On Jun 2, 2006, at 3:42 PM, Joe Merone wrote:
> If you aren't doing some top-down drives at night in your Triumph
> then you are missing out on some of the most enjoyable experiences
> you can have - especially when it's hot out. Things sound
> different, smell different, and temperature changes are dramatic on
> your skin. Whether out on a country lane or cruising the boulevard
> it can't be beat. Even doing the interstate is fun. One show we
> went to years ago featured The Lucas Lights Out Tour - a kind of
> drive I wish other organizers would hold.
>
> "A gentleman never motors about after dark?" Phooey!
>
> Joe Merone
> CF18928
Yes! The first night I owned the TR4, I drove from Austin to Waco in
the dark. Wow. Everything is not bigger in Texas (the freeway rest
stops are a joke by Minnesota standards) but the *sky* was *huge*.
It seemed I was traveling under a billion stars. The temp changes
thing is true. When I entered a valley, I could tell if the river at
the bottom was dry or wet by the feel. What a night.
Phil Ethier West Side Saint Paul Minnesota USA
1962 Triumph TR4 CT2846L, 1992 Saturn SL2, 1993 Suburban, 1994 Miata
C package
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I decry the textmessagization of the American-English language.
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