RV'ing the Million Dollar Highway!

Colorado is a unique state to RV. Lots of mountain passes and elevation, something us flat land mid-westerners may not be used to! For us, towing the trailer on the famous million dollar highway was an experience. With sheer drop offs, twists and turns and no guardrail it should make any traveler take pause. We created this video to document our experience on this highway and highway 550 and share with other fellow RV'ers who may be considering this road. We survived but I'm not sure we would take this route again.
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[@hikingoutdoorfamily]

That looked pretty tough to drive on, but beautiful views.

[@kyleandnicole]

Yes. It’s a beautiful area if you can manage the road! I am glad Kyle is such a good driver.

[@DmitriOcean]

Yeah 550 is one beautiful road. I've done it on my motorcycle.

[@kyleandnicole]

That sure would’ve been a beautiful ride on your bike!

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[@kyleandnicole]

Thank you! Welcome!

[@rockymountainjazzfan1822]

For several years, I regularly drove the Million Dollar Highway with a 2WD truck and a 26' gooseneck livestock trailer. The rig had a GCW of over 22K lbs. I drove the highway in all 4 seasons--in blizzards, snow, ice, heavy rain and avalanche and rockslide threat. Counting driving it also in cars, pickups, SUV's and 4WD's, I've probably driven that highway close to 1,000 times. A friend of mine beat me--he drove that road on a delivery route 5 days a week for almost 30 years. So, yawn . . .

[@kyleandnicole]

WOW! That road is nothing to you guys! I couldn’t imagine it in the conditions that you have experienced. Kudos to you! Us flatlanders are not used to that!

[@jondrew55]

Yea/No. We just got back from an Arizona, NM, Utah, Colorado trip. On one of the thin, windy roads by the North Rim of the Grand Canyon My RAM 2500 drivers side mirror smacked into the driver's side mirror of another RAM 2500 going in the opposite direction with loud noise and shattered glass that woke everyone up (we were not hauling our Airstream, just driving). The driver going in the opposite direction was on the drop side of the road, and just a bit too far into the centerline of the road. No injuries, just broken mirrors. Later on, we were driving up the Colorado National Monument near Grand Junction. Again, not towing our trailer, but a sheer drop off and no guard rail. I could not continue. we got as far as the first spot we could safely make a U-turn and went back.

[@kyleandnicole]

That is a bummer about your broken mirrors! How do you like your ram 2500, what year is it?

[@jondrew55]

@@kyleandnicole My mirror was fine. It just popped up on the hinge with a small ding. The other person's mirror exploded. My truck is a 2023 and we love it. I get 21 mpg when not towing, averaged 13 mpg across 6500 miles towing my airstream. Pretty good for a diesel