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News
from the backroads, March, 2006:
Issue 32 -
farewell issue
Our final issue, #32, was mailed to all paying subscribers in August, 2002. This issue
traced the Old Dixie Highway - eastern branch - from Homestead, Florida, to the Canada
border at Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Preview issue #32
Issue 32 is the final issue of Two-Lane Roads magazine. Subscribers who prepaid for issues
higher than #32 were mailed a letter, with options of how to use your prepaid credit. Most
have opted for an equal number of issues of another fine travel publication, Gypsy Journal. |

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Two-Lane Roads magazine has always been a one-man operation; and that one man - Loren
Eyrich - had surgery for colon / rectal cancer, and needed to stay pretty near home for
nearly a year for chemotherapy and radiation treatments. The treatments are now over, and
the doctors say I am doing very well.
Please bookmark this website and check back for future updates. -L.E.
Two-Lane Roads magazine
32 issues
43 states
160,604 miles
22,262 gallons of gasoline
Countless barbecue sandwiches
Update March 10, 2006:
I am doing well, apparently cancer-free 4 years after surgery. I have returned to
the retail auto industry, currently employed as controller for a large group of used car
dealers in Fort Lauderdale. I'm about 7 years from retirement age; until then I will
be limited to RVing only in normal vacation schedule.
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Chuckle with Road Trip America's funny
signs.
http://www.roadtripamerica.com/signs/signs.htm
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In other RV news:
RV makers offer 360-degree "virtual tours" of their interiors.
Winnebago
Holiday
Rambler Country Coach
Live webcams. Want to see a live shot of Old Faithful, or Times Square?
Find hundreds here, indexed by state. Click here
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Good Sam Insurance
More news:
What happened on this day in automotive
history? Fun auto history facts, from the History Channel. Click here
Something for everyone on RV driving tour of Oregon. RV Caravan
Tours gives active RVers a chance to experience nature hands-on. More here
RV Today - TV show moves to OLN cable network. More here
Fuel price watch - enter your ZIP code and locate the cheapest gas
in your neighborhood. Click here
Burma-Shave. The William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising &
Design, Milwaukee, WI; salutes the Burma-Shave roadside ad campaign, complete with video
and audio clips. Plus, enter their new Burma-Shave jingle contest.
Click here
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About Two-Lane Roads magazine |
On the road since 1991
Two Lane Roads magazine
features offbeat attractions, museums, funny signs, and other roadside delights, on
America's backroads, recalling simpler days, when Burma Shave signs and steel diners lined
our highways. Editor Loren Eyrich enjoys the RV lifestyle in a 5th wheel trailer,
avoiding turnpikes & freeways.
Loren Eyrich walked awy from a career as comptroller for America's largest automobile
dealer, and hit the road in a RV. In the first 12 years of publishing, he logged
over 160,000 miles, nearly all of it on two-lane roads, in a RV he called the
"COW", or Condo-On-Wheels.
COW II is a 1991 Kountry Star 5th wheel trailer, and pulled with a 1989 Chevrolet dually
pickup. Loren hits the road 4 to 8 weeks at a time, updating his computer each night in
campgrounds. He is photographer and writer as he explores the backroads of North
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Condo-On-Wheels II
on a two-lane highway
in Virginia
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Map of all routes to date
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Our first 32 issues have covered states from
Texas to Maine, and from Florida to Idaho.
This one-man business operates on one desktop computer and laser printer which ride along
in the RV, and voicemail. Loren's mail is forwarded to him care of general delivery
at towns along his route, and E-mail is answered almost daily thanks to a wireless modem.
- Our four basic rules:
No Interstates - you can't see anything but the taillights of big trucks whizzing by!
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- No franchised food - two words which don't belong
in the same sentence.
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- No theme parks - I love them, but you don't need
me to tell you about them.
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- No five-star accommodations - I sleep very
comfortably every night in campgrounds.
Shunpiking
The editor eschews Interstates and toll roads, seeking out secondary roads instead.
A major portion of each issue of Two-Lane Roads is Loren's daily journal called,
"Shunpiking" - Loren's rambling observations along the road.
Shun-pike \n (1853): a side road used to avoid the toll, speed, and traffic of a
turnpike.
Shun-pik-ing: avoiding the superhighways, seeking out the scenic route instead.
You can now order books online, with
secure server!
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Did
you enjoy the little highway centerline animation at the top of this page, with the verse
on the red signs? It's no coincidence that these resemble the Burma-Shave signs of
yesteryear. Visit our Nostalgia page
and Burma-Shave page to see some animations
with actual Burma-Shave verses.

Test your knowledge of auto history with our trivia quiz!
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