My trip up the Cherohala Skyway. Beautiful scenery and some good tunes along the way. Btw, if you can handle a 20min Fud vid, you can hang out with me for 11..haha. Enjoy

Just about to start our run up the Cherohala Skyway, and Fudmottin looses his screws...lol

Clips from the DG3 Crew on the Cherahola Skyway 2009

Classic Camber, my VW repair shop, had a customer appreciation picnic Sartuday March 29th and I thought I'd share that with you. It was a beautiful day for a drive with the top down. Unfortunately all   more...the video I thought I took of the cool VW's I didn't get due to operator error!! Doh! So I found my tape of the VW"S over the Skyway which I never got around to uploading last year and I stuck that in the middle. Thanks for watching!  less

The first ride of this kind to be built in the United States.
The cable was 2,400 feet long with 44 gondolas.
The Skyway stations were equiped with a large digital meter to gauge wind speed. It usually   more...flutuated between zero and three knots. If the meter hit twelve knots employees shut the ride down.
For dangerous situations, in the mid-1970s Disneyland installed speakers on the Skyway towers and microphones in the stations. By depressing the "All Ride" switch, operators could give announcements or warnings "from on high." Hosts were to use the device for emergencies only, since upon hearing a deep voice suddenly resounding from the sky, guests typically froze in terror. As such, the device became known as "the God Switch."
The buckets reached a height of 60 feet.
The drive mechanism was in the Fantasyland side with a 35 thousand pound ballast on the Tomorrowland side to keep the cable tight.
Skyway was built by Von Roll Iron Works of Bern Switzerland.
The first gondolas had fiberglass patio chairs bolted in them.
During construction of the New Fantasyland in 1984 the Skyway ran roundtrip only.
Complete video of Disneyland's Skyway at DLDHistory.com  less

I'm bored so I made this, yay!

Went to Ft. DeSoto a couple of years ago and stumbled into den of wind riders! Looked like lots of fun. Music is by Lem. Anyone know where he went?

Pt. 2 of the Skyway headed up to the summit...when we get there someone is not very happy :)

Day 2 of my Deals Gap trip we headed up and then down the Cherahola Skyway....one of the best rides I've every been on. Fantastic road....fantasic scenery.

The singer is Vienna Teng, and she sings the classic song, Green Island Serenade. Checkout her live DVD at http://viennateng.com/merch/
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They had just completed the Makong Gondola, and it was   more...a big deal... so I had to go and see what the fuss was about. It was cool.  less

A trip south to see Candide the play that Ravensinger and Inharmony were in. Also the first time to meet someone from LiveVideo in person!!

I finally took my message to the streets-- got my guitar and started singing to people, ones like you and me with tax questions, telling them all about how you can get some serious money back from the   more...IRS by filing your taxes online at HRBlock.com. It was awesome! http://www.myspace.com/trumangreene  less