Ten years ago my wife and I boarded one of the old refurbished buses at Glacier NP and toured the famous Going-to-the-Sun-Road. Beautiful day and spectacular views. Yesterday we drove the not-so-famous Sky Island Scenic Byway which starts near Tucson AZ on the Catalina Highway and winds its way up to Lemmon Mountain, gaining 5500 feet in elevation in 25 miles. What a drive! Full two lane paved road (with center double yellow stripes) with a ton of scenic turnouts and plenty of opportunities to pull over to get out of someone's way. Except we never got caught behind anyone, nor had anyone on our tail for the 50 miles up and down. Twists and turns constantly with enough straights to give a brief break in-between. 35 mph speed limit (although you will find yourself doing 40-50 on the straights) and most curves were marked 30 mph. Really fun to drive. And the views were constantly breathtaking. Above about 6000 feet you enter the forested area. I would put it up there with the offering at Glacier. If you are in the area, definitely give it a try. Oh, we did see a race Corvette and a Camaro working their way up on our trip down. Nothing too crazy, but they were having fun.
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