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C-Hawk · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 5:46 pm Post subject:

I don't know---- maybe you better talk to Joel (SEA3PO) he'll tell to go get a BMW bike to tow with--- better yet, one with a side car Laughing

El and Bill · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:17 pm Post subject:

Ed --
We'll be doing some cruising in NW waters this summer and perhaps will have a chance to visit -- probably arrive around the first week of May.

Did you see the pictures of Flaming Gorge on our Halcyon Days website?

http://www.geocities.com/bill_fiero/flaming.htm

and some of the geology of the Flaming Gorge?

http://www.geocities.com/bill_fiero/flamingrks.htm

Keep up the dreaming -- without a dream, reality isn't a possibility.

And you don't need to be "rolling in dough" to have the BEST cruising life -- in fact, many with the big boats can't do a fraction what you can do in a little boat. With a huge bankroll, we wouldn't be doing a thing differently than we are -- all that stuff you think you 'need' in life, when you have a big wad, usually gets in the way of 'having a life.'

Welcome aboard!!

iggy · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:46 pm Post subject:

El and Bill -

I noticed you were signed up for the Lopez Island meeting, so I figured you'd be up this way around that time. I would like to connect with you - we have family in Seattle, so we're up there often. If not this time, then sooner or later . . .

Yes, I did see your Flaming Gorge pictures -- that's what brought it to mind. (I've been doing a LOT of browsing!)

I appreciate your other comments as well. We just subscribed to PassageMaker, and the big boats are spectacular (and seductive). However, just the past few days I've been reading:

(a) articles on overload alarms to avoid blowing AC fuses when the A/C (dishwasher; washer/drier; microwave; hot tub) circuits kick on.

(b) re-fitting/paint jobs done in Mexico to lower the costs 'down' to $35,000.

I could go on . . .

Janet has been interested in geology for years, after being 'forced' to take a couple of classes in college to satisfy science requirements. Flaming Gorge, Columbia R., and Owyhee Reservoir offer 3 great examples for exploration. (Like I said, not with a Grand Banks!)

Look forward to meeting you (and many others) when our paths cross.

Ed

iggy · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 6:49 pm Post subject:

B~C · Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:56 pm Post subject:

That would be nothing new for Dodge owners