I was replying to the 8 hour part. But go from the Manitoba border to
Calgary - all flat and in winter nothing but white, the most boring
drive on the planet. Drive along the Trans Canada route (not the
Yellowhead) from Winnipeg through Regina and then to Calgary. Its so
flat thatyou can practically use it for a pool table.
Look at the back roads in that area. You can see where they made
adjustments for transit errors, the roads go like this every few
miles:
---------------------
---------------------/
where the surveyors made corrections to their measurements.
larry
On 1/6/06, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Uhm... I know you're from Canada Larry, but on what planet are either of
> these provinces flat when driving south to north?
>
> I mean, in Alberta you would drive right through the ROCKY MOUNTAINS.
> Saskatchewan, yes a lot more flat... but still Cypress Hills, Qu'appelle
> Valley, etc.
>
> We did get snow 3 days ago so we're back to white... but otherwise this
> province (not sure about Alberta) has been completely without snow... it's
> been above zero and raining... and the forecast has us back up, several
> degrees above zero in a few days so it'll all be gone again.
>
> What weird ass weather.
>
> >Only 8 hours.
> >
> >Texans are wimps!
> >
> >Try driving south to north in Saskatchewan or Alberta in the middle of
> >January or February. Hours on hours on hours of flat and white, now
> >that's depressing.
> >
> >larry
>
>
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