Shannon -
Either you have a sadistic streak, or you have no idea how good your prose is...
Chris Kotting (Looking out the window at overcast and rain, with an air temp
of 32 F)
ckotting@iwaynet.net
On Thursday, January 15, 1998 1:21 PM, Shannon Wells [SMTP:squeedle@khoral.com]
wrote:
<SNIP!>
> I also just got back from Maui (business trip!), where I drove to a small
> town named Hana. I so wished I had the Midge instead of the Buick LeSabre
> rental. I sure squealed some tires coming down that one - and the scenery
> for that is like something out of a storybook - bamboo forests overlooking
> ocean cliffs and wild seas, or centuries-old villages with rice paddies,
> coconut trees, taro fields and tropical flowering trees. The smell of
> guava, ginger, and pineapple is everywhere. Once you get to Hana you can
> hike to some freshwater pools and swim, and hike through a bamboo forest
> to a 1,000 foot+ waterfall. The road itself narrows to one lane only in
> dozens of places, and the locals drive it like maniacs. I didn't even
> bother counting the curves. All I'll say is that they say it takes over 2
> hours to drive 35 miles, and coming back down I broke 1 1/2 hrs. Whee!
>
> Shannon E. Wells
> '74 1275 Midget
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> Because I dislike being quoted I lie almost constantly when talking
> about my work.
> -- Terry Gilliam
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