Here's the message I just posted to the Albuquerque Air Alliance forum asking about the terrain on my planned route. There's a link to images of the route saved as jpegs. Denis? We can meet in Abilene some time Tuesday. {GRIN} Hey Brian, can you stich the pictures together into a wide panoramic? G2 --------begin copied message---------------- Yes, the bus is still being driven a little locally but towed on long trips. I drive the '66 lowered beetle more often. Just need to swap out the nosecone on it's tranny (busted mount ear). I replaced the tranny in the bus but didn't have a new pilot bearing on hand and that appears to be a problem. No more howling in 4th but it only shifts when it wants to -- and pretty much not at all after it warms up a bit. I missed Jerome last year. Not missing it this year. So, towing. How much trouble am I asking for if I cut across south of Alb and take 60 across to AZ and then AZ-180 over through Payson and Camp Verde to get to Jerome? By trouble I mean mountains. I'm planning to pack about 20 Gallons of spare fuel and make the trip from east Texas to central Arizona avoiding Interstate Highways as much as possible. I'll be leaving some time Monday. JPEG pictures of the mapped route are at <http://phorce1.us/jerome_maps> I don't have the mad photoshop skilz (or photoshop installed) to stitch them together into a big panoramic. They all load on one page -- about 1meg total so not too bad even for dial-up.