Guest David G. Clark Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 We visited both rims in October 2001. It was just the reverse at that time: North Rim was clear and absolutely beautiful for photos; South Rim was hazy and somewhat disappointing due to a nearby fire. The difference between the two in terms of climate and plant life are striking. Dave Clark Windy City Road Warrior --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Nicole <arizona66nms@y...> wrote: Yes....the North Rim is another area I want to visit. When we were there recently at the South Rim, my mom said the pictures didn't turn out all that great because it was all hazy and foggy in the Canyon. Well, there was a fire at the North Rim, and I guess a pretty big one, and the smoke was pushed inside the Canyon....it stretched pretty far. Then when we left Hilltop on the West end after going to Supai, you could see where the fire was stemming from at the North Rim.....it looked huge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butko, Brian A. Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Next week, I'll be giving an introduction to the 1971 film Two Lane Blacktop at the Frick Car & Carriage Museum in Pittsburgh. Remember? - James Taylor as The Driver, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson as The Mechanic. They drift between towns racing their 55 Chevy and meet up with Warren Oates, who is driving a new GTO. Opinions are split - some think the acting is wooden and the plot meandering. Others think it's genius. Lots just like the cars and road scenes - Route 66 I believe. Just wondering what thoughts you might have? Brian Butko Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Nicole Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Hi Dave- Can you describe what the North Rim is like....and what the differences are? I'd be interested to know. Thanks, Nicole "David G. Clark" <olympia66@netzero.net> wrote: We visited both rims in October 2001. It was just the reverse at that time: North Rim was clear and absolutely beautiful for photos; South Rim was hazy and somewhat disappointing due to a nearby fire. The difference between the two in terms of climate and plant life are striking. Dave Clark Windy City Road Warrior --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, Nicole <arizona66nms@y...> wrote: Yes....the North Rim is another area I want to visit. When we were there recently at the South Rim, my mom said the pictures didn't turn out all that great because it was all hazy and foggy in the Canyon. Well, there was a fire at the North Rim, and I guess a pretty big one, and the smoke was pushed inside the Canyon....it stretched pretty far. Then when we left Hilltop on the West end after going to Supai, you could see where the fire was stemming from at the North Rim.....it looked huge. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roadmaven Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Brian, Although I haven't seen Two Lane Blacktop, I hear it has a cult following among roadies. Do you have a schedule for the showing in case anyone on the list living in that area may want to see it? Are you the same Brian Butko from "Highway Hangouts" fame? Regards, Pat Bremer AR List Host Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest brownwho63 Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 I've seen the movie a couple of times and enjoy the cars and the roads more than anything else. Thought the acting was terrible and the story worse. Another flick where the picked-up chick is a problem child -- similar to the one in Crazy Larry, Lazy Mary. Bliss --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Butko, Brian A." <babutko@h...> wrote: > Next week, I'll be giving an introduction to the 1971 film Two Lane Blacktop > at the Frick Car & Carriage Museum in Pittsburgh. Remember? - James Taylor > as The Driver, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson as The Mechanic. They drift between > towns racing their 55 Chevy and meet up with Warren Oates, who is driving a > new GTO. Opinions are split - some think the acting is wooden and the plot > meandering. Others think it's genius. Lots just like the cars and road > scenes - Route 66 I believe. > > Just wondering what thoughts you might have? > > Brian Butko > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Butko, Brian A. Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 My intro is at 8 pm on Wed & Thur, Oct 15 & 16, followed by Two-Lane Blacktop. Frick Car & Carriage Museum, Pittsburgh's east end. Free if you say Brian sent ya! It's certainly a surreal movie. For everyone who thinks it's just dumb, there's another who rates it among the best flilms ever. Who knows? My favorite review quote: "Two-lane Blacktop is the movie of choice when you just came home from oral surgery and want to be lulled into distraction and, finally, sleep. For all others, get a lobotomy or get something else." About the only thing people agree on is that Warren Oates did a great job as GTO, the neurotic nemesis. That's me in HH. Next up, the family and I were interviewed at Wigwam Village #2 about "Roadside Giants," a kids book (not out yet) about teapot buildings, Paul Bunyan statues, etc. That'll be in "A Program About Unusual Buildings And Other Roadside Stuff," produced by Rick Sebak - look