Gee, I once landed in a whole truck driver social event on the side of the
road, after we all climbed a hill together.

Well, not just any hill, we were sitting on the continental divide in south
western Colorado, at around 12,000 feet, all letting our rigs cool off and
have a rest after they'd bravely gotten us there via an eight-mile climb.

Then we were joined by three ecstatic young folks on bicycles.  Turned out
they had started in Connecticut, were heading to California, and they were
pretty psyched to have just crossed the continental divide!

It was a nice gathering.  Pretty cold for the middle of the summer, though,
up there in the clouds.

Joy

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Dr. Joy E. Hecht
Consultant on Environmental Policy and Information

Email:  jhecht@alum.mit.edu
Phone:  1-202-494-1162
URL:    http://www.joyhecht.net

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
:::Of Donna Skarloken
:::Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 2:24 PM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: The Subtle Joys of Busdom
:::
:::Lately I get a lot of waves from truck drivers, especially when climbing
:::hills right alongside them.  I don't know if they just like the company,
:::or
:::the fact that I usually make an effort to stay out of theri way (not easy
:::when running the San Francisco Bay Area commute - dodging SUV yuppies on
:::one
:::side and trying to give the trucks room on the other!)
:::
:::Donna, 87 Syncro
:::
:::