[TR] Fuel mileage to and from The VTR convention

[Brian Jones]

Bill,Speaking of charge here, charge there, was the charge from your battery
enough to get Annabelle home?

Brian

On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 9:00 AM, Bill <anabil007 at comcast.net> wrote:

> And speaking of the drive home, ours was only 6 hours, AnnaBelle (in
> Rosey), and I  (in Casper) had a great run up 101, 156, 152 with Jim
> Messineo and his TR3A ... Then ... we came to Santa Nella at I5 for gas and
> lunch. Welllll is seems they changed that intersection since the last time
> we were there.  And so the Keystone Kops Event began. I charged on to I5
> North, only to find it was I5 South ... 4 Miles later I saw the 152
> intersection and charge off to loop back to I5 North, only I took the off
> ramp to San Jose NOT Sacramento ... found a U-turn spot came back to find
> Jim waiting ... No AnnaBelle.  She and Jim took the correct off ramp, but
> AnnaBelle missed the on ramp to Sacramento and headed for Los Banos.  By the
> time Jim and I saw her again she was headed in the correct direction, Jim
> and I got on I5 North (finally) and had to go 80 mph or better to catch her
> ... After that it was a good drive the rest of the way.
>
> I stand corrected.  I thought the date being discussed was the GA event!  I
> guess I haven't yet recovered from my 11.5 hour drive home yesterday!
>
>
>
> --
> "Thinking is the hardest work there is. That's why so few people undertake
> it." - Henry Ford
> Bill Pugh
> 1957 TR3
> "Casper"
> TS16765L
> Wallace, CA
>
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