for it next summer on PBS. For now, working like mad to finish "Greetings from the Lincoln Highway." BB Brian, Although I haven't seen Two Lane Blacktop, I hear it has a cult following among roadies. Do you have a schedule for the showing in case anyone on the list living in that area may want to see it? Are you the same Brian Butko from "Highway Hangouts" fame? Regards, Pat Bremer AR List Host Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Burr Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Another of those somewhat less than "B" movies that became a cult classic. I've seen it a few times - enjoyed it. There was also 'the girl' who was hitch-hiking somwhere, as I recall. Been a while since I've seen the film. Hudsonly, Alex B --- "Butko, Brian A." <babutko@hswp.org> wrote: > Next week, I'll be giving an introduction to the > 1971 film Two Lane Blacktop > at the Frick Car & Carriage Museum in Pittsburgh. > Remember? - James Taylor > as The Driver, Beach Boy Dennis Wilson as The > Mechanic. They drift between > towns racing their 55 Chevy and meet up with Warren > Oates, who is driving a > new GTO. Opinions are split - some think the acting > is wooden and the plot > meandering. Others think it's genius. Lots just like > the cars and road > scenes - Route 66 I believe. > > Just wondering what thoughts you might have? > > Brian Butko > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest roadmaven Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Brian, Great to hear we have another roadside expert in our midst! Jennifer & I both rank Highway Hangouts at the top of our roadtrip video library. We stayed at Wigwam Village #2 over July 4th weekend, so I'm really looking forward to seeing that. Keep us all posted on when it'll be on next summer. Pat --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Butko, Brian A." <babutko@h...> wrote: > My intro is at 8 pm on Wed & Thur, Oct 15 & 16, followed by Two-Lane > Blacktop. Frick Car & Carriage Museum, Pittsburgh's east end. Free if you > say Brian sent ya! > > It's certainly a surreal movie. For everyone who thinks it's just dumb, > there's another who rates it among the best flilms ever. Who knows? My > favorite review quote: "Two-lane Blacktop is the movie of choice when you > just came home from oral surgery and want to be lulled into distraction and, > finally, sleep. For all others, get a lobotomy or get something else." About > the only thing people agree on is that Warren Oates did a great job as GTO, > the neurotic nemesis. > > That's me in HH. Next up, the family and I were interviewed at Wigwam > Village #2 about "Roadside Giants," a kids book (not out yet) about teapot > buildings, Paul Bunyan statues, etc. That'll be in "A Program About Unusual > Buildings And Other Roadside Stuff," produced by Rick Sebak - look for it > next summer on PBS. For now, working like mad to finish "Greetings from the > Lincoln Highway." > > BB > > > Brian, > Although I haven't seen Two Lane Blacktop, I hear it has a cult > following among roadies. Do you have a schedule for the showing in > case anyone on the list living in that area may want to see it? > Are you the same Brian Butko from "Highway Hangouts" fame? > > Regards, > > Pat Bremer > AR List Host > > > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Scott Piotrowski Posted September 10, 2003 Report Share Posted September 10, 2003 Does anybody have any good recommendations for hotels in Portland, Oregon? I'm going to most likely be up there in April for about a week or so and would like to have something reasonably priced near downtown. (Just in case anyone thinks this is off-topic, go to http://www.historicroads.org/omaha.htm to see why it's relevant to post this here!) Scott Piotrowski, Director 66 Productions www.66productions.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Ken Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 Emily, Why don't you just start an E-Group specifically for spammers? You might start a trend of spammers spamming spammers in a singles spamming spammers E-Group. Those group members then wouldn't be spamming, although they all would think they are. the landrunner --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "sundayjohn66" <sundayjohn66@a...> wrote: > > File : /Click here for a great jewish dating service > > So ... do you suppose we could solve that whole squabble in the Middle East > if we put this guy in touch with the one who posted the "Meet beautiful Muslim > singles" message to the Route 66 News forum? Hmmmm.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chetnichols@aol.com Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 Ken, It would never work.....it's t-o-o-o-o logical..... Unkle Chesty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mike Ward Posted September 11, 2003 Report Share Posted September 11, 2003 Here's a link to a nice article in today's Phoenix, Arizona Republic about the Painted Desert Inn and the efforts that are being made to bring it back to its original condition, including the efforts of Thomas and Rebecca Repp. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/t...zonatrip09.html Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jenniferrt66 Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "Mike Ward" <flyboy1946@h...