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Beautiful Scenery, very dangerous driving conditions
Rainbow Basin Natural Area的点评
点评：Let's start with the positives, Rainbow Basin outside of Barstow is naturally beautiful with some incredible rock formations, beautiful colours, and a deep feeling of being in mother nature's solitude, it is worth seeing believe me.
Now the extremely serious negatives about Rainbow Basin, I've read many reviews stating that it had been driven in a regular sedan? I will say now this is nonsense! Let me elaborate. When you leave the tarmac road to drive to the Basin entrance you are on an uneven dirt track, when you approach Rainbow Basin there is a sign saying "One Way" from there the road becomes very uneven with lots of rocks all over the road, I think many parts of the road are actually a dried river bed.
The day we went was 23.08.26 it was around 110 degrees there was literally nobody around just us, we were in a Mercedes GLE 350 so a high SUV, many points as we drove around I was concerned about catch the base of the car, luckily I did not.
As we continued to drive the road became noticeably narrower, until we came to a point where it looked like there was no turn, we had to stop get out to look at the tight bend, it was impossible to pass, huge holes in the ground plus a bend that did not look passable!
Only options was to reverse which was incredibly difficult given the severity of the terrain, I had to reverse back as far as I could then perform numerous tight manoeuvres to turn around, given if I went to far back the car would have fell in a gully, to far forward I'm hitting a rock face! Very tense and concerning period in the middle of nowhere with little or no phone signal.
Once turned we drove out along the one way road the wrong way, as this was our only route back to safety, it was only when we got out and back to the dirt track did we see "road closed" signs lay face down on the floor, these signs must be stood up, the basin needs managing before someone gets hurt or worse! Not sure if wind had blown them down or been knocked down, but this trip could of ended significantly differently.
We reached out to the local government website to report this and hopefully warn others, no numbers to ring still awaiting an email response.
Now the extremely serious negatives about Rainbow Basin, I've read many reviews stating that it had been driven in a regular sedan? I will say now this is nonsense! Let me elaborate. When you leave the tarmac road to drive to the Basin entrance you are on an uneven dirt track, when you approach Rainbow Basin there is a sign saying "One Way" from there the road becomes very uneven with lots of rocks all over the road, I think many parts of the road are actually a dried river bed.
The day we went was 23.08.26 it was around 110 degrees there was literally nobody around just us, we were in a Mercedes GLE 350 so a high SUV, many points as we drove around I was concerned about catch the base of the car, luckily I did not.
As we continued to drive the road became noticeably narrower, until we came to a point where it looked like there was no turn, we had to stop get out to look at the tight bend, it was impossible to pass, huge holes in the ground plus a bend that did not look passable!
Only options was to reverse which was incredibly difficult given the severity of the terrain, I had to reverse back as far as I could then perform numerous tight manoeuvres to turn around, given if I went to far back the car would have fell in a gully, to far forward I'm hitting a rock face! Very tense and concerning period in the middle of nowhere with little or no phone signal.
Once turned we drove out along the one way road the wrong way, as this was our only route back to safety, it was only when we got out and back to the dirt track did we see "road closed" signs lay face down on the floor, these signs must be stood up, the basin needs managing before someone gets hurt or worse! Not sure if wind had blown them down or been knocked down, but this trip could of ended significantly differently.
We reached out to the local government website to report this and hopefully warn others, no numbers to ring still awaiting an email response.
翻译：先来说说优点吧：巴斯托附近的彩虹盆地自然景观十分优美，那里有令人叹为观止的岩层、绚丽的色彩，还能让人深切感受到置身于大自然的静谧之中。相信我，这里绝对值得一游。
现在来谈谈彩虹盆地的严重缺点。我读过很多评论，说有人开着普通轿车也顺利到达那里？我得说这完全是无稽之谈！让我详细解释一下。当你离开柏油路面驶向盆地入口时，就会进入一条崎岖不平的土路。接近彩虹盆地时，会看到一个写着“单行道”的指示牌，从那里开始路面变得更加坑洼不平，到处都是石块。我觉得这段路的很多地方实际上就是干涸的河床。
我们去的那天是23年8月26日，气温约为110华氏度。周围真的一个人都没有，只有我们而已。我们开的是一辆梅赛德斯GLE 350，属于一款底盘较高的SUV。开车时，我一直担心会刮到车底，所幸并没有发生这种情况。
接着继续行驶，道路明显变得狭窄起来，直到出现一个看似无法转弯的路段。我们不得不停车下车查看那个急转弯处——那里不仅有大坑，转弯角度也根本没法通过！
唯一的办法就是倒车，但考虑到地形的险峻程度，这极其困难。我不得不尽可能向后倒车，接着进行多次小角度转向才得以掉头；因为如果倒车太多，车子就会掉进沟里；而前进太多又会撞上岩壁！在荒无人烟的地方，手机信号几乎为零，那段时间真是紧张又令人不安。
掉头后，我们沿着单行道逆向行驶，因为这是我们返回安全地带的唯一路径。直到我们走出去、回到土路上时，才看到那些“道路封闭”的指示牌面朝下躺在地上。这些指示牌本应竖立起来才对。在有人受伤甚至发生更糟糕的情况之前，这片区域亟需得到管理！不确定是风把它们吹倒的，还是被人碰倒的，但这次出行的结局本可能大相径庭。
我们已经通过当地政府网站报告了此事，希望能引起其他人的注意。目前还没有可拨打的电话号码，我们正在等待邮件回复。
现在来谈谈彩虹盆地的严重缺点。我读过很多评论，说有人开着普通轿车也顺利到达那里？我得说这完全是无稽之谈！让我详细解释一下。当你离开柏油路面驶向盆地入口时，就会进入一条崎岖不平的土路。接近彩虹盆地时，会看到一个写着“单行道”的指示牌，从那里开始路面变得更加坑洼不平，到处都是石块。我觉得这段路的很多地方实际上就是干涸的河床。
我们去的那天是23年8月26日，气温约为110华氏度。周围真的一个人都没有，只有我们而已。我们开的是一辆梅赛德斯GLE 350，属于一款底盘较高的SUV。开车时，我一直担心会刮到车底，所幸并没有发生这种情况。
接着继续行驶，道路明显变得狭窄起来，直到出现一个看似无法转弯的路段。我们不得不停车下车查看那个急转弯处——那里不仅有大坑，转弯角度也根本没法通过！
唯一的办法就是倒车，但考虑到地形的险峻程度，这极其困难。我不得不尽可能向后倒车，接着进行多次小角度转向才得以掉头；因为如果倒车太多，车子就会掉进沟里；而前进太多又会撞上岩壁！在荒无人烟的地方，手机信号几乎为零，那段时间真是紧张又令人不安。
掉头后，我们沿着单行道逆向行驶，因为这是我们返回安全地带的唯一路径。直到我们走出去、回到土路上时，才看到那些“道路封闭”的指示牌面朝下躺在地上。这些指示牌本应竖立起来才对。在有人受伤甚至发生更糟糕的情况之前，这片区域亟需得到管理！不确定是风把它们吹倒的，还是被人碰倒的，但这次出行的结局本可能大相径庭。
我们已经通过当地政府网站报告了此事，希望能引起其他人的注意。目前还没有可拨打的电话号码，我们正在等待邮件回复。
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