I kinda want to do a roadtrip drive, but I'm really running into a problem I never had roadtripping in Texas: a mountain range.

In Texas, there were so many places to go. From San Antonio and Asutin, you had a full 360 dregrees to explore. But here, if you want to go west, you had US 2 and I-90 and that's it. Because those are the only two routes through the mountains.

Go north, you can do Highway 9, but you have city on the left, and mountains on the right, and south the same, with the city on the right and mountains on the left.

There are forest roads to explore, but at the same time, with early sundowns and snows, that's not an option for more than half the year. AND I'm running out of roads to explore that are safe with a MAzda.

I'm rather bored with those trips as I've seen most everything. Going beyond the mountains (or the Puget Sound) to explore more areas is WAY more a chore than driving in and through the Texas Hill Country.