> wrote: > Go, Pat, Go!!! > > Mike The spammer has been banned, and his file and message have been deleted! Jennifer http://www.roadtripmemories.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rudyard Welborn Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 ...what would be really cool is if it created such a whirlwind of crosspaming that it melted down the hard drives of spammers everywhere, forcing them to drown their sorrows with a belt of scotch and a SPAM sandwich! Tsingtao, Kip ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ken" <thelandrunner@yahoo.com> To: <AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, November 09, 2003 1:04 AM Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] OT: Spamming our E-Group > Emily, > > Why don't you just start an E-Group specifically for spammers? > You might start a trend of spammers spamming spammers in a singles > spamming spammers E-Group. Those group members then wouldn't be > spamming, although they all would think they are. > > the landrunner > > > --- In AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com, "sundayjohn66" > <sundayjohn66@a...> wrote: > > > File : /Click here for a great jewish dating service > > > > So ... do you suppose we could solve that whole squabble in the > Middle East > > if we put this guy in touch with the one who posted the "Meet > beautiful Muslim > > singles" message to the Route 66 News forum? Hmmmm.... > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rwarn17588 Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Friends of the Mother Road got a nice writeup on the www.roadsidepeek.com site (a fantastic site for roadies, by the way). Just follow the "What's New" listings. http://www.roadsidepeek.com/whatsnew/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Doug Pappas Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 See http://ydr.com/story/main/15455/ . The garage, which has been in the same family since 1921, may be torn down for yet another convenience store with self-service gas pumps. Let's see if we can stop it. Doug Pappas New York director, Lincoln Highway Association Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ukroads15 Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Hi, I hail from Glasgow in Scotland. I have been interested in travelling the highways & byways of your grand country and recently subscibed to American Road Magazine. I have driven Route 66 twice now and also meandered down the Great River Road. My next project is to drive from Sea to Shining Sea, all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast. I am thinking Lincoln Highway but am very receptive to other routes, if members fancy suggesting any. Its a pleasure to join your group and I look forward to getting to know everyone Kind Regards from freezing cold Glasgow Walter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Jim Conkle Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Hi Walter, Welcome to our group. You will find just about everything you ever wanted to know from the other members. We are 'roadies' and it sounds as if you are too. You might try Hwy 40 they have a yahoo group as well. Look at a few of the books in the back of American Roads which will also give you some ideas. Look forward to seeing you on the road. James M.Conkle CEO Route 66 Preservation Foundation P O Box 290066 Phelan, CA 92329-0066 760 617 3991 cell 760 868 3320 760 868 8614 fax jim@cart66pf.org www.cart66pf.org -----Original Message----- From: ukroads15 [mailto:ukroads@btconnect.com] Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 5:22 AM To: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Subject: [AMERICAN_ROAD] The American Road Hi, I hail from Glasgow in Scotland. I have been interested in travelling the highways & byways of your grand country and recently subscibed to American Road Magazine. I have driven Route 66 twice now and also meandered down the Great River Road. My next project is to drive from Sea to Shining Sea, all the way from the East Coast to the West Coast. I am thinking Lincoln Highway but am very receptive to other routes, if members fancy suggesting any. Its a pleasure to join your group and I look forward to getting to know everyone Kind Regards from freezing cold Glasgow Walter Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 SUBSCRIPTION RATES: 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Lulupic66@aol.com Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 In a message dated 12/9/03 7:57:25 AM Central Standard Time, ukroads@btconnect.com writes: << I am thinking Lincoln Highway Hi Walter, Are you aware that there is a Lincoln Highway internet group also? Do a search in the yahoo groups for it and I am sure it will Pop up, hope this helps, if you need any info You might want to contact Clare and Ruth Frantz 214 Main St Sugar Grove, IL 60554 630-466-4382 She is the Prez of the IL chapter of the Lincoln Highway Association and I'm sure they could give you all kinds of Info, Hope this helps, Lulu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Burr Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Hi Walter, You might consider U S 50 for a coast to coast trip - it's largely intact from it's early days. Here's a couple of web sites on it: http://www.gbcnet.com/ushighways/US50.html http://www.route50.com/ On that last one - the gentlman wrote a book of