Road Trip, Road Trip! - Page 4

monster · 10-01-2011, 11:24 AM

with a cargo of ivory and apes and peacocks..... we use to have to sing that withemphasis on pronunciation.... aaaaargh!

SamIam · 10-01-2011, 11:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Sundae

Spectacular scenery, thanks so much.
Although all I could think was:

Quinquireme of Ninevah from distant Ophir
Rowing home to haven in sunny Palestine...

Which doesn't fit at all, being a poem about ships (Cargoes - John Masefield)

Yeah, the early miners who settled the town had the same thought and named it "Ophir" in hopes that its gold production would rival that of the city of legend.

glatt · 10-01-2011, 12:17 PM

Beautiful, Sam. I spent a couple nights in Ouray about 15 years ago. We had wanted to take that 4wd road, but were in our rental Mustang. I was wondering all these years what it looked like. Now I do. Thanks!
Amazing country.

Pico and ME · 10-01-2011, 12:22 PM

Sam, how much would you charge for being the guide for such a road trip? I'd pay.

Sundae · 10-01-2011, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

with a cargo of ivory and apes and peacocks..... we use to have to sing that withemphasis on pronunciation.... aaaaargh!

Learning it as a poem was cool enough - I'd have loved to have sung it as well!
Am guessing it wasn't a favourite of yours though.
Slight clue being the "aaaaargh!"

monster · 10-01-2011, 05:44 PM

The choirmaster was so picky about the pronunciation....

SamIam · 10-02-2011, 11:26 AM

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Originally Posted by Pico and ME

Sam, how much would you charge for being the guide for such a road trip? I'd pay.

You'd want to rent a more dependable vehicle than my old truck with 200,000 miles on it. Otherwise, I'd take you for free. Any excuse to get out into the mountains is a pleasure - not a chore.

ZenGum · 10-02-2011, 07:00 PM

Fantastic, Sam, times may be tough but that's a nice place for times to be tough in.

You could seriously think about leading tourists on hire-a-jeep self-drive tag-along tours. It might - might - pay.

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We had wanted to take that 4wd road, but were in our rental Mustang.

I don't see the problem.

glatt · 10-02-2011, 07:31 PM

Rear wheel drive car with low clearance on a 4wd road on top of a cliff?

ZenGum · 10-02-2011, 08:05 PM

Just don't wear your seatbelt, so you can jump out if it starts to go over the edge.

SamIam · 10-03-2011, 11:27 AM

I think that piece of wreckage on the talus slope of Ophir might have been a Mustang.

10-01-2011, 11:24 AM	#46
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	with a cargo of ivory and apes and peacocks..... we use to have to sing that withemphasis on pronunciation.... aaaaargh! __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-01-2011, 12:22 PM	#49
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Sam, how much would you charge for being the guide for such a road trip? I'd pay. __________________ Jesse LaGreca in 2012 “Seven Deadly Sins: Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Science without humanity, Knowledge without character, Politics without principle, Commerce without morality, Worship without sacrifice.” – Mahatma Gandhi

10-01-2011, 05:44 PM	#51
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	The choirmaster was so picky about the pronunciation.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

10-02-2011, 08:05 PM	#55
ZenGum Doctor Wtf Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Badelaide, Baustralia Posts: 12,861	Just don't wear your seatbelt, so you can jump out if it starts to go over the edge. __________________ Shut up and hug. MoreThanPretty, Nov 5, 2008. Just because I'm nominally polite, does not make me a pussy. Sundae Girl.

10-01-2011, 12:17 PM	#48
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Beautiful, Sam. I spent a couple nights in Ouray about 15 years ago. We had wanted to take that 4wd road, but were in our rental Mustang. I was wondering all these years what it looked like. Now I do. Thanks! Amazing country.

10-02-2011, 07:31 PM	#54
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	Rear wheel drive car with low clearance on a 4wd road on top of a cliff?

10-03-2011, 11:27 AM	#56
SamIam Registered User Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Not here Posts: 2,655	I think that piece of wreckage on the talus slope of Ophir might have been a Mustang.

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