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pacalo

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9. Wow, I can appreciate how much grit it must have taken to drive under those
Tue Feb 28, 2012, 07:49 PM
Feb 2012

conditions.  I can't even imagine how scary that must have been.

Having lived on flat land all my life, I had a rude awakening when my husband & I drove to Gatlinburg, TN, one November.  I had never drove in the mountains before.  Add sleet to that inexperience & you can imagine how my knees were knocking while driving those dark two-lane highways -- & narrow dirt roads, once we were on our way up to our cabin.

By our third or fourth day there, we decided to visit the Cherokee village & casino on top of this huge mountain in nearby North Carolina.  I started out overly cautious & slow, getting to the side whenever possible to allow faster traffic behind me to pass.  But by the time I was about 3/4 of the way to the top, I was eating potato chips with one hand & driving with the other!  

Looking back now:

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