DAY 9: California, Adventure of the Insane Mtn Road

Day 9 was certainly one to remember. We drove north through desert tree farms and palms towards the Sierras and the southern Sequoia National Monument. Not really knowing what we were doing, we decided to take the old Volvo 240 to the top. There we ascended the world's narrowest, sharpest, guardrail-less road that I have ever had the terror of experiencing. At any given time you had the pleasure of driving off the cliff edge, with a guaranteed 1,000ft drop. Not to mention the ice and snow that covered the "road" near the top.



To our amazement, we discovered a town at the top of the mountain - Pierpoint Springs, elevation 4,700ft, population 50. We were served coffee by a jovial little lady in the cafe/bar/post office/realty/store before attempting the descent down Earth's most outrageously terrifying road. Inevitably, Ali spend the whole descent paralyzed in fear, and Leigh was probably rationalizing when to throw her out of the car.

Amazingly, no cliff did they drive off, no mortal fate did they meet. Leigh safely navigated down to Earth, and they drove through tree farms and oil fields to the Pacific Ocean.