his trip across 50. It's a very good book. Just an idea from a fellow Scot (my dad's side of the family came from around Fyvie). Have a good one. Hudsonly, Alex B --- ukroads15 <ukroads@btconnect.com> wrote: > Hi, I hail from Glasgow in Scotland. I have been > interested in > travelling the highways & byways of your grand > country and recently > subscibed to American Road Magazine. I have driven > Route 66 twice > now and also meandered down the Great River Road. My > next project is > to drive from Sea to Shining Sea, all the way from > the East Coast to > the West Coast. I am thinking Lincoln Highway but am > very receptive > to other routes, if members fancy suggesting any. > Its a pleasure to join your group and I look forward > to getting to > know everyone > Kind Regards from freezing cold Glasgow > Walter > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rich Rheingold Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 You might like to travel on this historic route. it covers 3,200 miles from Boston to Oregon. There is a web site as well as a yahoo group www.usroute20.com. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carol Ruth Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Hi Walter, There was a LH Anniversary Cross Country Tour this past summer on the Lincoln Highway and the Tour Guidebook they used is very good and broken down day by day. It is probably still available from the Lincoln Highway Association: www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org Wherever you go, have a great trip! Cheers, Carol ukroads15 wrote: > I am thinking Lincoln Highway but am very receptive > to other routes, if members fancy suggesting any. > Its a pleasure to join your group and I look forward to getting to > know everyone > Kind Regards from freezing cold Glasgow > Walter > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12ciodmpr/M=267637...74/D=egroupweb/ S=1707284507:HM/EXP=1071062531/A=1853618/R=0/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mqs o=60178338&partid=4116730> > > > > Visit our homepage at: http://www.mockturtlepress.com > > To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 > WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! > Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA > 98046-3168 > SUBSCRIPTION RATES: > 1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 > (save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) > 2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 > (save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > > For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > > To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: > AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service > <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest drivewdave@aol.com Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 as regards what goes good with peanut butter the raspberry preserves sounds perfect... back in my younger days I used to get dark brown miso from the food co-op and combo up with that, for those who might not know, miso is a very salty paste made of fermented soy beans and is mainly used as a soup base, it takes about a year to make it and the Japanese have been doing so for untold centuries. and by the way, this nutty discussion is not off topic if you buy the argument the trucking industry posits: Everything you have came on a truck This is literally true, a couple of 40 foot boxes with peanut butter back up to the loading dock at Safeway every night regular as a Timex. Some historians hold that cultures are defined by their transportation of goods and services and it is hard for me to disagree with them. Roads permeate our culture and most of the significant events in my life involved trips on former US 99 and I-5. What I am saying is there is no off-topic when it comes to roads, virtually everything is fair game. Whether something is interesting or not is another thing... one more thing, most peanut butter is adulterated with hydrogenated vegetable oil to prevent separation as people are willing to sacrifice taste for convenience. In general most are willing to settle for so little as witness the sorry condition of the music industry. cranky as ever, dave ps if you ever get a chance, check out one of the massive grocery distribution centers, they are like an airport for food with dozens upon dozens of bays, it's just amazing. pps pure peanut butter is best by far for those willing to mix it up, Deaf Smith brand out of Texas used to be good. I trust we roadies like to 'mix it up' real good as a rule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Alex Burr Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 Lincoln Highway web sites: http://www.lincolnhighwayassoc.org/ http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~jlin/lincoln/ http://www.roadsidephotos.com/LH/index.htm There are others to be found by, as Lulu says, searching with a search engine, like Google. Hudsonly, Alex B --- Lulupic66@aol.com wrote: > In a message dated 12/9/03 7:57:25 AM Central > Standard Time, > ukroads@btconnect.com writes: > > << I am thinking Lincoln Highway > Hi Walter, > Are you aware that there is a Lincoln Highway > internet group also? > Do a search in the yahoo groups for it and I am > sure it will Pop up, > hope this helps, if you need any info > You might want to contact Clare and Ruth Frantz > 214 Main St > Sugar Grove, > IL 60554 > 630-466-4382 > She is the Prez of the IL chapter of the Lincoln > Highway Association and I'm > sure they could give you all kinds of Info, > Hope this helps, > Lulu > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New Yahoo! Photos - easier uploading and sharing. http://photos.yahoo.