On Sun Apr-07-2013 11:36, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RN> Yes, but if I'm not careful in pressing the gas pedal, I'll be thrown
 RN> into the back seat (not literally).

 RW> Too strong of a return spring on your gas pedal?

LOL!

 RN>>> Because anyone going north to south is going downhill.  (-:0

 RW>>> Not exactly. If your north starting place was on a plateau and you
 RW>>> were going south, that might be down hill.

 RN> Yes, exactly.

 RW> What if you're driving west from the white cliffs of Dover?

More than likely you'll run into a flock of Bluebirds.  (-:
[...]

 RN> I've only been to four cities iun Texas (Baytown, Dallas, Fort Worth,
 RN> Houston), but have been through more and no farther west.

 RW> FW is east of here, if you look at it in a parallel sense of
 RW> direction. 

Yep.

 RW>> But, you're never going to be at or near sea level until you get to
 RW>> Corpus...

 RN> Or New Orleans.  (-:

 RW> NO is -Sea Level. I've driven several cars at 36 feet below sea
 RW> level. 

That's what the smiley was for.  Two houses I lived in were destroyed by
Katrina because they were close to the lake front where the seawall was
breached.  Maybe I should have typed NEAR New Orleans.  I've always known N.O.
was below sea level, having been born there.
[...]

 RN> There's another reason I didn't mention.  I've only seen the Pacific
 RN> Ocean in pictures.

 RW> I'd never seen the Gulf of Mexico except in pictures, until I moved
 RW> here. The Pacific is a beautiful blue while the Gulf is an ugly
 RW> brown full of jelly fish.

Go a little farther out and it is green until you get to the Gulf Stream,
which is a beautiful blue.  I've been in it.

 RN>   A couple of years from now, if not sooner, I'm going to take a trip
 RN> to Las Vegas and from there go to see the Grand Canyon.  My only
 RN> regret will be I won't be able to ride a horse while there.

 RW> There aren't any horses at the GC...only mules. Take the old steam
 RW> engine train from Williams instead. It stops at the GC lodge and
 RW> you can get a room and stay for a few days. There's also a
 RW> helicopter ride over the canyon, which is much easier than riding a
 RW> mule to the bottom. 

Surely there are stables nearby where a horse can be rented.  I thought I saw
an ad a few years back when I almost went there -- Apache something-or-other.
[...]

 RN> What a tangent!  (-:  Make that northwest and southeast.

 RW> You might want to look a little closer: The canal itself runs in a
 RW> east/west direction in Panama. However, ships traveling from the
 RW> Pacific to the Atlantic travel in a northwest direction, while
 RW> ships traveling from the Atlantic to the Pacific head Southeast.

Isn't that what I wrote?  (-:
[...]

 RN> I find that difficult to believe and since this didn't come up before
 RN> you made the trip, you naturally wouldn't notice since you wouldn't
 RN> have had that on your mind.

 RW> Oh but I would. I always keep track of my mileage and how much fuel
 RW> I use, where we fuel up and where we eat (not necessarily at the
 RW> same stop). 

 RW> I never take such a trip without planning the route first. Indeed,
 RW> when I didn't like the route traveled to Illinois on one particular
 RW> trip (IH-40 to US54 at Tucumcari, NM northeastward to Wichita, KS
 RW> (IH35)), I sat at my parent's kitchen table and planned a different
 RW> and faster route back to San Diego.  US54 was scenic, but a
 RW> terrible road to use if you're in a hurry. My dad recommended it,
 RW> so I considered the source and didn't take it home...

I didn't mean to make that assumption, so it's different for us.  (-:0
[...]


Regards,

Roger 
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