I hear ya... BTW, six weeks isn't long enough either. :-)

At 01:52 PM 4/26/2006 -0400, Kim Brennan wrote:
>Yep, no foot on the accelerator. Coming down from Monarch I didn't
>need to downshift. Just stayed in 4th (or was it 3rd?) gear. Yah,
>some folks passed me (and braked at every curve). Hey, they passed me
>on the way up too, not a big deal.
>
>I need to do an extended (no time line) trip. I didn't spend as much
>time at the top of Monarch as I would have liked. Same thing about
>Glacier. 2 weeks just ain't enough time for driving across the
>country (and back), unless that is the ONLY thing you do.
>
>
>On Apr 26, 2006, at 1:41 PM, monte merrick wrote:
>
>>when you say coast, you mean coming down the mountain in gear but
>>with foot lifted from accelerator, downshifting for curves rather
>>than braking so that engine rpm stay road speed high (rather than
>>idle) if so - sounds fun