Re:M_Boats: Retirement Sailing and Topping Lifts
Hi Joe, I'm in a Library in Black Mountain, NC at the moment, while the Admirable is at a gathering of the Guild of American Papercutters. As go-fer and chauffeur, I have now delivered her to the proper destination. We drove down from Connecticut and picked up the Blue Ridge Parkway. A most beautiful road - two lane blacktop but best of all almost no traffic. Most of the time I never saw a car in front of me. The road was all mine, and the squirrels, and the deer and the wild turkeys. The only problem was that the longest straigh stretch in the road was maybe a quarter of a mile long. All the rest was one turn after another. I ran a check anc found that there were at least 7 curves per mile (between mile posts)! My shoulders were sore at the end of the day! Will give you more details when I get home again, next week. Connie ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/.
Connie, I grew up in southern West Virginia, so I am familiar with Skyline Drive and Blue Ridge Parkway. Being so close, you and your admirable might as well drive through Great Smokey Mountain National Park and take the long and scenic way home. There's not much sailing at those altitudes, however. Safe travels, Joe
The Blue Ridge Parkway is gorgeous . . . Well worth the sore shoulders . . . ----- Original Message ----- From: <chbenneck@juno.com> To: <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 12:43 PM Subject: M_Boats: Retirement Sailing and Topping Lifts Hi Joe, I'm in a Library in Black Mountain, NC at the moment, while the Admirable is at a gathering of the Guild of American Papercutters. As go-fer and chauffeur, I have now delivered her to the proper destination. We drove down from Connecticut and picked up the Blue Ridge Parkway. A most beautiful road - two lane blacktop but best of all almost no traffic. Most of the time I never saw a car in front of me. The road was all mine, and the squirrels, and the deer and the wild turkeys. The only problem was that the longest straigh stretch in the road was maybe a quarter of a mile long. All the rest was one turn after another. I ran a check anc found that there were at least 7 curves per mile (between mile posts)! My shoulders were sore at the end of the day! Will give you more details when I get home again, next week. Connie
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