Sounds like a fun drive. Rubber down, sheet metal up and all that. :-) G
On May 26, 2007, at 7:27 PM, William Robb wrote: > Please forgive any typos, I really don't like laptop keyboards.... > So, it's Saturday, and I have had an interesting time already. > I left Wednesday just before 11:00AM, and spent the next 12 hours > behind the > wheel of my truck. I managed to get just south of Missoula Montana, I > believe the place I stopped at is called Como Lake. It seemed nice, > considering it was dark when I got there, and barely light when I > left on > Thursday at about 6:00 in the AM. > I think it was about 2:00 that I found the entrance road to Tom's > place, and > another hour after that I Found his house. > Tom lives at the top of a mountain, accessed by a very narrow and > winding > road that is a step down from a logging road, and his place is > every bit as > lovely as his pictures show it to be. He is also a most excellent > host, and > a very good cook, and quite the wine connoisseur. His wife is even > more > gracious and has the added advantage of being a most attractive lady. > They also have a 16 year old son. > We will say nomore on that subject.... > Actually, he is a very fine whip of a lad, who, from all > appearances, will > grow to be a fine young man, and a credit to the species. > We had a very enjoyable couple of days of visiting, taking silly > pictures, > some nice pictures, enjoying excellent food and drink, playing with > his > funny little dogs and trying to get one of his hundred or so "pet" > hummingbirds to land on our fingers. > I finally dragged myself away from there at about noon today, and > am now > barricaded in a hotel room in beautiful downtown Fillmore Utah. > I was originally planning on cutting across the state towards Moab, > but > decided at the last minute (read I missed the exit) to continue > south and go > through Bryce Canyon and Kodachrome Basin. I will probably spend > tomorrow > night at Kodachrome, Monday at Monument Valley and then start my > mad dash > towards the east coast. on Tuesday. > I am still planning on arriving at the mountain on Thursday, though > it would > surprise me not at all if I end up not arriving until Friday. > And now, on to the 607 messages in my PDML box.... > > Behave yourselves -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
