Where I want to drive my Cybertruck - and Thanks Elon for your Vision.

[Psitronx]

Yes dogs are no problem... bring your rabies vaccination certificate.
Picture is my dog looking at bay of fundy.

Sweet looking trip.
Dan

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[Dids]

Thks.
Wow that looks nice up there.

We are now thinking, before that trip, we might try to go to mount washington first.
A test run trip.

Don't drive up Mount Washington , take the cog rail. I drove up once and it was very scary and stressful. 80 degrees at the bottom and blowing snow on top. There were periods of zero visibility and cars travel both directions. Yes by all means visit bay of fundy. Those pictures were from bay of fundy footpath and it covers several unesco? Natural locations. It is very spectacular!

 

[Sirfun]

What's the big deal with Pikes Peak. My mom drove her Buick
La Crosse up there from Arkansas, when she was 83.

 

[Dids]

I think pikes peak is over 14,000 ft. Mt Washington is maybe 6500ft but totally different. The weather is tremendous and varied.
The guy that taught me how to windsurf died in White Mountains, he fell into melt tunnel in March and they didn't recover the body till July.

 

[Crissa]

It's not like the drive up Pike's Peak. The weather atop Mount Washington is literally the worst in the US.

-Crissa

 

[Dids]

Ha ha no not comparing the 2... I have never been up pikes peak but have been some of the rockies. The high altitude makes you tired quickly. Mt. Washington height barely makes your ears pop, but I down played how scary the drive is. One minute it was beautiful and sunny so we got out of car at pull off to look around and minutes later it was black and gusting so hard we couldn't open car doors to get inside. Lucky it only rained and gusted for about 2 minutes but it felt like an eternity holding onto car wheels

 

[Crissa]

Yes, Pike's Peak has its dangers.

But its weather isn't known to change as dramatically, or to have as many days with precipitation or hurricane winds as Mount Washington.

Mount Washington is what is known as a 'microclimate' - a place that is dramatically different than around it. Because around it is a continental climate, that means that localized squall lines can be blown up there easily and without much warning.

What would be an innocent cumulo clouds drifting over a warm day become a blustering snow storm at the top as they collide with the mountain.

That can happen at Pike's Peak, but the climate around there is more mountains and dry, so there's less water to enable this kind of storm, so they happen with less frequency. You can be fairly sure of the weather during the day.

Lastly, I believe the highway toMount Washington is a steeper slope than the one to Pike's Peak, further increasing its challenge.

-Crissa

 

[Sirfun]

Sorry to open up this can of worms.
I was very impressed with my 83 year old mom taking a drive to see the sights, from the Top of Pikes Peak and just thought I'd stir the pot a bit.
I didn't think things would get so hot.
Hey Dids, I didn't know you were a sailboarder. Cool, I been a windsurfing since before they made harnesses.

 

[Dids]

Only if you use alternative facts.... ha ha no no I'm kidding... I only meant to say I prefer the cog railway on mt washington. Its fun. Lots of people drive up and I think they only lose a car load once in awhile. So not actually that dangerous. They close the road on truly dangerous days im sure. When I come out to Colorado for the Cybertruck rally I will do pikes peak drive so I can compare.

 

[Crissa]

Yeah, a Cybertruck won't care about 100mph winds ^-^

It'll be like doing things on easy mode, honestly.

-Crissa

 

[happy intruder]

10,000 feet is the level I would start to get/be concerned about hypoxia.....

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