Windshield View, I-70 East through Glenwood Canyon, CO 8-12
(1 in a multiple picture album)
My No. 1, top of the list drive is through Glenwood Canyon just east of Glenwood Springs, CO. The only problem is they don't have enough pullouts where one can capture the scene. So sometimes a guy just has to hold his camera up to the windshield and snap, hoping for the best.
When I-70 planners talked to the folks in Colorado about cutting the interstate through the canyon they were met with a firm 'NO!'. The locals loved the beautiful canyon and didn't want the road to spoil it.
So the engineers went to the drawing board and figured out a way to do it without negatively impacting the experience.
The eastbound and westbound roads are separated so one does not have to worry about oncoming traffic. And somehow, they made the road blend in with the canyon as it regarded sound and design. When you are down on the river you can't hear the traffic, and you hardly notice the highway.
Windshield View, I-70 East through Glenwood Canyon, CO 8-12
(1 in a multiple picture album)
My No. 1, top of the list drive is through Glenwood Canyon just east of Glenwood Springs, CO. The only problem is they don't have enough pullouts where one can capture the scene. So sometimes a guy just has to hold his camera up to the windshield and snap, hoping for the best.
When I-70 planners talked to the folks in Colorado about cutting the interstate through the canyon they were met with a firm 'NO!'. The locals loved the beautiful canyon and didn't want the road to spoil it.
So the engineers went to the drawing board and figured out a way to do it without negatively impacting the experience.
The eastbound and westbound roads are separated so one does not have to worry about oncoming traffic. And somehow, they made the road blend in with the canyon as it regarded sound and design. When you are down on the river you can't hear the traffic, and you hardly notice the highway.