Sentences with phrase «over mountain roads»

Hotel as good as it was when I last used it 50 years ago when I was a Tour Operatore Coach drivers were fine and took us over mountain roads where only locals would venture

Yes, it's up to brisk laps on track, a spirited romp over a mountain road, or a long - distance cruise.

I came in at 24.1 mpg in a mix of city, freeway and sport driving over a mountain road.

New courses take players on wild rides over a mountain road, on city streets and through a dusty desert

Not exact matches

It climbs one mountain into West Virginia, goes over two more mountains — one road paved, the other dirt — with a final climb up the dirt fire access road that summits Reddish Knob, the highest point between here and the Adirondacks.

«Transporting the harvested logs would have required over 50,000 trucks driving on two - lane roads winding through the mountains from this remote region, which is far beyond belief (and likely road capacity),» he wrote.

After passing through the market town of Aguacatán, where women in white - and - red huipiles sell everything from garlic to geese, I headed 45 minutes up a mountain to the village of Chex, where I found a cargo truck that had careened over the side of a road.

If you have to hike the long road up the mountain over and over again, your legs are going to be much stronger than if you took a helicopter to get to the top.

Because I almost always consider pulling over on the side of the road just to take photos of our Sunday drive: the crisp blue sky and the sharp green rolling hills, the turning - red blueberry bushes squatted across the fields, the rise of the mountains in the haze of morning, but how can you Instagram the rush of cold air in your lungs and how it makes you feel so beautifully, so fully, alive?

So I drove down our back roads and into the mountains, out and west, and the sky turned indigo while I blasted music and cried and wrestled my life into a Jesus - shape all over again.

Getting to road trip down to the Great Sand Dunes National Park in southern Colorado and climb all over huge sand dunes that were at the base of snowy mountain peaks with a river running between them — PINCH ME.

Not to be confused with cobbled roads or that nice mountain in Scotland, a cobbler is a dessert similar to a crumble, except that the topping is added onto the stewed fruit filling in little blobs instead of being spread over the entire thing.

To get there, I flew to Trondheim, Norway, and drove east for a couple of hours over still - snowy mountain roads.

Fortunately the metal barrier lining the road did its job and stopped the car from tumbling down the side the mountain, though with half the car hanging over the edge it must have still been an incredibly nerve - wracking experience.

Nevertheless, the public remains in favor of Kellen Moore and Co. bouncing back in a big way, with just over seven out of ten spread bets in favor of Boise posting a 19 point victory or more on the road against the Mountain West rival Aztecs.

We meet regularly both on and off the bike for everything from 100 mile adventures on the road, getting muddy on local mountain bike tracks, to chatting about cycling over a pint at the pub.

Adulation for the efforts of men who propel themselves over 3,000 km of mountains, cobbles and windy flat roads in the world's most demanding sporting event.

The Colin Thornton Memorial Award for Welsh Junior Performance, awarded in memory of the Commonwealth cyclist, was given to Ffion James, Abergavenny Road who has been successful in mountain bike cross country and cyclo cross over the last year winning national titles and finishing 13th in the UCI World Mountain Bike XC Championships with Great mountain bike cross country and cyclo cross over the last year winning national titles and finishing 13th in the UCI World Mountain Bike XC Championships with Great Mountain Bike XC Championships with Great Britain.

This week, I road a chairlift and looked out over the western Maine mountains with Ezra as he skied down a slope for the first time.

With over 20 years of revolutionising the Mountain Buggy suits all terrain and offers you what you most desire: a buggy that is ready to take on off - road terrain while still having the appeal to suit the cosmopolitan environment.

It's a road project that will impact thousands of people every day: the widening of a heavily - traveled stretch over Huntsville Mountain.

This weekend's tour of Wilmington to bring over 1,000 bikes to test mettle on mountain roads and byways

Unlike the Olympic road and mountain bike races, which take place over dozens of miles and last several hours, a BMX race is a sprint.

If you had planned to take the rutted scenic road directly over the mountain pass, but it's closed for the season, you could instead take the six - lane superhighway that goes around the mountain.

When I'm not treating patients or coaching I am usually riding my road bike or mountain bike all over the Bay Area.

