DennyG

I've just learned that the restored Peter's Creek S-Bridge is to be dedicated on Friday the 17th. Fron the Ohio National Road Association website: I won't be there (Curse that paycheck addiction!) but maybe some other Buckeyes can attend.

Now I really regret not doing one of those West Baden road trips. Looks like once they're open, the only thing I can afford to do is drive by.

Ain't it great to be called upon to explain why you drove the interstate instead of (as I know you must all do for friends, co-workers, & relatives) explaining why you didn't.

Well, I guess if you've decided to drive interstates, there are worse choices than I-75 through KY. But I'm glad to see you got back on the right track in Paducah. If you had made it a 794 mile day (What's another few miles at that point?) you could have stayed at the Hickory House Inn in Dexter and sampled some Kip recommended BBQ. I rather like the bridges at Cairo but I've never crossed them at night. However, I have found that doing it between a pair of semis adds something to the experience. Maybe I'll have to work on a midnight crossing with steel toting semis in front and behind for that ultimate thrill. By the way, I believe you've probably set a new record for the most 'I-'s in a forum post.

Cameron Kaiser, who did the full length of US-6 this summer ( SummerOf6 ), has just posted a report on the opening of Historic US-80 in California. You can get to the report from the main page or jump there directly with this link: Historic US-80 Opening.

Nice pics. Looks like you had no trouble finding interesting views and attractions. I didn't know about the tram at Sandia. I'll have to check it out if I get the chance.

It was a beautiful (but cool) day yesterday so, after touring the reopened Pennsylvania House, I did some driving. East of Zanesville, I stopped by the Peters Creek S Bridge for the third time this year. In March, the bridge was on the way to collapse, in July, it was being dismantled, and, yesterday, it was largely restored. I have posted a pair of pictures from each visit in a gallery named "Denny G's Gallery". There is still plenty to be done and a large supply of bricks stacked nearby probably means the whole park area is going to really be spruced up.

I made it and so did quite a few other folks. It was a bit chilly but the sun was shining and the skys were blue. The ceremonies went smoothly (after they got the PA sorted), the ribbon was cut, and the house was packed for the next couple of hours. Then I even figured out how to post pictures here and posted a few from the opening in a new gallery named "Denny G's Gallery". Pretty clever name, eh?

The Pennsylvania House ( http://www.pennsylvaniahouse.net/ ), a one time National Road inn in Springfield, OH, is reopening this Saturday after more than a year of renovation. There's some information here: http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/i/conten...ocal/pennhouse/ although you have to register to access some or all of it. It essentially says that there will be a ribbon cutting and other ceremonies at 10:00 then the house will be open for tours until 4:00. I plan on being there. Anyone else?

It looks like there were no "fancy" characters (e.g., bold, italics) in your last newsletter so we don't know how they'd behave. It does have a number of Internet links that work just fine because they start with "http://" and we sort of understand that. The mystery remains how did Ypsi-Slim get those bold characters in his newsletter. I'll be watching next month to see if he can pull it off again.

Well, if I lived west of Indianapolis and I was free next Saturday, I'd go to the Antique Car Hillclimb in Newport. (Especially if I had a transmission.) I've given it some thought but can't possibly make it Saturday and doing two four hour drives on Sunday doesn't sound very clever. Now that I know about it, I may put some effort into getting there next year. But, if I lived west of Indianapolis...

I'm back home (the forward gears kept going) and have the three day journal posted. After that first day, there is little driving on Sixty-Six but a lot of Saturday was at spent at the festival where I met up with several roadies staking out a corner of the Alamo. Most I knew but this was my first time meeting Mr. & Mrs. RoadDog. Those two proceeded to make me jealous with their plans for leaving Springfield on Sixty-Six and following it to the coast. Good luck, RoadDog, and update us when you can.

I normally only mention my road trips here after they are over. I'm making an exception on this one since 1) this topic already existed and 2) I thought it might get a response from other forum members who are in town for the festival. What follows is the message that was mailed to subscribers on my "On the Road" list. ---------- On my last outing, the mailing list was misbehaving and the car was fine. Now it's the other way around. The list is working and I've lost reverse in the car. But road trips are all about going forward and I'm doing that. The first day, with a drive over the Chain of Rocks Bridge, is up at: http://www.dennygibson.com/rt66fest06il

Most everything works for me and I can even be bold when I want . Or at least my text can. The mystery is how does it work in Russell's pasted newsletter. When I cut & paste something from MS Outlook or MS Word, any bold attributes it contains are lost. But bold attributes have survived in the newsletter (e.g., "your Lincoln Highway E-Newsletter") and I don't know how.

Very interesting. I had tried entering a link in html and the raw code showed up in the preview. So I was really surprised that your cut & paste worked. I experimented a bit and it seems that the forum software recognizes "HTTP://" and makes the hyperlink. Although I had never noticed it (or thought about it) before, Outlook behaves similarly. Note that by using the forum's "insert link" button, you enter a label for the link that is different from the link itself. You can also do that with BBCode but not with the cut & paste sort of thing. Maybe this MS Word exercise will show what I'm trying to say: Click on "Insert" then "Hyperlink". Type something (ABC) in the "Text to Display" field. Enter a URL (http://www.americanroadmagazine.com) in the "Web page name" field. Click "OK" Insert another hyperlink only leave the "Text to Display" field blank. In the MS Word document, both hyperlinks are functional but if it is pasted into a forum post, only the one with the blank "Text to Display" remains a useable hyperlink. That is because what is actually being copied is not the link but the "Text to Display". If "Text to Display" is blank, the link is used for display. I looked into this so I could satisfy my own curiosity. Probably no one else cares. Now, if I could just figure out how the bold stuff work

Duncan Moeur and his parents just finished an almost month long road trip that included several days on Route 66. The Moeur's current M.O. is to write and distribute daily email summaries during the trip then post the whole collection at trip's end. The illustrated four part tale of the trip just ended is at 2006-2trip with the Route 66 bits in the first few days of part one and the last couple of days of part four. The rest is also interesting even though it takes place far from Sixty-Six (MI, MN, etc.).