. . . South Carolina or Georgia now, don't you John? ----- Original Message ----- From: Saltm17@aol.com To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Sent: Thursday, December 16, 2004 1:24 PM Subject: How Far? Montana is not on the frontline of anything, except maybe severe winters and beautiful scenery, so in 1985 when I read an ad in the Small Boat Journal (a great magazine but sadly deceased) I figured it had long since been sold. I called anyway and amazingly I was the first respond to the ad. The owner (I can't remember his full name, but his first name was Paul) had written that he would deliver the boat.... which he did, rom the Oregon coast to Billings, MT, a little less than 1,000 miles. He drove over in November and the day that he arrived the high temp in Billings was 13 degrees. By the time he gave me a quick orientation about the boat we were both damn near frozen. Toby (the orginal MIss T) and I warmed him up with dinner and breakfast and thanked him even more warmly for delivering it. John Edwards