I took the Lotus, a '74 Europa, to pick up my wife from Fort Townsend
WA. We took the weekend to go around the Olympic Peninsula. Car
went well. Gets hot in the sun. We started to drive up to Hericain?
Ridge. Car was heating up. Temp over 100C. Neat road but people
driving 10-15 mph below the posted corner speeds. Frustrating! Then
we came to the toll booth. Since the car was getting real hot and we
had a long way to go to the motel, where our garenteed reservations
were, I turned around. Will leave the trip up the mountain to
another time.
I got stopped by the WSP. He was sitting on the inside of a nice
left hand bend. Didn't see him until too late. I was doing over 65
in the 55, but just loafing in 5th. He just turned on his lights as
I was going through the corner. I waved and got over to the side of
road before he got going. Then I discover that my drivers lic. was
in the other wallet. It was sort of comical, me talking to his
knees, and the patrolman having to bend over until his hat wanted to
fall off. Turns out that he had driven an Elite many years ago. We
discuss the car. I give him all my id, birthdate, etc. He heads
back to his car to call me in and says, sort of in passing, "Oh by
the way you were going too fast." Lets me off with a warning for 66
and driving without lic. I watch the speedo very carefully the rest
of the way. Which in itself is no small feat as the sun has made the
dash hood droop and cover the top of the speedo.
The end result is that driving with the traffic is OK, but fighting
it is doomed to ruin a trip. We slowed down and enjoyed the road.
Very relaxing.
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Wilsonville, Oregon 97070 FAX: (503) 682-8105
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Mike Johnson
Systems Engineer UUCP: hpupora!mikej
MENTOR Account Team HPDESK: Mike Johnson /HP2413/03
Hewlett Packard HPDESK to UNIX: mikej (hpupora) / HPA100/UX
Wilsonville Sales Office VOICE: (503) 682-8249
9255 SW Pioneer Ct. VOICE-MAIL: (503) 682-8220 (then 249)
Wilsonville, Oregon 97070 FAX: (503) 682-8105
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