stevecaz
Elio Aficionado
I have to agree with Norahsbed, to old for mountain drivng. Mid summer in the 'hills" is beautiful!
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stevecaz
Elio Aficionado
Correction -"Mountain Snow" driving!
Steve I think my biggest problem that trip up was, I was not driving!
Yeah.I tried it one in 1962. Turned around about halfway up. No wings on my car!!Steve I think my biggest problem that trip up was, I was not driving!
nthawk68
Elio Addict
its not that bad now, the road is paved the whole way up. Agree on the snow and Ice thing, I had to drive it several times in night when I was with Search and Rescue and that is a little scary.... especially when the road was icy.
LOL, Tommy I hear you on that one! If I was ment to be that high, I would have been born with wings! I feel the same about skiing, if I was ment to go down hill at 90 MPH, I would have been born with bigger feet!
zelio
Elio Addict
I guess I won't be visiting any of you in the future. Living at 4500 elevation allmost killed me and I don't like having to be on oxygen. Two years of it was more than enough. I couldn't wait to get to a lower elevation. I like it here at 590 justs fine! :-) Z
tazairforce
Elio Addict
Heck!! I'm all in to join your Colaradio Elio club and I live in Georgia!!!
I have ridden from Boulder up into/thru Estes Park, In the Rain on a stripped down/lowered Harley Dyna. It was a piece of Cake!! I had been to Colorado 10 times skying but had never seen the ground, only snow. We stopped at a little meat place? and bought Rib Eyes and some buffalo jerky then on over Rabbit Ears Pass in to Steamboat. We stayed there 2 days and rode on to Jackson Hole. We enjoyed a small earth quake/tremmer there The last some miles I rode, over road repair/gravel, with No rear brakes on the Harley.
We had a GR8 ride and made it home alive. I need to go back.
All I need is an invite and a date, in '16.
ks6c
Elio Addict
Then we'll just have to bring the party to you!I guess I won't be visiting any of you in the future....
In Long Distance (LD) motorcycling, we call them RTEs - Rides To Eat. It wouldn't be too far out of the ordinary to ride 500 miles to lunch, then turn around and ride home.
In general aviation, we called 'em $100 hamburgers - of course the price has gone up a bit since my flying days.
The way it works is this, you name the date, the time and the restaurant, then all your friends show up to kick tires and tell lies. We eat, then we ride/drive home, and you're not stuck with any overnight guests!
I'm ready, now all I need is my Elio...
zelio
Elio Addict
I experienced something like that when I first moved to Oregon. 4 young men for Idaho State University drove here to visit and help me with anything I needed help with. On the way they stopped and fell in love with Portland. So when they got here to little ole Sutherlin (population 7,000), they were culture shocked! If I remember correctly, 3 were from Saudi Arabia and one from Palestine. They rearranged some furniture for me, took me to lunch and turned around and headed back to Portland for some more fun before returning to Pocatello, ID. What a blast they were and so much help. I loved it. The driver returned again after he graduated and brought a cousin from Saudi Arabia and two other young men who I think were also from that area but not necessarily from that country. I was one of their "site seeing" stops while I was in PT rehab in Eugene after getting my hip replaced. I was in physical therapy when they all came charging in to give me a hug and to share all their latest stories. What a great group and wonderful friends. Zizu, the driver of the two trips, has actually called me from Saudi Arabia twice to chat and to hear my smile and laughter. He says he misses me and I have to admit I miss him also. We all had some great times together.
Z
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