When I drew this back in 2000, paying $1.70 for a gallon of gas seemed like highway robbery. By 2010, that would seem like a bargain, and we were convinced we’d never again see prices below $2. Well, we almost got there in the past few months, but not quite. Now, prices around here have crept up because of Hurricane Harvey, but that’s a small price to pay compared to the misery many of the storm’s direct victims are continuing to experience. As for gas-station road maps, they’re becoming obsolete at any price.
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There’s one, and only one, in WI. Elaine and I discovered it in the ’70s quite by accident, avoiding I90/94 by following state hwy. 113 on a WI state map. Map had a tiny word ‘ferry’, but we’d not noticed that. We were en route home from visiting daughter in Chicagoland, late summer probably. Reading the acct. below, must have been the Colsac II, cap. 8 cars. Did not realize it ran on subsurface cables.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrimac_Ferry
Peace,
Coyote?
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Glad things went well for you Jackie 🙂
Many small ferries in the Aland Archipelago going from the main island to Finland.
It is island – ferry – island – bridge – island – ferry and so on.
Some are 5 min only. Most longer, All were free.
Hugh Hefner stepped on the Rainbow – he was 91
The discussion of backroads and hidden places reminds me of another incredible book: Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey.
Personally, I always blamed Little Boy Blue for the dysfunctional relationship. Of course, in my experience as a little boy, we always got blamed for everything.
Oh, and Jimmy, thanks for the earworm. 🙂 Harry Chapin was great, though.
The one eho deserves praise is Ghost. I am just here. He is handling the blood and guts part.
He is most amazing man I have ever known.
Little known Harry Chapin fact, he is the best known drop out from the U.S. Air Force Academy.
Yep, I knew that…
” You see, she was gonna be an actress
“And I was gonna learn to fly
“She took off to find the footlights
“I took off for the sky”
“And here, she’s acting happy
“Inside her handsome home
“And me, I’m flying in my taxi
“Taking tips, and getting stoned
“I go flying so high, when I’m stoned”
“Taxi” – Harry Chapin
There was talk of ferries earlier. We used to have some cabled, current powered ferries in Arkansas. I remember crossing both the Sylamore and Guion ferries. I crossed the Sylamore ferry a few years after the photo at the link below.
https://bridgehunter.com/ar/stone/white-river-sylamore-ferry/
We still routinely use the tug-powered ferries at Aransas Pass, Texas, for travel into Port Aransas and onto the northern part of Mustang Island. It’s nice to watch the gulls and dolphins during the crossing.
This was part of a business email this morning:
ON THE LIGHTER SIDE
“The best thing about fall in the South is that the air conditioners can finally make it cold inside.” — Savannah, Ga.-based author Harrison Scott Key
Steve fRO
At 60MPH the car travels the (Average) distance between 2 telephone poles
on 1 second –
I often wonder where that car went/came from in the mirror,
and I try to check the mirror every 3 seconds.
The circumstances around Harry Chapin’s death were a bit mysterious. His flashers were on and a truck slammed into his vehicle. However it appears that he may have been having a cardiac event. The coroner was not sure if he suffered the heart attack before the accident or after. His widow did win a judgement and she carried on his philanthropic work.
Good Morning. Just popping in to send good thoughts and prayers to Jackie and Ghost. We have just returned from a 7 week trip across this beautiful country in our RV. Finally found an atlas in Walmart. Between our not-so-smart phones, the Garmin and the Atlas – the Atlas was the winner. 12 states, 5 National Parks, 7 state parks, 2 KOAs, and 2 Walmarts. And as many backroads as time would allow.
I agree on the Walmart atlas. I never travel without one and trust them over all others.
I envy your trip. I have been lying in bed mentally thinking of short scenic loops Ghost and I can do into Oklahoma, Arkansas, Kansas and Missouri if I feel well enough between doctor’s visits and chemo.
Was going to ask Ghost to pick up an atlas and some magic markers to use to plot the flying carpet rides. Dreams keep us moving and alive.
Between 2 poles in 3 seconds – the distance to keep between you and the car ahead.
Though around here they don’t seem to tolerate that – they seem to want to fit up my tail pipe.
The “they” is the ubiquitous “they”.
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