Hi troops, Got back from Colorado and Utah Saturday night and have been wading through the pile of messages waiting for me. I'm think I'm pretty much caught up with list maintenance stuff, but most of what has been posted to the list in my absence has escaped my attention. If there's anything there I need to see, please point it out to me and I'll address it as best I can. Some info and observations: For all you Dead Horse Point fans, it's still there. I did =not= see any actual dead horses nearby. There is a fence along the back side of Arches NP. For some reason, this struck me as odd. Ouray is much cooler than Telluride, but the road from Ridgeway to Telluride is more fun than the road from Rigdeway to Ouray. The road from Ouray to Telluride must be a blast. Tom Till is a hell of a landscape photographer (http://www.tomtill.com). Having four Pronghorn Antelope galloping along side of and within twenty yards of your vehicle is rare enough that you should have your camera out of the bag already, you dope. Always been a jeep and blazer kinda guy, but I have new respect for the old Suzuki Samurai. Anywhere that you can drive around all day without seeing anybody else is my kind of place to be making photos. When I go back, I'm taking a camera that uses a bigger negative. If you're still reading: While my wife was meeting some people in Boulder, my little boy and I drove down to Englewood to visit the Pentax USA HQ. We were greeted and shown around by a very nice guy from the marketing department. Everyone seemed relatively normal and not the least bit surprised to be introduced to some scruffy sunburned geek and his offspring. Must happen a lot. Anyway, one of the places we got to visit was "The Cage," where they keep all of the gear that goes to trade shows. It's difficult to describe what it was like in there, but I guess the closest I could get would be that it looked much like what one room of my house would be if I ever won the lottery. Dozens of cameras, lenses, tripods, cases, bags, boxes. Oh, boy. We both enjoyed meeting everyone we met, and Cole thought it was cool that he got to eat two cookies before lunch. Actual photos taken in Utah/Colorado will arrive here on Thursday, at which point I will begin editing with an eye toward integrating some of them into my Grandfather Mountain show. Just think, some of you have the opportunity to travel great distances to see the slides from My Trip Out West. kinda chilling, isn't it? Doug -- Douglas Forrest Brewer Ashwood Lake Photography [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alphoto.com - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
