Well the first day we passed through it wasn't raining -- that was November 20th 1984 - Then we went down to Furnace Creek . The next day it rained like crazy and was still raining when we drove back through the Junction.... after a visit to Scotty's Castle... The post storm sky was great.
I saw a documentary on The Opera House and Marta on PBS some years ago... The first day wer were tehre there was a shaggy dog tied up to a palm tree that I befriended - but no person was to be seen... also, a long haired calico cat was nicely posed in a window and the Amaragosa hotel had a Closed sign under the Open All Year one. I know that at a later time - another year - we drove through the Junction and talked to the people who were about to open th Amaragosa Hotel. But I can't remember what year it was :-( I know that driving down into the valley from the west was one of the most white-knuckle moments I've had in a passanger seat of a car. Thanks for the updates - wish all your photos from taht article were on lline ann Brendan MacRae wrote: >Raining, wow. I would've bought a lottery ticket on >that day! It was only about 116 when we went through >Furnace Creek on the way to Death Valley Junction, and >that was back in the middle of May. My Dad drove with >me and was saying how he wanted to play the golf >course there even though temperatures of 130 aren't >uncommon during the summer. The man is insane. > >Everything is still there. The hotel is still running >and Marta still does a show every Friday and Saturday >evening from October~May. She's 85 now and no longer >dances due to a bad knee but does what she calls, "The >sitting down show." Up until about 6-7 years ago she >was still dancing on point. What's incredible, as you >know since you've seen how isolated Amargosa is, >people flock to it from Pahrump, Nevada, 35 miles away >just to see her performances. The night we were there >the show was sold out which is the norm. > >-Brendan >--- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >>Brendon - congrats! >>Thats a beautiful shot... >> >>I know that town -- the first time we went there it >>was raining! I mean >>Death Valley, in the RAIN?? >>I shot the _outside_ of the Opera House only -- no >>one was around... >> The first time we went through there >>the Amaragosa hotel was closed -- another time it >>was just opening as a >>B & B... is it still there? Never was >>passing through when the Opera House was open... >> >>Maybe I can find the mag somewhere here in NY _ I'd >>love to read the >>article... >> >>ann >> >>Brendan MacRae wrote: >> >> >> >>>It took a while but I finally got some shots >>> >>> >>published >> >> >>>in a local magazine, Sierra Heritage. >>>My aunt wrote the copy and I had six pictures >>> >>> >>printed >> >> >>>(seven if you count one for the index at the >>> >>> >>front). >> >> >>>All shots were taken with the K10D. >>> >>>The story is really outside of the Sierra Nevada >>> >>> >>which >> >> >>>is the magazine's normal "beat." In fact, it's >>> >>> >>much >> >> >>>farther south, just on the eastern side of Death >>>Valley, CA. The story is on Marta Becket, an 85 >>> >>> >>year >> >> >>>old dancer and painter who has become world >>> >>> >>renowned >> >> >>>for her art and her quaint stage performances. >>> >>>A favorite shot that appeared with the story was a >>> >>> >>5 >> >> >>>second exposure of the inside of the (dimly lit) >>> >>> >>Opera >> >> >>>House: >>> >>>www.primelensphoto.com/IMGO8075.jpg >>> >>>The printed version was cropped tighter to remove >>> >>> >>the >> >> >>>edge of the piano on the right, this is right out >>> >>> >>of >> >> >>>the camera. >>> >>>Anyway, yea for me! >>> >>>-Brendan >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >>-- >>PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>[email protected] >>http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >>to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link >>directly above and follow the directions. >> >> >> > > > > > > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
