Re: [A/S] Re: The Long Long Trailer

[caniteowl@xxxxxxx]

Ted,
Glad to see that the movie didn't scare you off.
 It is a very funny movie - I remember even as I was laughing hard I was 
having a real anxiety attack. I had been over Tioga Pass with my folks. It's 
not an experience I would want to repeat and certainly seems would be 
impossible with a trailer of any length - at least back then.  I've always 
wondered how they made that movie - it was very realistic but I'm sure they 
weren't really on Tioga Pass with the trailer hanging out in thin air. I 
doubt that the pass has been improved on much - not without millions of 
dollars and a lot of mountain cutting.

About the rock collecting - Tom and I drove via the I-80 rte to Maine from 
Calif  and ret'd thru the Southern Rte. We were in a Studebaker Avanti and 
the small back seat and very small trunk were loaded with our luggage and 
some camping equipment.  I collected small rocks everywhere I could and the 
car was getting pretty well loaded down.  Then we stopped at the Petrified 
Forrest and I bought some pieces of petrified wood, including a round piece 
of tree trunk (about 13" across). You should have seen Tom's face as the guy 
put that large piece of 'rock' behind my carseat. He did one of Desi's 
'burns' but didn't say a word.
                                                                
Ahh - memories! 
-Norma

PS: I still have the large piece of petrified tree. I wonder if they quit 
selling those pieces. I believe they sold only bits and pieces from the 
perimeter of the "forest" but even so....