Yeah, but those times aren't near as memorable. That time we were coming off 44 to get to 35 headed for Lewisville from Chicago. Doing fine the whole trip until we got to OKC where things got ugly (OK, there was that thing about circling Tulsa once) with a left exit from one highway leading to a very rough single lane ramp which was a left entrance to the southbound road, in heavy traffic, and nobody willing to give the long vehicle that doesn't accelerate fast a break. Got up next to a lady who appeared to slow as if she was going to let me in, and then she sped up and kept pace with me as I ran out of lane. As I turned to check sides and mirrors my knee must have hit the controller and caused the inertial weight to hit, which applied the trailer brakes, and since I was under acceleration as hard as that 318 would go, everything kind of swung, and the weight swung like a bell clapper and hit the brakes for me again. The whole rig was flopping around like a fish out of water and it was not very comfortable, but the lady got out of the way. And then came the "Pavement Height Changes" sign . . .strider67 wrote:jim, I need to hear the "and the time where nothing happened and everything went perfectly fine..."jimlongley wrote: And then there was the time I bumped the brake controller and activated the inertial weight and the trailer's tires chirped about 6 times, THAT was a surprise at 65 in downtown OKC trying to merge into traffic.
One good time - going through St. Louis with construction going on, as if the signage for 55, 64, and 44 isn't confusing enough to begin with, got pinched out of the ramp I needed to get to, and then pinched into an exit only lane that took us off the highway onto city streets right next to Busch Stadium. Wandering around trying to find wider streets and a ramp back on to the highway, we happened upon a nice young lady cop, who was kind enough to not only give us directions, but actually escorted us onto the ramp with her lights on. Could have used her all the way up the ramp, which we hit at about 25mph and then had to climb 2 stories in about 100ft and get up to 55mph to merge. But at least we were finally on 44. And we got to see the arch, several times.
