA, and I have a friend that moved to Boise ID. I've driven there 3 times. It usually takes about 7 to 7 and a half hours with at least 2 stops for gas, food, or restrooms. It's a long boring drive, but some of the mountain passes are a lot of fun. My last trip out there, there was a guy in a 350Z trying to keep up with me on the pass just after Pendleton OR and it was no contest. I would slow down on purpose just to keep it interesting, and my engine is all stock with a small exhaust leak.
From Boise we went camping at Saddleback Lakes. We had to park the car at Redfish Lake and hike up the mountain. The drive there was one of the best drives I've ever been on, and I had another person, a big dog, and all our camping gear in the car. The Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route was all twisties. You guys should google map from Boise to Redfish Lake and zoom in on the route to see just how twisty the road gets. After the mountain pass there are very long straights you can pick up a lot of speed. I got up to 125mph. I could have gone faster but my tires were only rated for 135mph, and I would like to get better brakes before I peg the neddle. On the way back I was keeping pace with 2 guys on sport bikes until we go stuck behind an old pick up that had 2 Llamas in the back.
Another time we went snowboarding at Sun Valley. The twisty mountain pass is only a short section. I was crusing around 90 to 100mph the most of the time on the long straight.
The last road trip I've taken was that was more than 2 hours away was to La Push WA where we went camping right on the beach. The drive was OK. We couldn't drive to fast because of all the weekend traffic which was a good thing because I saw plenty of patrol cars out.
One of these days I would like to drive the entire Pacific Coast Highway.
From Boise we went camping at Saddleback Lakes. We had to park the car at Redfish Lake and hike up the mountain. The drive there was one of the best drives I've ever been on, and I had another person, a big dog, and all our camping gear in the car. The Ponderosa Pine Scenic Route was all twisties. You guys should google map from Boise to Redfish Lake and zoom in on the route to see just how twisty the road gets. After the mountain pass there are very long straights you can pick up a lot of speed. I got up to 125mph. I could have gone faster but my tires were only rated for 135mph, and I would like to get better brakes before I peg the neddle. On the way back I was keeping pace with 2 guys on sport bikes until we go stuck behind an old pick up that had 2 Llamas in the back.
Another time we went snowboarding at Sun Valley. The twisty mountain pass is only a short section. I was crusing around 90 to 100mph the most of the time on the long straight.
The last road trip I've taken was that was more than 2 hours away was to La Push WA where we went camping right on the beach. The drive was OK. We couldn't drive to fast because of all the weekend traffic which was a good thing because I saw plenty of patrol cars out.
One of these days I would like to drive the entire Pacific Coast Highway.