I, too, am not keen on sharing the road with the Big Rigs. On the back
roads you can always turn off on a side road to "escape" construction, too
many trucks, etc, and as you pointed out , the scenery is better.
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> From: Growe58@aol.com[SMTP:Growe58@aol.com]
> Reply To: Growe58@aol.com
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 8:27 PM
> To: spitfires@autox.team.net
> Subject: Touring in a Spit - longish
>
>
> I had to make a 200 mile each way trip this weekend and since my wife
> needed the minivan, I packed up the Spitfire and off I went. On the way
> up
> Saturday night, it was rainy and cool (low 50s) so the top stayed up. I
> had some anxious moments merging onto an interstate in heavy fog (is a
> tractor trailer coming?), but other than that, the trip was uneventful. I
>
> came
> back today in steady rain most of the time, so the top was still up. I
> don't
> really like tangoing with the 18 wheelers on the interstates in the spit,
> especially in the rain, so I pulled out the map and looked for the
> "backroads".
> You know, I can almost forget how beautiful parts of Pennsylvania are when
>
> I'm isolated on the interstates. The back roads brought it all home for
> me.
> The farms and the fields. The impossibly green forests. The "S" curves
> up
> the hillsides through tree cover when I would suddenly burst out in the
> open
> on top. Towns denoted by a 35 mph speed limit and a cluster of a dozen
> old, but immaculately maintained houses on both sides of the road. And
> then a rush back up to 55. What a magical drive even without the
> sunshine!
>
> Well, that was my contribution to British Car Week. I eventually DID have
> to
> go back to the main roads so at least some John and Joan Q. Publics did
> get
> to see an LBC. Mechanically, my spit ran sweetly the whole way with the
> exception of a small vibration from one of the u-joints- I replaced 2
> earlier
> this
> year, so of course the third is now failing. Oh and I couldn't get warm
> air
> from the heater - it was either hot or cold. Also, rain kept coming in
> where
> the top meets the windshield header. But I think that qualifies as pretty
> uneventful!
>
> This was a good drive. I'm going to remember this one a LONG time.
>
> Greg Rowe
> 78 Spitfire
>
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