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest John Ridge Posted September 12, 2003 Report Share Posted September 12, 2003 9 December 2003 To Walter from Glasgow, It is a pleasure to suggest a very different historic route across America on a "Good Road from Plymouth Rock to Puget Sound." This route is the Yellowstone Trail. Its sponsoring organization, the Yellowstone Trail Association, was created in 1912, the year before the founding of the Lincoln Highway Association and just after the founding of the National Old Trails Highway Association. The latter is arguably the first to sponsor a coast-to-coast route. The Yellowstone Trail will take you through the country and through the history of America, beginning with Plymouth Rock and the area of the Revolutionary War. You will visit the "established" population centers from Buffalo, Cleveland, through Chicago. You will see the Great Plains through the Dakotas with Indian reservations, bad lands, and the traditional small town America. In Montana you see, up close, the wide open spaces and the mountain majesties, traveling, if you wish, on gravel roads and nearly unused paved roads. You cross from Montana into Idaho over an easy to drive pass little changed from its first opening in 1914. The original spur of the Trail from Livingston to the Yellowstone National Park still, for the most part, exists as a great drive on road upgraded from its original dirt to very good gravel, from which you can see everybody on US 89 missing the real pleasures of the trip. In the words of its 1912 founders "Connecting the heart of the manufacturing section of the country, the best of the central states, the "breadbasket of the World" in the Northwest, scenic America in the Northern Rockies . . . , and the Pacific Coast. No wastes, deserts or lack of accommodations or water. The most logical location for a great national highway." Like the Lincoln highway, the coming of route numbering reduced the importance of the painted rocks and maps of the Association. By the second half of the 20th Century the Trail (the common term for long distance routes, such as the Oregon Trail) remained only in the memory of those who lived or traveled it while it still remained marked. A new Yellowstone Trail Association is just now being formed with members from fifteen states to research and promote the route as an important part of US history. The budding web site devoted to the Trail can be visited at www.yellowstonetrail.org. Detailed maps of the Trail are being developed and will appear on the web site as soon as they are ready (see Wisconsin for samples) and we have time and resources to get them there. We would be happy to work with people with specific travel plans to make sure they have the information they need to take a great trip on the "blue roads." Follow the Yellowstone Trail then write up a short article about your experiences on the trip for the National Arrow, the newsletter of the Yellowstone Trail Association. John Ridge yttrailman@yellowstonetrail.org At 12/9/2003, you wrote: >Hi, I hail from Glasgow in Scotland. I have been interested in >travelling the highways & byways of your grand country and recently >subscibed to American Road Magazine. I have driven Route 66 twice >now and also meandered down the Great River Road. My next project is >to drive from Sea to Shining Sea, all the way from the East Coast to >the West Coast. I am thinking Lincoln Highway but am very receptive >to other routes, if members fancy suggesting any. >Its a pleasure to join your group and I look forward to getting to >know everyone >Kind Regards from freezing cold Glasgow >Walter > > >Yahoo! Groups Sponsor >ADVERTISEMENT ><http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12ciodmpr/M=267637...774/D=egroupweb /S=1707284507:HM/EXP=1071062531/A=1853618/R=0/*http://www.netflix.com/Default?mq so=60178338&partid=4116730> >15a70a9d.jpg > >15a70aeb.jpg > > >Visit our homepage at: ><>http://www.mockturtlepress.com > >To subscribe to AMERICAN ROAD magazine, PHONE TOLL-FREE 1-877-285-5434 >WITH YOUR ORDER TODAY! >Or send payment to: Mock Turtle Press, PO Box 3168, Lynnwood, WA 98046-3168 >SUBSCRIPTION RATES: >1 year (4 issues) for $15.95 >(save $3.85 off the newsstand price!) >2 years (8 issues) for $27.95 >(save $11.65 off the newsstand price!) > > >For questions about the list, contact: AMERICAN_ROAD-owner@yahoogroups.com > >To SUBSCRIBE to this group, send an email to: >AMERICAN_ROAD-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > >To UNSUBSCRIBE from this group, send an email to: >AMERICAN_ROAD-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > >To POST a message via e-mail, send it to: AMERICAN_ROAD@yahoogroups.com > > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the ><http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/>Yahoo! Terms of Service. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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