.Thanks ann. I thought about you and your geological past while I was over there. The twisting and folding of the very stratified limestone rocks is very spectacular indeed. I'm no geologist, so I could be very wrong, but I always thought the Alps were the fault of Italy crashing into France, and the mountains of eastern America the result of Africa colliding with America, which would make them much older than the Alps. I think also that Scotland used to be part of America, gained its independence and floated gently into union with Britain.
The river with the waterfall is the Lance, which I think is a tributary of the Verdon. The Verdon has cut the deep gorges, which are the longest and I think deepest in Europe. I've heard that they are also the longest and deepest in the world after the Grand Canyon, but I'm not convinced of that as I've been in the Blue Nile Gorge in Ethiopia and that seems deeper to me. Bizarrely given its spectacular size and dramatic nature the gorge was not really known outside the local area until 1905 - an indication of how unexplored parts of France were until relatively recently. I'm not a doggy person at all, but Hugo is a great little character and a lot of fun B > On 11 Oct 2015, at 02:18, ann sanfedele <[email protected]> wrote: > > Very nice stuff.. Like Rick I like too many to start reeling them off. I > wasstruck, however , by the similarity of the scenes that > had no structures with the look of upstate New York...but then I remembered > that quite a few years ago the east coast of North America was > tornaway from the west coast of Europe - and them's the same damn mountains, > in a way. > > Aside from that - you need more pictures of dogs > > ann > >> On 10/10/2015 6:36 PM, Bob W-PDML wrote: >>> On 10 Oct 2015, at 22:15, Rick Womer <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Excellent and very atmospheric gallery, Bob. Too many favorites to list, >>> especially since they're not titled or numbered! >> Thanks! Meh, who needs 'em? >> >>> I agree with Cotty that the dog got more photographic attention than he >>> probably deserved, though. >> You're right, but it has a lot of character, for a dog. It has ideas above >> its station; it likes to stand on the edge of precipices and look noble, as >> if it were something grander than a pimped-up rat-catcher. >> >>>> I've spent most of this week in France with one of my brothers and his wife >>>> at their holiday home. Here are some very touristy photos: >>>> >>>> http://1drv.ms/1PlbvfC >>>> >>>> Hope you enjoy. >>>> >>>> B > > > -- > 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.
