| [GMCnet] Observations from the heartland [message #90510] |
Wed, 30 June 2010 08:11  |
Gerald Work
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Traversing America on the blue line roads provides a whole different prospective on our country. We have been on freeways a total of less than 100 miles so far and we are now in north central Ohio. We know the west well and lived in New England and the mid west while in grad school, but we really never saw much of either (head down, other end up and all that stuff one does in grad school).
We are struck by the lack of fences and the huge yards here. From NE through, IO, IN, IL and now OH rural America lives in a park. Homes are united by common lawns and gardens, not walled off from one another by opaque fences like is so common in much of the west. It makes for an entirely different concept of community. No wonder the political and media types stuck in condos and limos never even knowing a neighbor just don't get it.
Because of these huge open lawns rural America seems to live on riding lawn mowers - they are everywhere! And, interestingly, barking dogs are noticeably absent unlike our neighborhood in rural southern OR where you become edgy wondering what's up when the dogs stop barking.
Traversing the two lane roads is slow, but boy what a treat! We have enjoyed more small towns on this trip than we can ever remember. We will see how these observations hold up as we try to find non-freeway routes along the south side of the great lakes and on into the Maritime Provinces in eastern Canada.
Cheers,
Jerry
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| Re: [GMCnet] Observations from the heartland [message #90591 is a reply to message #90510] |
Wed, 30 June 2010 20:47  |
kingd
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For those of you wanting to do something different, on Friday July 16/2010, there is FREE yes FREE addmissions to the Hondy Indy Toronto event. There is an RV campground in north west Toronto(beside Wild Water Kingdom) where one can get from the campground to the Race track via public transit(eg bus).
There is also a KOA about 45 minutes from the track, north of Toronto right off highway 400. you would need someway to get from there to the park. I could accommodate a couple of coaches dry camping in my driveway. As I'm an official at the race I'd be going early in the morning and could five up to 4 people. There is public transit to the track from near my house. Sorry I can't get any deal on tickets for Saturday or Sunday.
DAVE KING
DAVE KING
lurker, wannabe
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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| Re: [GMCnet] Observations from the heartland [message #90633 is a reply to message #90617] |
Thu, 01 July 2010 08:16 |
Wayne Newland
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Could be as late as 1974. I was finding gas wars with gas as low as .17 pg.
Wayne Newland F9300 75 Palm Beach Sebastian, Fl
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[mailto:gmclist-bounces@temp.gmcnet.org] On Behalf Of Ken Coit
Sent: Thursday, July 01, 2010 8:06 AM
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Subject: Re: [GMCnet] Observations from the heartland
1960 or so?
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 1:37 AM, David H. Jarvis <jarvis210@shaw.ca> wrote:
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> I found an old gas station and the gas pump was set at 36 cents a gallon.
> Wonder what year that was.
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1978 Royale Rear Bath, 403, 3.07
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