Quote from: pderocco on Today at 04:34:21 AMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on Today at 12:25:19 AMQuote from: pderocco on July 01, 2025, 11:37:11 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on July 01, 2025, 11:03:09 PMI don't get how all these folks coming out of the Bay Area headed towards Tahoe hasn't discovered that 88 and 89 is the optimal way to get there. Something feels off to me about rushing to Lake Tahoe only on normal people highways like I-80 and US 50.What makes US-395 so scenic, at least between Inyokern and Topaz Lake, is that it is usually in a wide open valley, yielding lots of vistas presided over by majestic mountains. I love 1 of course, but a lot of its views are of empty ocean on one side and trees and bushes on the other, so the best views are lengthwise along the coast. 49 I like primarily for the quaint towns, not so much the views.
While US 395 is a very nice and scenic modern highway, I would hesitate to call it "most scenic in the state." I'm not sure what I would call "most scenic" but stuff like several sections of 1 and 49 come to mind right away in the Caltrans stock.
395 is also beautiful in Oregon, and north of Spokane, but those roads are certainly nowhere near as popular, so wouldn't belong on that list. But then neither does the Nevada part, in my opinion, because it's apparent "popularity" is primarily due to the large local population filling the roads, not tourists. That article was an enthusiastic sales pitch, but I don't know how successful it will be. When I go up there, I want to get past Gardnerville to Reno.
Thing with US 395 is that a lot of that scenery is directly accessible via roads that actually go into it. One thing to look from afar, quite another to drive up stuff like Horseshoe Meadows Road to the vicinity of Kearsarge Pass.
I don't know, I'd have to sit down and think on what I would consider the most scenic highway in this state. I don't know if my answer would come from a road carrying a Route number.
Thing is, there are plenty of relatively short pieces of road that are stunning, like the Feather River Canyon, Sonora Pass, Tioga Pass, Rim of the World, going up into Sequoia from the south, some of CA-299 west of Whiskeytown, etc. What puts CA-1 on the list is that there are hundreds of miles of beauty. US-395, in all four states, is 1300 miles long, and except for 60 miles at the bottom, 40 around Reno, and 200 from Pendleton to Spokane, it's all at least beautiful, and quite a bit of it is unforgettable.
Quote from: Max Rockatansky on Today at 12:25:19 AMQuote from: pderocco on July 01, 2025, 11:37:11 PMQuote from: Max Rockatansky on July 01, 2025, 11:03:09 PMI don't get how all these folks coming out of the Bay Area headed towards Tahoe hasn't discovered that 88 and 89 is the optimal way to get there. Something feels off to me about rushing to Lake Tahoe only on normal people highways like I-80 and US 50.What makes US-395 so scenic, at least between Inyokern and Topaz Lake, is that it is usually in a wide open valley, yielding lots of vistas presided over by majestic mountains. I love 1 of course, but a lot of its views are of empty ocean on one side and trees and bushes on the other, so the best views are lengthwise along the coast. 49 I like primarily for the quaint towns, not so much the views.
While US 395 is a very nice and scenic modern highway, I would hesitate to call it "most scenic in the state." I'm not sure what I would call "most scenic" but stuff like several sections of 1 and 49 come to mind right away in the Caltrans stock.
395 is also beautiful in Oregon, and north of Spokane, but those roads are certainly nowhere near as popular, so wouldn't belong on that list. But then neither does the Nevada part, in my opinion, because it's apparent "popularity" is primarily due to the large local population filling the roads, not tourists. That article was an enthusiastic sales pitch, but I don't know how successful it will be. When I go up there, I want to get past Gardnerville to Reno.
Thing with US 395 is that a lot of that scenery is directly accessible via roads that actually go into it. One thing to look from afar, quite another to drive up stuff like Horseshoe Meadows Road to the vicinity of Kearsarge Pass.
I don't know, I'd have to sit down and think on what I would consider the most scenic highway in this state. I don't know if my answer would come from a road carrying a Route number.
Quote from: hotdogPi on July 01, 2025, 09:46:29 AMIf we use density of water as a baseline like we do for metric units, the "0.591 liters" would become 591 grams, or 1.3 pounds as the base unit of mass.
Quote from: kphoger on July 01, 2025, 09:30:56 AMDecimega- should mean 100,000 of something.
Decakilo- should mean 10,000 of something.
And/or we should bring back the myriad.
Quote from: LilianaUwU on July 01, 2025, 12:32:02 PMQuote from: mgk920 on July 01, 2025, 12:26:05 PMWith the way things have been going recently in Canada, should some of those western provinces eventually gain independence and then join the USA
Saying this shit on Canada Day? May as well tell every Canadian to go fuck themselves.
Quote from: paulthemapguy on July 01, 2025, 09:38:55 AMJuly 2: Post the junction of a US highway with a 0 in the tens place and a US highway with a 1 in the tens place
QuoteI am open to opinions on what Seasons 5 and 6 will be based on. Feel free to chime in on what you think those challenges should be in September through December.