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Model S Nature Pictures
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DrGuest
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I took a Sunday drive last weekend up Spanish Creek to see the Spanish Peaks and take advantage of how the normally dusty gravel road in the Summer has now become smooth and snow packed this Winter. Ted Turner owns this ranch, which has about 10,000 head of Bison on about 113,613 acres. There is a public road to a Public National Forest Wilderness Trailhead so it's a treat to get to drive right smack thru his place and share his views, the Bison and Access to the Wilderness. Of what I've experienced, Mr. Turner has been a very good steward of this land and he has put it land trust, so he will be the last owner, when he dies it goes into public acccess land for all of us to continue to enjoy.
I drove down the dirt road to get to Buttermilk Falls (come in from the north, the road in from the south is all but impassible without a ton of ground clearance).
Yeah, I should have tried to get my car under the falls for a nice picture and to try to wash the filth off it.
Yeah, I should have tried to get my car under the falls for a nice picture and to try to wash the filth off it.
Polly Wog
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beeeerock
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Darn it. Now I'm going to have to go to Maui, so worth the drive. Even with all my screaming passengers who I make come along for the ride.
Polly Wog
Member
@beeeerock, I actually skipped the banana bread stand because I was afraid to stop. Although they have now paved the parts of the western Maui loop that were gravel, it is still a very, very narrow road in many places. I was actually thinking of turning around (I came from the Kahului side and not the Lahaina side), but white knuckled it through. In 3 years of having my Model S on Maui, it is the first time I braved that stretch of road.
beeeerock
Active Member
LOL, I can't say I blame you... too many Mustang convertibles driven by wannabe rally driver tourists too. I drove that route clockwise a couple of years ago and recall seeing a Mustang coming down into a dip that had a bit of a drainage swale cut across it (probably near your photo actually). He was way too hot and I said to my wife "watch this!!"... sure enough, he bottomed it, but good, crossing what was essentially an inverted speed hump... blew the air dam into pieces, but didn't stop to check for damage. We had a good laugh at his expense!
We then met a firetruck coming in from Kahului, with lights and siren (hopefully not for the Mustang!) and had more excitement than I wanted trying to find enough road to let him by.
I would definitely be nervous driving my Model S on that road, and the Hana Highway, both...
skitch23
Member
Is that the stretch of road past Hana to the west that loops around headed back north towards Kihei? I didn't know they had paved that! I drove that stretch several years ago when it was all gravel. It's very desolate on that side of the island but we were still able to spot a few whales just off the coast so I guess that made it worth it lol.
Chopr147
Active Member
I remember that road if we are talking about the same one. You have to drive past a big sign stating "RENTAL CAR INSURANCE NOT COVERED PAST THIS POINT" 
We did it anyway , yes in a convertible Mustang no less and my wallet lived to tell about it. I'm talking 1991.........long time ago
We did it anyway , yes in a convertible Mustang no less
and my wallet lived to tell about it. I'm talking 1991.........long time ago
Hugh Mannity
Mediocre Member
That's the one I was talking about. I of course was in a rental car too. Shhhhh... don't tell Thrifty
Thrifty doesn't care. Their vehicles are sold off with low mileage to suckers that think, "but they were well maintained"
dgpcolorado
high altitude member
^ Not very exotic, I took this on the county road leading to my neighborhood shortly after I got my car, looking due south. @ThisIsTrue uses this road for access as well. It isn't flat here! The tallest peak in the picture is Mt. Sneffels — 14,150 ft (4313 m) — 12 miles (19.5 km) away.
^ At the Bear Creek Falls overlook, a few miles south of Ouray CO. In the background is the "Million Dollar Highway" (US 550) heading south to Red Mountain Pass — 11,018 ft (3358 m). The road doesn't have guard rails so that avalanches can flow over the road and the snow can be plowed into the gorge.
^ Camping (and charging) at Zion National Park UT. Didn't get a blue sky day for this late afternoon picture but it was lovely the next day, as you can see from this panorama of part of Zion Canyon:
^ Way off the beaten track: destination charging in Gateway Colorado to do some hiking on trails I helped build with Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado some years ago. The Gateway Canyons Resort, where these pictures were taken, has a terrific auto museum right across from the destination chargers.
^ A Sclerocactus whipplei in bloom along the trail (April).
ThisIsTrue
Re-member
Which, frankly, makes that road a lot of fun: really steep? Who cares! Acceleration is instant anyway. Going down? Then you'll get to the bottom with more range than when you started at the top.
Mountain driving? Yeah... not a problem:
(Molas Pass is between the old mining town of Silverton and Durango, Colorado. And yes, the sky REALLY IS often that blue in Colorado!)
arcus
Active Member
Second shot is near Grandfather Rock, NC (I like to call it "dwarfed by nature")
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