Hello Carol.
Since you mention cars i must ad this: I owe a 1997 Toyota Rav 4 and this
little car is the best car i ever owned.It is all four wheel drive it
manuevers the windy roads so good, it is cheap on gas and it can sleep two
people in.It is made to go on bad roads.This is the best car i ever
owned,when we going on trips we taken my car it is good on rugged roads .I
put 15000 miles on last sommer in three months time.And i love to drive the
Rav-4 never get tired.

Ruth Sullivan
Tacoma \
godwit at worlnet.att.net
----- Original Message -----
From: Lynn & Carol Schulz <linusq at worldnet.att.net>
To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 1:36 PM
Subject: Re:Christine's description of our Wenas trip


> The more I hear these birder stories, the more I think that there might be
a
> 4-wheel drive in my future. If I'm going to graduate to "Twitcher"
> (apparently a British term for a person who travels to get a lifer), or a
> "Chaser" as I heard the term from people from back East, then I might just
> have to get a better birder vehicle. Hmmm.
> Jim Flynn led a Rainier Audubon trip in May to the Colockum Pass area NE
of
> Ellensburg. I couldn't go but later I heard about that road. Can you say
> dirt road w/ knife-sharp rock in the road bed? Apparently, you not only
> need 4X4 (in places, they turned around at that point); but you need very
> gnarly tires to withstand the rock.
> I guess I have a question for Rahne, who picked the wrong dirt road to
> Wenas. Will Christine ever go on another roadtrip w/ her? Of course
there
> was that 111 species for the trip...... Anyway, I loved that story. It
was
> LOL funny.
> Carol Schulz
> DesMoines
> linusq at worldnet.att.net
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rahne Kirkham <rahne at mindspring.com>
> To: tweeters <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
> Date: Tuesday, June 06, 2000 12:56 PM
> Subject: addendum to Christine's description of our Wenas trip
>
>
> >A new motion picture release!
> >Alive 2:The Trip to Wenas!
> >
> >Christine Vadai filled you all in on our wonderful birding trip on the
> >Umptanum rd to Wenas, Crab Creek and Vantage but what she didn't tell you
> >was the real life adventure we had. As if 111 species on one trip were
not
> >enough!
> Then I saw the
> >bridge...in fact we went under the bridge...or part of a bridge...It was
> >collapsed at the far end! The water got deeper and deeper so we decided
to
> >turn back. Only there was no room to turn. Christine said,"Don't worry.
My
> >four wheel drive can handle it and we began to turn around." I trusted
her
> >until I looked out my window and saw the ground! I started to loudly
pray!
> >We did get turned around without the truck falling on its side and headed
> >out. I sat pondering how a place could change so much in a year when
> >Christine said,"What would you have done if the truck had tipped over
with
> >no service for the cellular?" I started having visions of us being
trapped
> >and hungry until one of us was inspired by the movie, Alive. This made me
> >glad the truck had not fallen over.
> >Rahne Kirkham
>
>