Maui – the early sunrise run to “The House of the Rising Sun” Haleakala Crater sea level to ten thousand feet in 60 miles, then descend and take the road to Hana…617 curves..56 bridges with waterfalls at every turn..52 miles like no other. i had the pleasure of driving this last year without a MINI and can only dream what it would be like in my MINI a.k.a. “ANNI”. by the way i live 30 miles from the dragon & cherhola and there are some exhilarating roads in this area…..the MOTD 2006 will be well worth the trip!

US1 from Key Largo to Key West and back. Sweet to have ocean for miles at either side of the road. Plus Sloppy Joes has one awesome burger.

For everyone that knows about Weird New Jersey.com. there is a place called Blairsden. Peapack, Morristown, and Bernardsville are apart of the all of these twisting and winding roads. There is this one road called Lake Rd. Right off of route 202. The road swings around and dipps up and down along the river. Only 2 MINI’s can fit side-by-side on the road. The only thing I can tell you is don’t park on the side of the road and walk up to the Blairsden House. Alot of people get caught doing so.

Here in the Portland OR/SW Washington area there are a lot of great very fun to drive back roads. One of my favorite routes is a half day tour on paved two lane roads ( WA503, WA Forest Roads 90, 51, 30 and WA14) through the beautiful forested Lewis and Wind River valleys with many fine views of Mt. Saint Helens, Yale Lake, Swift Reservoir, and the Columbia Gorge. This route is documented at this http://www.vonsalza.com/lm/mshlwcv.html web page, which has a map, detailed route description, lot’s of photos, and more.

It’s short, but one of my favorites had got to be US-211 westbound making the climb up to Skyline Drive. Two lanes up, switchbacks and almost no potholes.

Then there’s Atoka Road (inside DCMM joke)

US 550 “Million Dollar Highway” – Ouray to Durango Colorado.

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Coronado Trail in AZ.

“Dedicated in 1926, the roadway provides a route for tourists seeking the beauty of the forests and its wildlife, but few people either then or now have taken advantage of it. Often fewer than 100 cars a day use the highway. The reason partly lies in its remote location near the New Mexican border and partly because the drive is very slow going. It takes 4 hours or more to traverse its 123 miles of switchback after switchback, but the adventure is clearly worth the effort. The Coronado Trail Scenic Road climbs 4,300 feet in elevation through a wilderness region that is home to three endangered mammals, three endangered birds and two endangered fish.”

For folks stuck in the “flatlands” in the Midwest…

“Scenic Drive” (old County H) near Lake Delta (Delta, Wisconsin)

Blackjack Road between Galena and Hanover in Illinois

A vote for CA 120 from Mono Lake to Benton, which is especially nice on motorcycle.

Also a vote for CA 9 from Saratoga to Boulder Creek, also a popular motorcycle route. Its a beautiful, windy mountain road with great views and ever-vhanging curves and grades. Just watch out for the bicyclists, motorcyclists, and (slow!) tourists on the weekends, the latter heading to Big Basin State Park.

I am lucky, I get to drive my MINI on CA 9 every day since I live near the middle of this route, on 9 near its intersection with CA 35.

The road over the Cap De Formentor at Majorca. You drive some of the most exciting but dangerous roads, up a mountain, through tunnels in the rock and then a decent to a white sand beach with one of the most impressive hotels on the planet. Awesome. Oh, bring a Mini but if you can afford one a Fezza would be nice.

I have been planning a great “run” for PDXmini. Route is 125 miles (one way)starting at Sherwood, thru Gaston, Gales Creek, Timber, Vernonia, Jewel, ending in Astoria at the Astoria Column. Twists and turns throughout, with great scenery. Some section are very fast. A very exciting route, with almost no traffic on Sunday mornings.

My favorite is lower wacker drive when it’s late. For those of you not from Chicago, lower wacker is an entirely underground street running through the heart of downtown Chicago. It curves since it follows the path of the Chicago river. There really aren’t any places for cops to hide at the most entertaining points since it is essentially a tunnel. Like an earlier poster mentioned, lots of fast blind corners, but watch out for bumpy road surfaces. It also feeds into a long straightaway on the 290 and some fun S curves (at any speed) on north Lake Shore Drive.

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