Date:         Thu, 04 May 95 08:19:56 CDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Joel Walker <JWALKER@ua1vm.ua.edu>
Subject:      Re: I'm back from the windy area

On Thu, 4 May 95 08:04:17 CDT Gerald Skerbitz said:
>returned yesterday evening.  The van started bucking a little about 70
>miles out, and I told my wife not to worry.  After a while it stopped.  I
>never did figure that one out and it never did it again.  When I got to

musta been pre-trip anxiety. buses do that sometimes. ;)

>[GNATT context] On the return trip, we attempted to take the river route back
>from Dubuqe up -- hoping to stop into the Linear bike shop.  We found
>something fun -- a ferry! :-) Unfortunately, it was closed for the season :-(
>Fortunately for GNATT, it's opening tomorrow and will be open for the summer.
>:-) It's just an idea, but I thought it would be fun to get all the buses
>that end up there to take the ferry across the Mississippi.  It's not a very
>big boat, but it looked like it would take 6-9 vehicles.  I talked to the
>pilot, and he said it was about a 15 minute ride and cost $6 per vehicle.

i think that might be the one that the Buses by the Arch goes up and rides
across. anybody know for sure?

joel