We also couldn't really tell them exactly how to get there: "Well, we have to pick up a friend in Buffalo. No, she doesn't live there, she's from NYC, visiting a friend in Buffalo. So anyway, after Buffalo we're driving to Pittsburgh to meet this transplanted Englishman of Welsh heritage, and ~he~ knows how to get to GFM..."
I can't imagine why they were suspicious. I think they also couldn't imagine why Canadians would have to go down to the US to do nature photography. They asked me that several times: "Don't you guys have photography courses up there?" "Ah, yes, but there's only one PDML Central!" didn't seem to give them much comfort. :-) cheers, frank "What can be asserted without proof can be dismissed without proof." -- Christopher Hitchens --- Original Message --- From: David J Brooks <[email protected]> Sent: February 21, 2012 2/21/12 To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> Subject: Re: OT - Canadian photographer denied entry to USA On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 3:20 PM, John Sessoms <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Cotty > >> On 19/2/12, David J Brooks, discombobulated, unleashed: >> >>> They kept asking for an address, and we kept telling them >>> we don't know it,its mountain. >> >> Would you believe - >> >> >> 2050 Blowing Rock Highway >> Linville, NC 28646 >> >> True!!! > > > Also: > > Grandfather Mountain State Park > P.O. Box 129 > US 221 & Blue Ridge Parkway > Linville, NC 28646 Yes they did find the blowing Rock address which was fine for them after that. I don't think they liked it when we were asked how we came to know of this GFM photography weekend, "from a guy on the internet", that was the final straw and in the rooms we went. Dave > > It's a deal they came up with in 2009 to keep property taxes from forcing > the Morton family having to sell the land for development. The Morton heirs > get to keep a concession to run the "Grandfather Mountain Attraction", but > are no longer burdened with taxes on rest of the mountain. > > > > -- > 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. -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
