Mine too. A friend did the bit through the Rockies years ago and said it was fantastic. Roz > One of my life's ambitions is to journey across the continent on the > Canadian or the Union Pacific Railroad. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: George Elting <justgeo1@attbi.com> > To: <GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 8:05 PM > Subject: RE: [Gen-Friends] Vicky's terrible fall!! > > > > Having been to England, via rail from Dover to London and from Belgium to > > Dover by ship... I know the size differences... it was a nice trip from > > Dover to London on the train... don't remember exactly how long it took > but > > not long. Flying from Seattle to New York is a 4-hour flight... Train is 5 > > days... > > > > There are places in the west where the nearest hospital big enough to do > > major surgery is well over 200 miles away... > > > > Heck, driving across Montana is a day all by itself... One state... > > > > Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jim SHARPE [mailto:sharpe@britishlibrary.net] > > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 3:42 AM > > To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: Re: [Gen-Friends] Vicky's terrible fall!! > > > > We Brits don't appreciate the vastness of North America and on our little > > island we also don't appreciate the convenience of our National Health > > service, bad as most people say it is. By British standards the pennines > are > > fairly remote but we have every medical discipline you can name within 20 > > miles. > > The problems to be mostly in the home counties but that must be balanced > > against the advantages of living near London. Perhaps everyone should move > > north on retirement or perhaps not. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham. > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > > Please remember, commercial advertising is NOT allowed on this list. > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, > go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > > > > ==== GEN-FRIENDS Mailing List ==== > Please change the Subject line when the subject of the reply > changes. > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

Oh yeah! The trip though the Rocky Mountains is fantastic! Just another soggy Seattle Sysop. -----Original Message----- From: Roz [mailto:roz12345uk@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 12:50 PM To: GEN-FRIENDS-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [GEN-FRIENDS] Holidays Mine too. A friend did the bit through the Rockies years ago and said it was fantastic. Roz > One of my life's ambitions is to journey across the continent on the > Canadian or the Union Pacific Railroad. > > Jim Sharpe Shaw, Oldham.

Bragging now. I have done the trip through the Rockies three different ways. By Greyhound Bus, with Don, by Car with some friends and Don, and by air, on my own. Every way was wonderful and the trips were all different. The flight was fantastic, and only an hour and a half, but the other routes took a lot longer. The bus, we had an overnight stop at Kamloops (never again) but by car we had overnight stops at Golden and Revelstokes. Fantastic. Marj > Mine too. A friend did the bit through the Rockies years ago and said it > was fantastic. > Roz > > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.314 / Virus Database: 175 - Release Date: 11/01/02