Alaskossie Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Those of you who belong to the UK Lotus/Caterham Seven Club may have already seen this on BlatChat... I submitted a few photos for the 2011 Club calendar, but didn't get selected, and thought no more about it. Imagine my surprise when I got the July 2012 issue of Lowflying, and found that my Seven is on the front cover! The photo caption was pretty sketchy, so here are the details: The photo is of my S3 Seven, parked in front of the "signpost forest" at Watson Lake, BC Canada. (Sorry for the 90-degree rotation, but shrinking it to horizontal loses some detail). The photo was taken on August 25, 2010, at Watson Lake, Milepost 635 on the Alaska Highway, during my 6100-mile drive from Colorado to Alaska, via California. (Luckily this photo was taken before the accident: the following day a pickup truck in Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, backed into that side of the Seven, leaving quite a large dent in bonnet and cowl). The well-known "signpost forest" started in 1942 with a single sign by a homesick U. S. Army road-construction crewman, and now comprises more than 72,000 signs -- official, unofficial, stolen, purpose-made, etc., from all over the world. (I had planned to display a tidy "Dartford, UK xxxx-km East" sign, but ran out of time to have it made up). Anyway, this may spur me to write up the blow-by-blow of my 2010 journey... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskossie Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 Oops -- the image didn't get sent. Here it is (hopefully). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Terry Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Great picture Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bball7754 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Not a member, but a dedicated Blatchat reader, so saw your post over there. Agree, great picture. Might finally inspire me to join the UK club. Interesting article about the Alaska Highway in the NYT on Tuesday: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/24/science/with-warming-peril-underlies-road-to-alaska.html?pagewanted=all Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
11Budlite Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Nice photo, congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Stig Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I joined a few months ago and the mag is pretty good. Arrives on time every month and has some good articles. Still nice to get mail, much nicer than getting everything online! Of course, Blatchat is a very good forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alaskossie Posted July 26, 2012 Author Share Posted July 26, 2012 bball7754, Thanks for the link to the NYT article on the Alaska Hwy. -- I had not seen it. That is still one of the greatest adventure roads on the continent -- or anywhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boxologist Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 awesome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted July 27, 2012 Share Posted July 27, 2012 Congratulations on making the cover, Tom. And a great shot! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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