In a message dated 2/4/00 4:51:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, 
larry_avery.johnson@SYMPATICO.CA writes:

<< Steven, if you were from Scotland, the land of wet sog and bog, wouldn't
 Death Valley be fascinating - a once in a lifetime experience. Hell, I'm
 from Canada and even I liked it. -Larry
 P.S. take some drinking water
 
 Steven G Wacker wrote:
 
 > Hell, someone else told him to go through Death Valley in July...in a
 > Vanagon, doesn't anyone like this guy and his family? >>

Have you guys noticed that you keep mentioning HELL when you responded to the 
Death Valley question? I was there one summer a few years back. Stopped by a 
gas station for refreshments. The attendant at the station said "Thank God it 
finally cooled down."

It was 118F� in the shade.

BenT