Monarch Pass?  Nice road.

Stephen

--- Joy Hecht <hecht.joy@GMAIL.COM> wrote:

> 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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> Consultant on Environmental Policy and Information
>
> Email:  jhecht@alum.mit.edu
> Phone:  1-202-494-1162
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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
> :::
> :::
>

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