noodles, potatoes, and carburetors?

I spent the 4th in Telluride and on Monday we took a trip to Durango to see the cars involved in The Great Race. the GR is a rally across the US from east to west for cars 45 years old and over. each vehicle has a driver and navigator and the navigation is done using only mileage directions, a calibrated speedometer, and a stopwatch. no computers, no calculators, no GPS, no nothing. it was a rest day so we were able to drive around downtown Durango and see the cars, many of which have large support crews and trailers. we met a nice woman who, along with her husband, was fielding an entry with this license plate:

it turns out this is their last name, as well as the name of their company. their '32 Ford actually made the list of the 75 most influential '32s because of its use as a test bed for all of their products. their names are Judy and Jerry, though I was hoping for Malka and Elimelech. this is one kind of kugel we never considered in the great kugel debates of '06.

[Ian, you have my permission to use this image for future Kugel-off promotion.]

also, my dog had a very good time visiting Telluride. here he is on a hike up the Bear Creek Canyon trail:


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