One of the greatest of all suspense films, this legendary French shocker is Clouzot's nerve - rending account of four expatriate drivers trying to escape a horrible little South American backwater by driving two truckloads of nitroglycerin to a burning oil field over dangerous mountain roads.

This adaptation of the novel by Lois Duncan begins with a violent accident that changes the lives of four teenage friends: sensible Julie (Jennifer Love Hewitt), beauty queen Helen (Sarah Michelle Gellar), bad boy jock Barry (Ryan Philippe), and nice guy Ray (Freddie Prinze Jr.) unwittingly run over and kill a man crossing a mountain road on the night of July 4.

It can make you take notice, as you're winding through a sinuous mountain road or skimming over the freeway, of just how unfailingly polished and likable this little machine is.

I reach the end of the famous 11 - mile stretch of road and pull over to take a breather and admire the mountains around me.

We give it its sternest test anywhere, via a 1000 - mile road trip through France, a group test against its three toughest foes - Nissan 370Z, Renaultsport Megane 265 and Mazda MX - 5 - over Welsh mountain roads, a track battle versus the mighty Megane Trophy and a meeting with its illustrious Impreza Turbo forebear.

Despite the serious tires, the Snow Patrol rides nearly as smoothly as a production Armada, on the mountain roads near Victor, Idaho, though you'll sense the extra three inches of ride height as you tower over sedans and crossovers.

But on our mountain road drive, the steering felt over boosted at times, although it's still an improvement over the 2010 model.

This car would rather cradle you over a strip of beat - up freeway than weave through mountain roads.

I drove a 2016 Kia Optima SXL for several hours around Aspen, Colo., over the Continental Divide and through Vail on a mix of winding mountain roads and interstate highway stretches.

But the next event, the Circuito delle Tre Province — a seventy - nine - mile dash over Apennine mountain roads — marked the end of Enzo's driving career and the beginning of the Ferrari legend.

Official average is over 40mpg with the EDC gearbox and standard 18 - inch wheels — on 19s over 170 miles we averaged around 22mpg, in a mix of city centre crawling, steady motorway driving and less steady mountain road climbing.

Take it hard on a twisty mountain road, and the suspension reveals that it would rather be smoothing the ride over rough gravel tracks or speed bumps than holding the road.

I found that, over a course of driving involving freeways, pounding down mountain roads, and not too much stop - and - go city traffic, the car turned in 23.6 mpg.

One moment we'd be experiencing sheer joy as we rocketed through turn after turn of a winding mountain road, and in the next moment we'd be raging against Mini's interior designers over the oddball placement of the cabin controls.

Twisty roads over mountains and through rock - strewn valleys dotted with farmlands provided the perfect setting for testing Germany's latest take on an American sedan.

I've owned a Sport V8 for a little over a year and done 12,000 miles in it, including two long road trips in the mountains.

I test drove the Allroad over the broad flats and dramatic mountains surrounding Jackson Hole, Wyoming on a combination of paved highways, packed dirt roads and a surprisingly varied range of weather conditions.

The all - wheel drive, coupled with a wide wheelbase and fairly low center of gravity, makes it easy to whip around a cloverleaf or up a curvy mountain road without that feeling of tipping over.

I drove it over a number of mountain roads and used the Sportmatic feature on the six - speed automatic to keep it in the best gear.

Whether cruising on 101 or climbing mountain roads to over 5000 feet, the Azera gave a smooth, comfortable, and powerful ride.

We heard a noise going over the sun road and panicked hoping it was going to make it down the mountain.

We pushed our 2015 Cadillac SRX SUV over an equal run of twisting mountain roads and long highway stretches, and we've come away with a rather favorable opinion.

In our 200 miles split between city driving — where the V - 8 felt cramped and unhappy — and challenging mountain roads, we observed just over 15mpg.

In testing over freeways, mountain roads, and city traffic, CNET's A7 showed an average of 17.5 mpg, below the EPA range, and probably due to overuse of the thirsty supercharger.

And the big ABS disc brakes, as my co-driver discovered when a semi turned over in front of him at the base of a mountain road, are a precious asset.