hondo in seattle

Thanks to everyone for the timely and useful advice!!! I've downloaded the Mountain Guide and am looking at milebymile, Trip Wizard, and more closely at Google Maps. All these help. To answer some questions... I've been afraid of heights all my life though until now I've managed it pretty well. Like bigjim, my fear seems to be growing with age. I only bought my 38 foot class A motorhome a few months ago. It's the first vehicle I've owned bigger than a car and this is our first big trip. We don't have any towing gear yet so my wife is following me in the SUV. Stupidly, I pl

I don't actually view myself as a terrible coward. I've scuba dived... been attacked by drugged up knife wielding maniacs... rappelled down a 160 foot vertical cliff... led soldiers into combat. But all that was a piece of cake compared to driving a RV on a mountain road! I'm camped on the west side of the Sierra Nevadas right now dreading my trip back home to Seattle via Tahoe and other scenic spots. Yesterday I took CA HWY 49 past CA 120 to CA 140 to avoid the infamous Priest Grade on my way to Yosemite. I ended up on a narrow hillside road with no shoulder or guardrails and a d