[MR] Fwd: Travel travails

[Denise V McMahon]

I think this was meant for everyone....

-Rowan B.

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Sandi Rust <feo2mouse at yahoo.com>
> Date: November 22, 2006 8:08:08 AM EST
> To: Denise V McMahon <denise at shado.info>
> Subject: Re: [MR] Travel travails
>
> My Lord and I decided one year while he was in the Army and had the  
> leave time to drive around the US... mostly it was to meet the  
> families and pick up something in Spokane, Wa but also to see the  
> US. I have a list of "really boring" stretches of roads and I will  
> start at the most boring IOHO. A couple of the roads are great for  
> the passengers as it has beautiful scenery, but bad for the driver.  
> I will mark those with an asterisk (*).
>
> 1. Hwy 70 between Junction City and Kanorado (border Co-KS),  
> Kansas.  That stretch of road was so horrid and bland that I had to  
> use every "stay awake" technique to keep Wilhelm and myself awake  
> and this was during the daytime! We stopped 5 miles from the border  
> at a Walmart and got a large tip marker and posterboard. We then  
> made a sign to tape to the back window of our truck saying: "WE'RE  
> NOT IN KANSAS ANYMORE!" When we stopped at the Welcome center in  
> Colorado, some folks who were driving through asked us how long we  
> had lived in Kansas. I told them that we just drove through, but it  
> seemed like forever.
>
> 2. I-70 four miles from the Maryland/ Pennsylvania border there was  
> a horrible traffic through a "small" mountain where it took us 2  
> hours to go 4 miles!
>
> 3.* I-25 from Colorado Springs, Co to Denver, Co. Beautiful but  
> easy to get road meserized
>
> 4. * I-10 from San Bernardino, Ca to Tucson, Az. It's a desert out  
> there, not much else to see but cactus, sand and buttes.
>
> 5 * I-10 From Tucson to Mountain, Home (might as well say San  
> Antonio), Tx
>
> 6. I-95, from Savannah, Ga to Richmond, Va. *there are some pretty  
> spots, but it is a long Booooorrrriinnngggg drive.
>
> My 2p...
>
> Marie Hélène -  glad we don't have to travel in Kansas.


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