On 16 Jun 2001, at 12:25, mona_houser@juno.com wrote: > I have to chuckle when I think of the size (width) of streets. When > my little home town in Nebraska was laid out in 1890, when the train > company decided to put a station at that spot, the streets were built > to accommodate a terrific boom that apparently never happened. Main > street is so wide that there is room for diagonal parking on each > side, and a row of diagonal parking in the middle, with one driving > lane between the side and the middle. > > Mona Since Mona told me I'd be passing through her town of Festus, MO and I didn't want her standing on the side of the road waiting to wave, I'll pass this little dialog on from another list. It has something to do with streets too. :-) On 16 Jun 2001, at 16:22, mcarey@msiusa.com wrote: > Aaron, I just filled up in New Jersey at $1.31. It's been at that > price about 10 days. Flying J is down to $1.28 in Southern NJ. I > believe it all has to do with a lower state tax. > > Mike (NJ) Diesel on the PA Extension of the turnpike was $1.47. I figured I'd wait til I get off and go ter cheaper Petro truckstop on rt 80 & X-36 as always used to be the case. Wonder of wonders; there it was $1.57. They also stopped taking Exxon and Mobil credit cards. I'm presently sitting in the neighbourhood of Ashland, OH at a campground called Hickory Lakes in West Salem. I had planned to be in Hannibal, MO tomorrow. Things turned ugly when, in a last minute task and the engine running before I took off from home, a bee stung me in the right eyebrow. I just wanted to move the wheelbarrow which was still sitting next to a small pile of compost with a pitchfork in it. As I pulled the pitchfork, I must have disturbed a hive under the pile and one came straight at me like a stuka divebomber and went for my face. I tried to brush him off but his stinger was first. So I just moved the wheelborrow into the garage and took off. Yesterday the area around the eye started to swell up but I was fine and arrived in OH at 5:45PM. We laft at 9:30 AM from Beverly, NJ The idea was to get as close as possible to Columbus, OH on the first leg of our trip and we were pulling off I71 to spend the night at a truckstop. There was a sign right there for Hickory Lakes campground: 7.6 miles straight ahead. I decided on the campground because it was still early and our granddaughter would enjoy it there a little more then among a bunch of trucks. The straight ahead road lead to a T. Wonderful! I chose the wrong turn as usual and made a left. This took us into Ashland where I pulled into a service station. They pointed us back in the other direction. he question was can I make the u-turn? My wife says, "Sure!". I wasn't so sure and as we all know, there is no backup in a turn and in the middle of Rt 250. It's the telephone poles at the street corners which usually present the problem. I made it with 6 inches to spare. So we now look for the campground. My wife finds it in the 1999 Trailer Life book. I was looking in the 2001 version and couldn't find it. There it was under Rosebaugh, OH in the old book and with 50 amps. Well, they must handle larger rigs. So, we felt secure and moved on looking for a sign. There it was leading us on a 90 degree sharp turn onto a one lane road with signs on each corner. I had to thread the needle to make the turn. Eventually there came another sign to make a right at another one lane road. Take two such things and cross them and you get trouble with the turn with a 45 footer with a car behind. The rear wheels sunk into the soft grass and the rig bounced through with plenty of pressure to the pedal. If you go to slow you're stuck. The car bounced behind us and we made it. Now we are faced with a farm road with trees hanging low and wonder were fate is taking us. Eventually the entrance sign to the campground appears. Holy moly I'll never make the turn into their driveway. I park the rig in the street with flashers on and walk over to the building where on registers. There were about 10 people in there watching me or better the rig sitting at the bottom of the driveway. I'll skip all the comments but it was plain that something that big had never been here before. Yes they had a spot and yes it had 50 amps. If I can unhook I should be able to make it, they say. I walk back and by now there are a bunch of cars on both sides of us trying to use the road. I didn'tthink 'anybody' used that road. You have trouble passing each other without driving into the ditch. There also was this bridge with a weight capacity of 30 tons which was not much wider then my 102 inches. So we make it and settle into a nice spot and settled down etc etc. The park population made the rounds inspecting what had pulled into their life. There are all kinds of campers here for father's day I guess. Trents, trailers, 5th wheels and smaller class As. Mostly the locals are here and many have their mobile homes set up in the park. The campfires smelled wonderful and the whole place reminded me of times gone past when our kids were young and we did the tenting scene. This morning I woke up with my entire right side of my face looking like that of the elephant man. My eye was completely shut and there was no way I could open it. We decided to stay the day and called Hannibal to change our arrival. I took a sudafed and later some benedryls and put an ice pack on my face and rested. It's not going away and I was starting to get worried as to how long this swelling might last. The folks at the office here suggested I go to the emergency room and get a shot. One guy there claimed to have bee sting allergy and that the shot made to swelling go away in one day. So we're off to the emergency ward and we find it as we wind our way along a whole series of (H) hospital signs. Should have taken a map with us. The emergency room asks all the pertinent qestions and gives me a full physical. I tried to explain that all I wanted was a shot of something to make the swelling go down. No dice. Eventually the doctor shows up for a full 10 seconds aand tells me that he's going to prescribe some pills and some salve for my infected eye. Didn't know I had an infected eye. Half an hour later the nurse comes into my little curtained cubicle and describes all the medication I have to take. Three different pills and the salve. Like this stuff will take up to 7 days to go away because that's how long I have to take the pills on different schedules. I rest some more as these things make you sleepy but eventually wander over to the payphone where they had a modem jack installed int it. That is outside without a table or anythng but at least they had a jack. I picked up 195 messages and decided to respond to this one without my glasses on and with my face about three inches from the screen and keyboard. I hope I didn't make too many mistakes but at least you can be part of my 'adventure'. We'll see what the morning will bring but if my eye isn't available for us yet, I brought some tape with me and simply tape it open. I drove the jeep to and back from the hospital and one can drive with one eye but I'd rather have a little extra to get a better fix on distances which is important with a behomoth. Fred