So which big city do you live in?
I live out in the country next to a farm. I hate driving mountain roads, and I’ve driven a lot of them in the last ten years. In 2010, the wife and I visited 14 national parks and a number of national monuments...all out west. I had no idea the amount of time it would take us to get over Tioga Pass and into the valley. Getting out the west side was also a nightmare with frequent stops for road repair.