A Chance Encounter

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Originally Posted by bobcowan

Yes, we usually go through Boulder, and turn west at Lyons. One of my favorite routes.

There are two roads from Lyons. Highway 36 continues to the west and north. it was a really fun mountain drive full of twisty turns and several passing areas that cars like Cobras and Ford GTs can make more than adequate use of. Portions of the road were washed out during the flood and they widened and straightened out some portions, not as much fun any more.

Highway 7 turns left at the end of main and takes a twisty turny route to Allenspark and then to the Peak-to-Peak. The first portion is a good drive, but not many passing areas so if you get stuck behind a little old lady you're going to wait. The Peak-to-Peak is good with lots of scenery but the highway cops watch it pretty close so it's hard to wind things up on it.

I did an early morning trip one fall day in my Mustang. Started the GPS when I left, headed up 36, got behind another sporty driver to Estes and then headed back on 7 where I got behind someone in an Audi R8. At the end the GPS average speed was 58. That included the slow downs for the trips through towns and the touristy areas on P-P so there were intervals of "more than that". Fun drive.