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Car Forum / Driving, Maintenance, Tuning / Driving / March 2008Scaling Interstate 80 near Gold Run, Calif.
Hi Viatologists, The elevation rise between Sacramento and Donner Summit can be described as a steady, yet dramatic climb. Starting from sea level and rising to 2,160 metres in just a two hour drive, a brisk panorama of the Sierra Nevadas and nearby pine trees gets offered. Before one reaches snow-level and steep slopes, best seen from Emigrant Gap (in my humble opinion), there's a "dryland" section called Gold Run that gives eastbound travelers a three-lane passage. The Worldwide Highway Library (WHL) proudly brings you a peek of Interstate 80 near Gold Run: http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com/tmp/1603/ From California to México to the UK and Monaco, the WHL has cemented itself at the forefront of international roadside coverage. Where the competition covers regions, we cover countries! Our goal is for you to travel and travel well. Cheers, Carl Rogers "Adding human experience to transportology" ******** Calrog.com, Worldwide Highway Library: http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ An integrated media arm in International Transportation Research. Has served your home country and ninety-nine of its worldwide neighbours since 2000, through Internet downstream and published works. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ******** My first post in a CalRog thread. I feel privleged. OR however you spell that damn word. Hi Viatologists, >The elevation rise between Sacramento and Donner Summit can be >described as a steady, yet dramatic climb. Unless you are heading west. >Starting from sea level >and rising to 2,160 metres in just a two hour drive, a brisk panorama >of the Sierra Nevadas and nearby pine trees gets offered. Before one >reaches snow-level and steep slopes, best seen from Emigrant Gap (in >my humble opinion), there's a "dryland" section called Gold Run that >gives eastbound travelers a three-lane passage. >The Worldwide Highway Library (WHL) proudly brings you a peek of >Interstate 80 near Gold Run: >http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com/tmp/1603/ A peak??? That's a serious overstatement - a hillside and a reflector marker that could have been taken many places. There are lots of web cams on the net that give FAR better peeks that THAT!!! >From California to México to the UK and Monaco, the WHL has cemented >itself at the forefront of international roadside coverage. Where the >competition covers regions, we cover countries! Our goal is for you >to travel and travel well. And who is that competition? Since everyone in this newsgroup says they do it for enjoyment and hobby, not for competition, perhaps you better define who you believe that competition is. Many of those web cams I mention are live streaming web cams from Caltrans. That's better than one lousy picture that could have been taken anywhere.  SignatureDon't forget to have your troll spayed or neutered >Hi Viatologists, Hi, Viagraist! >From California to México to the UK and Monaco, the WHL has cemented >itself Does this mean the WHL wears cement galoshes and sleeps with the fishes? We can only hope... Signature"Dave's not here, man!" - Tommy Chong > On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:02:30 -0700 (PDT), Carl Rogers > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > "Dave's not here, man!" > - Tommy Chong You may have discovered his secret invention: CalCrete. :) On Mar 16, 4:46 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > On Sun, 16 Mar 2008 13:02:30 -0700 (PDT), Carl Rogers > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > "Dave's not here, man!" > - Tommy Chong You may have discovered his secret invention: CalCrete. :) Do you suppose that is what between his ears? SignatureDon't forget to have your troll spayed or neutered > On Mar 16, 4:46 pm, Scott in SoCal <scottenazt...@yahoo.com> wrote: > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > - Show quoted text - That could explain his receding hairline: grass doesn't grow on concrete. >> Does this mean the WHL wears cement galoshes and sleeps with the >> fishes? [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > You may have discovered his secret invention: CalCrete. :) That's what his head is full of, don'cha know. SignatureComrade Otto The Duke Of Yamamoto http://mryamamoto.50megs.com > Hi Viatologists, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ******** Sacramento is actually at 25 feet over sea level. That's like 8 metres!!!! >> Hi Viatologists, >> [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] >Sacramento is actually at 25 feet over sea level. That's like 8 >metres!!!! And the tracks are elevated in some places. Near my house, for example, they're at least 10 meters above street level. Not that 30 or 40 meters makes a big difference when you're going to 2,000 meters. > Hi Viatologists, > [quoted text clipped - 6 lines] > "Adding demi-human experience to transportology" > ******** What exactly does this mean? Are people awe-struck as they make the climb? Either way, it's pretty redundant to say "steady, yet dramatic. That's like me saying my business sells "somewhat cold, yet below freezing bags of ice." O_o ~D >http://worldwide-hwys.calrog.com/tmp/1603/ > >From California to México to the UK and Monaco, the WHL has cemented >itself at the forefront of international roadside coverage. Where the >competition covers regions, we cover countries! Our goal is for you >to travel and travel well. And I'm sure that similar hillsides can be found the world over; not just in CA. Maybe I'll dig through my BRP photos and see if I can find a few.... -- "<motorcycle crashes through bar> Fenderbaum: What in the hell was that? Blake: Ohhh, that must be the entry for the National Safety Council!" > Hi Viatologists, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > my humble opinion), there's a "dryland" section called Gold Run that > gives eastbound travelers a three-lane passage. If the view from Emigrant Gap is so good, why didn't you give us a shot of that? On Mar 16, 4:02 pm, Carl Rogers <carl-...@calrog.com> wrote: > Hi Viatologists, > [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > my humble opinion), there's a "dryland" section called Gold Run that > gives eastbound travelers a three-lane passage. >If the view from Emigrant Gap is so good, why didn't you give us a >shot of that? Because that would be logical. Can't have any of that with Carl, you know.... SignatureDon't forget to have your troll spayed or neutered > Hi Viatologists, > [quoted text clipped - 26 lines] > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ******** Let me know when the do "The Old Priest Grade!" (Downhill edition, obviously!) |
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