I was there for the first time last summer, Paul, and took a "Duck" ride. Very pretty area, overblown with tourist traps as you say, but it's also just up the road from the International Crane Foundation and the Aldo Leopold Foundation.
Bill Sawyer Livonia, MI -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 9:58 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Ducks, Wisconsin Dells and Photography - WAS - MAY PDML LONDON - quack I remember riding on a WW II landing craft in the Dells about 50 years ago. Quite a thrill for a kid. Although the Dells was a tourist trap even then, it was also quite beautiful. I shot some of my first photos there with a little 610 box camera. Paul > They've been going for over 50 years in Wisconsin's biggest tourist > trap...Wisconsin Dells, WI - > > Ducks - > > http://www.wisconsinducktours.com/ > > Dells History - > > http://www.dells.com/dellshistory/ > > H H Bennett - pioneer photographer, inventor, entrepreneur - Bennett's > passion was landscape photography, photographed the unique rock > formations of the Dalles of the Wisconsin, then promoted the region to > the rest of the country to visit. In the days of controlling exposure > using lens caps, he invented a shutter mechanism that allowed him to > stop action. > > http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/libraryarchives/hhbennett/index.asp > > This photo is one of a series documenting rafting lumber down the > Wisconsin River in the late 1800's. Note the rope caught in mid-air > using his stop-action shutter. Other photographers refused to believe > the action could be stopped and accused him of inserting heavy wire in > the rope, thus stiffening it so it could be held in place during a long > exposure. > > http://tinyurl.com/3qbn8 > > -Paul > > Kenneth Waller wrote: > > As of a month ago similar vehicles were in operation in San Diego, Ca. and as > of a few years ago Pittsburgh, Pa. had them too. > > > > Kenneth Waller > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: mike wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Mar 22, 2005 3:31 PM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: MAY PDML LONDON - quack > > > > Daniel J. Matyola wrote: > > > > > >>Those amphibious tour vehicles have been greeted with harsh public > >>opposition in a lot of places where they have been tried, such as in > >>Hawaii. How are they doing in London? Have there been outcries from > >>the locals or from the government? > > > > > > Why? Erosive damage or pollution from the large and militarily thirsty > > engines? > > > > mike > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > PeoplePC Online > > A better way to Internet > > http://www.peoplepc.com > > > > > > >
