There are a couple of 40 mph straightaways on this 57 sq mile island. We don't have a stoplight yet. Old truck heaven if there ever was one.....I have gone as much as a full year without ever going 'over town'. (the mainland) Every year in August I get together at the old engine/gas/steam/tractor/threshing event in Lynden Wa. and set up for 4 days with the same bunch of guys that I met there 36 years ago. All the guys my age have now been retired for 5 or 10 years from Boeing, the Naval Shipyard, big construction or whatever. Me, I still work regular hours. When I find myself feeling envious of their retirement income and freedom, it helps me to remember my short walk from home to shop, always leaving our keys in the ignition, and having my 4 kids around me while they grew up and realize I didn't have to wait til I was older to have miles and miles of two lane road to enjoy. My country roads are the only roads I have and I know how blessed I have been to drive them for most of my adult life.
I like the slower pace of two lane paved roads but very much enjoy traveling the gravel with the '41 Merc. Usually 30-40 mph or so depending on conditions...sometimes at a crawl over rough rutted stuff, sometimes 50+ on a smooth graded piece. Here's this morning's 40 mile tour of local lanes. About 12 degrees F here today in Kansas with a stiff N breeze. The OE Ford heater was nice and toasty though.
And the '41 makes you (and her) look SO good.
