On Tue, 26 Nov 2002 10:29:29 Robert Schultz wrote:
>
> Keeps your ear open for the weather.
Count on it. I've been looking around for good sources for road
conditions. In case anyone else needs it, here's a good place to start:
http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/trafficinfo/index.htm
> In '95 we drove from Toronto to Moab at
> the end of October.
Another Toronto DML member? I think we'd better have another DML meet so
you can make it to at least one :-). It's about time we stood around for
hours in a parking lot in Canada in a snow storm and sub-zero winds while
looking under truck hoods again.
> It was then that I
> really took notice of the signs every 5 miles along I-80 'Caution - High
> Winds Next 5 Miles'. I'd seen these for a bit but they didn't sink in
> till I
> was counter steering a fully loaded minivan with mountain bikes acting
> like
> sails on the roof rack against those same high winds. I think they could
> save some money in Wyoming with a single sign at the state border -
> "WYOMING - CAUTION HIGH WINDS'.
BWAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Yeah, I've been to Wyoming several times. Any local
will tell you: the only time the wind ever stops is when it changes
directions. Norah calls it "Windoming" :-).
(Not to make light of your ordeal, I just thought the wind comment was
quite amusing)
-- ------------------------------------------------ Jason Bleazard http://www.bleazard.net Toronto, Ontario his: '95 Dakota Sport 4x4, 3.9 V6, 5spd, Reg. Cab, white hers: '01 Dakota Sport 4x4, 4.7 V8, Auto, Quad Cab, black
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