Best Drives

[JL21]

Mosquitoes and black flies can be pretty bad some years, but I wouldn't say the humidity is that bad.

Duluth is also trying to make itself into a mountain biking destination. They have several trails within the city limits. And I love the Superior Hiking Trail along the shore from Duluth to the border. Duluth is one of those few places that everyone I've met who grew up there loves it whereas most hometowns are more hit or miss.

Jim - just imagine being able to enter Canada illegally by canoeing across the border, taking a dump on Canada, and then leaving.

I only lived there for a year but I'd move back in a heartbeat. I loved everything about it.

[Gashouse]

My company has a pretty big office up there, and I could just decide to transfer to that office. Unfortunately, I can't convince my wife to leave family in the twin cities. It's just the perfect size of city, too. 100,000 is both big enough and small enough.

[Freed Roger]

My brother loves that area. I will never go however because it's Duluth which is far too north for me.

It's absolutely perfect in the summer.

Is that a Thursday this year?

Among the things I like about the North and cooler weather is that it filters out the riff raff. Unfortunately jim is collateral damage.

[mikechamp]

My brother loves that area. I will never go however because it's Duluth which is far too north for me.

It's absolutely perfect in the summer.

Is that a Thursday this year?

[thrill]

Been thinking about getting a teardrop camper trailer and taking a long road trip. Lots of good suggestions here.

The road from Dawson City, YT to Chicken, Alaska is an awesome bike ride. Bet it'd be cool in a car too.

I always wanted to take a car as far north as I could go in Alaska and maybe make a film about it. Don't know why but I thought it would be really cool. I've heard the road to Prudhoe bay is death for a sports car though. Not to mention gas is pretty scarce up there.

Me too. I want to rent an RV in Anchorage and run up.

[lukethedrifter]

Been thinking about getting a teardrop camper trailer and taking a long road trip. Lots of good suggestions here.

The road from Dawson City, YT to Chicken, Alaska is an awesome bike ride. Bet it'd be cool in a car too.

I always wanted to take a car as far north as I could go in Alaska and maybe make a film about it. Don't know why but I thought it would be really cool. I've heard the road to Prudhoe bay is death for a sports car though. Not to mention gas is pretty scarce up there.

I don't think you'd want to take a sports car. You'd need a spine transplant after. It'd make a interesting movie though. Take your gf.

[IMADreamer]

Been thinking about getting a teardrop camper trailer and taking a long road trip. Lots of good suggestions here.

The road from Dawson City, YT to Chicken, Alaska is an awesome bike ride. Bet it'd be cool in a car too.

I always wanted to take a car as far north as I could go in Alaska and maybe make a film about it. Don't know why but I thought it would be really cool. I've heard the road to Prudhoe bay is death for a sports car though. Not to mention gas is pretty scarce up there.

I don't think you'd want to take a sports car. You'd need a spine transplant after. It'd make a interesting movie though. Take your gf.

My gf would certainly make things more interesting, bit easier on the eyes too.

[haltz]

Any super long bridges over lakes or marshlands. 55 to 10 coming around Lake Pontchartrain into New Orleans is a great one.

[jim]

I simply refuse to fish for Walleye

What the hell is this all about?

Walleye? Well for starters that won't take a fly. I've caught just about everything on a fly rod - from catfish to Drum to Muskie - but I have never caught a Walleye. The way to properly fish for these things is to drop a little jig or worm 20-30' deep and rig it so it floats about a 1' off the bottom. So, built in slack which makes feeling the take harder. Now, add to that that a Walleye taking the bait makes goldfish look like a Great White Shark, and the weighted part is always scraping the bottom and sending little ticks up the line - it's just damned near impossible to know when you have a take. The times I've done it I set the hook on 20 rocks for every Walleye mouth. They fight like log as well, they just roll over and give up. They do taste good.

And to tie this back into the original thread - just about anywhere in and around Yellowstone National Park. I loved the drive from West Yellowstone up past Quake Lake along Madison River.

[Gashouse]

Chief Joseph Memorial Highway in Wyoming:

http://www.wyomingtourism.org/thingstod ... Byway/2721

Taking the kids to Yellowstone this summer. Ive heard both Chief Joseph Hwy and the Beartooth Hwy are amazing.

http://beartoothhighway.com/

Anyone been on both and have a preference? We're going the early-ish part of summer, so I hope roads aren't closed due to snow.