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  • brendaB brenda

    I remember when I was about ten years old my family droave to Colorado for a vacation. We had an over-the-cab camper on a pickup truck.

    Dad drove us to the very top of Pike's Peak. Much of the road at that time was gravel and narrow. Meeting another vehicle on the curves was interesting considering the width of the truck with the camper on top.

    There were no guardrails, and the edge of the road was extremely steep. Someone had to sit next to the passenger door on the bench seat, and there were four of us in the cab. There was no such thing as a back seat in pickup trucks at that time.

    I had to sit squished up to the passenger door, looking down at the open slope of gravel and rocks, all the way to the peak. There were cars and things that had rolled down the side of the road, and were left there. Old cars, newer ones, all sizes, some right side up, some upside down, or on their side, and the youngest one in the family was the one to see all this.

    My dad was not afraid of heights, but my mom and brother were, although it was never spoken. It was just Mom's order, "Brenda, sit by the window." There was no argument or comment allowed, just do it.

    My brother is still a wuss. LOL

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    @brenda said in Nope, nope, nope.:

    There were no guardrails, and the edge of the road was extremely steep. Someone had to sit next to the passenger door on the bench seat,

    Hoooooly Mackerel.

    Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace. – Mike Ditka

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    • brendaB brenda

      I remember when I was about ten years old my family droave to Colorado for a vacation. We had an over-the-cab camper on a pickup truck.

      Dad drove us to the very top of Pike's Peak. Much of the road at that time was gravel and narrow. Meeting another vehicle on the curves was interesting considering the width of the truck with the camper on top.

      There were no guardrails, and the edge of the road was extremely steep. Someone had to sit next to the passenger door on the bench seat, and there were four of us in the cab. There was no such thing as a back seat in pickup trucks at that time.

      I had to sit squished up to the passenger door, looking down at the open slope of gravel and rocks, all the way to the peak. There were cars and things that had rolled down the side of the road, and were left there. Old cars, newer ones, all sizes, some right side up, some upside down, or on their side, and the youngest one in the family was the one to see all this.

      My dad was not afraid of heights, but my mom and brother were, although it was never spoken. It was just Mom's order, "Brenda, sit by the window." There was no argument or comment allowed, just do it.

      My brother is still a wuss. LOL

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      @brenda said in Nope, nope, nope.:

      Dad drove us to the very top of Pike's Peak.

      Link to video

      I remember rides on the "Going to the Sun Road" in Glacier Park.

      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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      • George KG George K

        @brenda said in Nope, nope, nope.:

        Dad drove us to the very top of Pike's Peak.

        Link to video

        I remember rides on the "Going to the Sun Road" in Glacier Park.

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        @George-K said in Nope, nope, nope.:

        @brenda said in Nope, nope, nope.:

        Dad drove us to the very top of Pike's Peak.

        Link to video

        I remember rides on the "Going to the Sun Road" in Glacier Park.

        HA! There was only a portion of it paved over 50 years ago when I sat by the window. Most of it was only gravel. Loose gravel. The shoulder was non-existent. There was just a sharp drop of rocks , a few scraggly shrubs, and crashed vehicles.

        The guy in the video was in the left hand seat. He had paved road all the way it appears. He did not have three other full grown people smooshing him into the passenger door and window.
        He did not have my experience at all. Wuss.

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          @brenda wow

          Yeah that Pikes Peak video is gorgeous and I would love to hike that, but being in a car... not sure why, that video gives me sweaty palms at times.

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            "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

            The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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              If the backwards hat counts as a helmet, we could revolutionize the statistics for whether these thrill seekers do or do not wear helmets.

              Education is extremely important.

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                If I live to be a thousand, I will never understand doing that.

                “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                  If I live to be a thousand, I will never understand doing that.

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                  @Mik said in Nope, nope, nope.:

                  If I live to be a thousand, I will never understand doing that.

                  First order of business is to understand that he wouldn't be doing it without social media, and the small amount of respect and notoriety the video will give him, when uploaded there.

                  Education is extremely important.

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                    Andy Warhol was spot on.

                    “I am fond of pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals.” ~Winston S. Churchill

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                      "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08

                      The saying, "Lite is just one damn thing after another," is a gross understatement. The damn things overlap.

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