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At least it's not as boring as some parts of Kansas. Jeez, you drive and drive and drive and drive some more and all you see is grass on both sides of a two lane highway, 5 or 6 feet up from the plains.
The local entertainment is a series of telephone poles that parallel the highway about a half a mile away the entire stretch. No humans. No buildings. No features. No hills. No nothing but grass.....oh! and the telephone poles!
And then you keep driving...and driving.....and driving.........and driving. Same damned thing for lawd knows how many hundreds of miles. It's so vast that one can literally see the curvature of the Earth.
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Well, TBT, things may have changed. (I seriously doubt it out there....their ain't jack chit!).
This was back in the late 80's, when I hitchhiked across America.
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You are welcome anytime, Geoff. Just hit me up anytime and we'll make plans to make it happen.
Tom
Tom, you are too kind! You'd be the first person I'd hit up if I were anywhere near Charlotte however I was asking to be picked to ride Scott's bike. And by golly, if @msg were to let me throw a leg over that Buell, NC is the first place I'm headed
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The Buell would need fresh brakes and tires before you got a hold of it. Even if it were just a trip to the grocery store.
"Max throttle always, max brakes at the last possible second, peg scraping steep lean. That's all you need to know about riding." @Geoff4rfc, circa sometimeI disabled signatures. -
This was back in the late 80's, when I hitchhiked across America.
Tom
That sounds like quite an adventure, Tom.
How many people did you murder, anyway? Don't answer that.
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The Buell would need fresh brakes and tires before you got a hold of it. Even if it were just a trip to the grocery store.
"Max throttle always, max brakes at the last possible second, peg scraping steep lean. That's all you need to know about riding." @Geoff4rfc, circa sometime
Brakes are highly overrated my friend.....tires??? Thats another story......
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At least it's not as boring as some parts of Kansas. Jeez, you drive and drive and drive and drive some more and all you see is grass on both sides of a two lane highway, 5 or 6 feet up from the plains.
The local entertainment is a series of telephone poles that parallel the highway about a half a mile away the entire stretch. No humans. No buildings. No features. No hills. No nothing but grass.....oh! and the telephone poles!
And then you keep driving...and driving.....and driving.........and driving. Same damned thing for lawd knows how many hundreds of miles. It's so vast that one can literally see the curvature of the Earth.
Tom
Tom, I think its the telephoto lens effect in those photos. If you were walking/driving it, it would probably still feel as you described. -
Tom, hitching across America ??
Now that presents an opportunity for some mighty weird visuals.
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At least it's not as boring as some parts of Kansas. Jeez, you drive and drive and drive and drive some more and all you see is grass on both sides of a two lane highway, 5 or 6 feet up from the plains.
The local entertainment is a series of telephone poles that parallel the highway about a half a mile away the entire stretch. No humans. No buildings. No features. No hills. No nothing but grass.....oh! and the telephone poles!
And then you keep driving...and driving.....and driving.........and driving. Same damned thing for lawd knows how many hundreds of miles. It's so vast that one can literally see the curvature of the Earth.
Tom
I-80 across Nebraska is just as boring as I-70 across Kansas. It follows the Platte River valley halfway across Nebraska. The photos I posted are from northwest NE, far north of I-80. It's not an easy side trip off I-80. In general the Nebr. Nat'l. Forest area in the NW, the Sand Hills just to the southeast and the north central Niobrara river areas are the most scenic. There are some great areas in the east along the Missouri River that are very scenic too. Once you reach Lincoln on I-80 it's all plains, like Kansas.
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Tom, hitching across America ??
Now that presents an opportunity for some mighty weird visuals.
This comes to mind thinking about it
https://youtu.be/IyaT05xb208
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I've driven I-80 across Nebraska, I find myself staring off into those rolling hills and imagining herds of buffalo and Indians chasing them for food.
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Tom, hitching across America ??
Now that presents an opportunity for some mighty weird visuals.
One of my most memorable experiences was after Colorado was behind me, (hitch hiked from Tacoma Washington State to Northern VA) a trucker picked me up and he asked me if I wanted to drive. It was an 18 wheeler. After grinding some gears and **** up low to high a couple of times, I finally got the hang of it. That cat actually went in back and slept, while I drove his truck for about 4 hours or so. Imagine that....a 16 year old behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler!
I couldn't believe it but a couple of hot girls even picked me up. Some ugly ones too but it kept me going along my journey. I doubt that would ever happen in today's world.
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
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Tom, hitching across America ??
Now that presents an opportunity for some mighty weird visuals.
One of my most memorable experiences was after Colorado was behind me, (hitch hiked from Tacoma Washington State to Northern VA) a trucker picked me up and he asked me if I wanted to drive. It was an 18 wheeler. After grinding some gears and **** up low to high a couple of times, I finally got the hang of it. That cat actually went in back and slept, while I drove his truck for about 4 hours or so. Imagine that....a 16 year old behind the wheel of an 18 wheeler!
I couldn't believe it but a couple of hot girls even picked me up. Some ugly ones too but it kept me going along my journey. I doubt that would ever happen in today's world.
Tom
That had to have been an indescribable experience, in fact, I believe there have been multiple songs written about it.
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Well, TBT, things may have changed. (I seriously doubt it out there....their ain't jack chit!).
This was back in the late 80's, when I hitchhiked across America.
Tom
And if truth be told, I'd wager that somewhere in Texas you caight a ride with a couple of guys, called themselves Captain Beefheart and Hunter Thompson. 🤔
....and while technically it was a "ride" it really was more like "flying". 😵💫
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Ken, that's a sailors warning if you live by those old sayings. It is beautiful though.
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What the WHAT?
Tom~ In search of accurate reproduction of music. Real sound is my reference and while perfection may not be attainable? If I chase it, I might just catch excellence. ~ -
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Ol' Phil... and Capt'n Trips.
Pointless aside: when I worked in "The Bay Area" ('89-'91), my boss had a (remarkably nice) condo just a few blocks from that corner.
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