My college roommate's dad used to tell us that he would catch up on his crossword puzzles while driving through portions of the Midwest.
Dana wrote: > hell -- the roadthere is so flat and straight I let the kids drive > part of the way -- sitting in my lap of course, but -- nothing more > boring than I-70 in Kansas at 6am on a Sunday... > > On 1/6/06, Dana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>I remember driving from Edmonton to Toronto. Extremely monotonous, >>though I wasn't driving, my father was. I still think Kansas is worse. >>I-70 is nothing but field the entire way and it's ever so slightly >>uphill the entire way so if you get bored you slow down.... >> >>On 1/6/06, Larry C. Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>I've done that. Driving from Winnipeg to Calgary. >>> >>>larry >>> >>>On 1/6/06, Jillian Koskie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>>Winnipeg to Regina to Calgary is not South to North... it's very distinctly >>>>East to West. :P >>>> >>>>There are certainly lots of shorter stretches like that... you can go to >>>>sleep at the wheel in Saskatoon and wake up in Regina all safe and sound... >>>> >>>> >>>>>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 >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:190865 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
