Mountain road

There's a road up into the mountains where my friends live that takes eight to ten hours to drive.

It's a beautiful view along the way:  mountains, valleys, rivers, waterfalls.

Before I left to start on the journey to her home, my friend described the road like this:  "First, there are 3 to 4 hours of winding, mountain roads.  Then there are 3 to 4 hours of nice, smooth roads.  Then there are 2 to 3 hours of terror."

Okay, I thought as we drove along, winding roads--check.  Not too bad.  No car sickness.

Smooth roads--check.  Not bad, either.

Terror?  She must be exaggerating to over-prepare me, right?  This isn't so bad.

Well, then I saw what she was talking about.
Construction along the road doesn't stop the traffic from going through--the mountain road is the only way through, so through we must go.

Some day maybe the construction will all be finished.
Maybe.
And it's a beautiful drive if you ever have opportunity to travel it.