Glen,
How about within sight of each venue. Maybe fifteen miles driving distance.
We did it on the weekend of Mother's day a while back. Good powder snow
too ... although we cheated and did the water skiing in the afternoon when
it warmed up a bit.
One evening ten of us were being towed at the end of a long line by a cabin
cruiser on the Great Salt Lake. It was a gorgeous evening with a beautiful
sunset and we were enjoying ourselves immensely ... until we hit an area
with fresh water springs. People were expecting the bouyancy and when it
wasn't there, several panicked. We had a life preserver on the end of the
line and that was what we used to help them get to the ladder and a fresh
water rinse in the eyes and mouth. If you had the know how you probably
could have almost walked on water at that time. If they let you get access
to the saltier north arm of the lake you probably could do it now. We'll
have to show you where it is and let you have a go at it after Speed Week.
The first white explorers went onto the lake in bull boats ... buffalo skins
stretched over willow frames. Tip over and get your head under water and it
would be agony! Not for me.
Wes
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> From: Glen Barrett <speedtimer@earthlink.net>
> To: FastmetalBDF@aol.com
> Subject: Re: TEMPERATURE TANTRUMS
> Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2000 09:11:00 -0800
>
>Out here we can water ski in the morning and snow ski in the after noon all
>within a 100 miles. We can still be home in time for a Bar-B - Q. We can
pick our
>weather most of the time. My favoret white is salt as it is warmer and you
don't
>need to shovel it to go somewhere, of course the down side is rust. Wes
thinks he
>can walk across the great salt lake and he probably can, hell nothing can
sink in
>it
>Glen
>
>FastmetalBDF@aol.com wrote:
>
>> SKIP, DICK J , GLEN : YOU GUYS REALLY KNOW HOW TO
>> RUB IT IN !!! ............. " it' s a little cooler today "
>> ............ " that' s why I moved to Texas " ............. " what' s
snow
>> ? ......... Well, you two in Texas,
>> just WAIT a little while ------ you' re being AIRMAILED AN
ARCTIC
>> ARRIVAL
>> ------ from some of us up in the FRIGID ZONE ! Be
SURE
>> to let
>> us ALL know what your AIR CONDITIONERS are set at ------ ON
>> MONDAY
>> ------- IF going for a dip in the POOL , LOOK TWICE
before
>> you jump !
>> we hope you' ll ENJOY a little taste of what we' ve got
around
>> here ---------
>> Right now it' s 8 degrees outside my door , and WIND
CHILL
>> is
>> checking in at 31 BELOW ZERO . The BEST part is it' s
>> still on
>> the way DOWN . GLEN , please don' t feel slighted , we
just
>> could
>> NOT arrange a shipment to you ------ SORRY ' bout that .
MAYBE
>> if
>> you took a ride down to Hemet , then go up the hill to
>> Idyllwild , you
>> MIGHT just see what SNOW looks like ; you could even FROLIC
in
>> it !
>> ---------- Hoping those in LONE STAR state can remember
what
>> something called ANTIFREEZE is for , and GLEN , SNOW
is
>> what
>> WES POTTER skis ON !!!
>> Please ENJOY our OFFERING to you ---------- and BEST
>> REGARDS .
>>
>> BRUCE F . in Connecticut , and I'm sure my pals Bellytanker
>> John
>> Linville in N . H . and Dirty Doug Anderson in N . Y . also
>> hope that you
>> ENJOY IT TO THE MAX !!!
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