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<\/a> They are round-topped, short tunnels, so it’s anyone’s guess which part is 13’4″ \u00a0 I tend to move over to the middle on those type of tunnels, but today there was a large semi \u00a0truck coming the other way, so I gulped and stayed to the right. \u00a0Got thru both without a scratch, \u00a0not even the antennas scraped.<\/p>\nWe passed by the turnoff to Bryce and motored on. \u00a0 \u00a0The scenery on that road is second to none. \u00a0We passed thru the Grand Staircase and a few very small towns on the 120-mile drive. \u00a0 \u00a0Then just as you think you’ve seen it all, we come into a huge gorge with steep windy switchbacks. \u00a0 The view was incredible, but not really for me. \u00a0 Going down I had the Jake and the brakes on maybe doing 25 mph and it seemed like it was too fast. \u00a0 It was right near Calf Creek. \u00a0 Going out the other side\u00a0the views were\u00a0even more spectacular, but again I couldn’t look around and also had to man the tranny to keep the engine in its prime RPM’s so we don’t overheat in those 10 percent steep uphill grades. \u00a0 [The spectacular thing about the views is it changed from the incredible red hills like in Kanab, to whitish versions of that with rounded hoodoos, then valley views, and then when we climbed into the mountains up to 9,800 feet, it was like you were in the forest with all the pines and birch trees!]<\/p>\n
Not long after that we were on the top o’ the world on a narrow ridge… did i say narrow… \u00a0maybe 3 feet on each side of the road to an amazing dropoff. \u00a0 Being up high in an RV and trying not to see what was right next to me was a white-knuckle experience for both of us. \u00a0 No room for error on that road. \u00a0[It was extra scary to have Bill driving when he is afraid of heights. \u00a0Most of the shear dropoffs during the drive were on my side, which made me nervous, but this was on both!]<\/p>\n