Miata Mailing List: October 1997, Message #6
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From: 	griffin@mlode.com (Dennis Griffin)

Subject: Re: E ticket roads (NMC)

Date: 	Wed, 1 Oct 1997 00:17:12 +0000



Steve

	I live just 16 miles north of the 120 and have taken that route to 395

as well as the highway 4 over Ebbetts Pass to 395(I live off hiway 4). 

Both are great in a Miata.  

	My favorite road in a Miata so far is the drive out of Yellowstone

Nat'l Park over the Top O The World (the Continental Divide) to Red

Lodge, Montana.  That one is breathtaking in a Miata.

	Dennis & Am Fear Gorm ....



Steve Smith wrote:

> 

> I just returned from a 2800 mile vacation road trip with my wife

> and 4 year old son ( not in the Miata :) and just had to share

> one experience with the list.  For you west coast folks I'm

> sure you're all familiar with CA route 120.  This is the road that

> goes through Yosemite and over Tioga Pass to US 395.  What

> I never knew before was that 120 continues past 395 to the

> east another 45 miles into the Nevada desert.

> 

> Now everyone has there favorite set of twisties, and this section

> does have some nice curves, but what made 120 unique was

> a five mile section marked only by a sign saying "Dips, next

> 5 miles".  I swear absolutely no grading was done when this

> section was built.  There are at least 30-40 humps which do

> a great job of simulating a roller coaster.  On many bumps

> I could see nothing but sky going up the face.  If you like

> the loose your stomach experience you can get it over

> and over on this road.  I'm sure I could get all four wheels

> off the ground if I had been in a car I could have been more

> aggressive with (the Millenia is not exactly a sports car).

> 

> The scenery was great as well, Mono Lake and Aspens at

> peak color.

> 

> Steve Smith

> 91 red base

> 95 Millenia S