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Be aware that Highway 49 from Mariposa to Coulterville is very twisty, with hairpin turns, steep drop-offs, and narrow lanes. It is beautiful, deserted, and is best taken when you have plenty of time to enjoy it. Expect an average speed of 20 mph.
So far in my limited existence, that is the worst goddamned road I have ever been on in my life (way worse than that goddamned piece of shit Nevada 431, the Mount Rose Highway, near the area where murderer Peter Bergna offed his wife by staging an auto crash), and it was worse when I had an 82-year-old driver who couldn't drive worth a shit (and never could) in a truck that didn't run worth a shit (it blew an engine over on Donner Summit during the last leg of the trip). This road goes on for about 40 to 50 miles with hairpin turns, which the landlord just LOVED to step on the gas before entering them, and dropoffs of hundreds if not thousands of feet.
I was lucky to have survived that trip, let me tell you.
