If you ever get the chance to drive from Denver to Vail, or heck Denver to Las Vegas, I'd highly suggest it. There's tons of spots to stop along the way and look around or take pictures, and some of the most beautiful scenery in the country. I also recommend Western Montana/Northern Idaho or US2 across upper New England in the fall, but those are completely different.
If you look at the other lane in this picture, where the tanker truck is, this is just after coming out of a tunnel where the mountains are so close together they had to stack the roads on top of each other before boring a pair of holes. The highways are stacked like that for about 5 miles or so. Also, there's a rest area at the west end of it that trucks can't fit into. It really is a neat drive.
If you do decide to take the trip, make sure you've got a vehicle with a good transmission as some of the roads can be a bit steep. Also, I'd like to take this trip in a van with someone I'm close to because there's this Rest Area that's got a Gazebo on top of a hill, you can see for miles around, and in the colder weather it would be great for public sex. Not that *I* would ever do such a thing or anything...
Maybe on the way back from Route 66...
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