Yeah but chickens don't bend the sheet metal as bad.
Glen
----- Original Message -----
From: "Albaugh, Neil" <albaugh_neil@ti.com>
To: "Wester Potter" <wester6935@comcast.net>; "LSR list"
<land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 17, 2005 9:43 AM
Subject: RE: Salt Report
> Wes;
>
> I learned about antelope driving on the Interstate in Wyoming-- they are
> worse than chickens about crossing the road!
>
> Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-land-speed@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-land-speed@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Wester Potter
> Sent: Monday, May 16, 2005 6:58 PM
> To: LSR list
> Subject: Salt Report
>
> What Hugh's pictures don't show is the Salduro Dike. When we went by
> early Saturday morning on I-80 I was struck by the amount of water
> inside the dike in front of the viewing area and also the height of
> that water compared to the dike height. Near the freeway there's only
> maybe three feet of dike showing above the water. From the canal that
> is used to mine the salt flats, at about mile marker 14, to a mile
> west of the Salduro Dike the water is very high. There is lots of
> water right up to the freeway fill. The immediate area at the bend in
> the road where we have Salt Talks is not under water but it is VERY
> muddy. Perhaps we were just too early in the morning (6:30 Mountain
> Daylight time) but the Mexican restaurant at the truck stop was closed.
> I'm hoping it was just the early hour.
>
> I will be posting a couple of pictures from the Nevada Open Road
> Challenge and the Z2Z Challenge tonight or tomorrow. Rex Svboda ran
> his McLaren with Tom Burkland as his pit crew. Gene and Betty Burkland
> were Course Workers. We had a great time visiting with them around Ely
> and Lund, NV as the days progressed. Tom reports that Rex learned a
> lot about the car running at the over 100 mph speeds, all good. When
> they were on the stretch of road where the Brits were running the
> electric car they jumped four antelope ... on the road ... and the
> Aussies think kangaroos at Lake Gairdner are a menace at high speeds!
>
> Wes
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