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Subject:Re: Maiden voyage in the new-to-us '87 Westy
From:Kim Brennan
Date:Tue, 5 Sep 2006 21:28:26 -0400

Hmm, I wonder where you were in your trek......

On Labor Day I was driving back from my WV place and decided to do a
little round-a-bout trip. I drove north along the valley (not a
single name, but essentially the valley that exists at the base of
the Allegheny Front.) Eventually getting to Cumberland, Maryland. In
Cumberland I took I-68 east to Hancock (a previous weekend I'd been
exploring Scenic 40 and MD 144 the old National Pike, so I didn't
feel obligate to do that this time.)

In Hancock I got on I-70, and hit the normal backup. So I got off at
exit 5, and hit a few more backroads before getting on US 40 again.
One of those back roads (Slabtown Road) had a ford across what I
believe to be Licking Creek. I didn't know about that ford. About
12-16 inches deep and maybe 100 feet across. Definitely got the
underside of my Syncro wet.