A modestly and well told tale, Ann. You're to at least be recognized for your scrabble prowess. We've missed little of CO. but Helen (Wife) and I consider it our favorite state for fall photos. She is my inspiration and benevolent critic.
J Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 16, 2016, at 12:07 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: > > It was sufficiently hairy in broad daylight... > > I consulted journal - it was May 28th, 1990 after I had won the expert > division at the Mermorial day weekend Scrabble tourney. I owe that to Richard > being with me, and the two highest rated players dropping out of tourney > because they felt the field wasnt' strong enough and they were in danger of a > ratings decrease. I thanked themfrom the podeum when I collected my booty. > Seriously, it was the only important expert div tourney I ever won... and it > got me into the premiere division of a rally important tourney in the Bosta > ARea the next year... whare i came in last - hehe. but it was a moment. > > I digress... > > Tameron resort is in Purgatory (the town of, really) and somewhat north of > Durango... we started out from there and I note 550, to 62 to 145 as roads > taken to get to La Salle Junciton in Utah) Scary as hell- even in broad > daylight. I must not have gotten any keeper shots along the way because the > two boxes ofslides that covered that day are tightly packed 36 exposure rolls > and have no little marks on the framesbut I'm curious now and will ahve to > actually look at them later. > > the resort was pretty luxurious, nothing we could normally afford, but one of > the managers of the resort was an avid Scrabble player and we had fabulously > low rates for the weekend ... > > ann > > >> On 10/16/2016 12:22 PM, Jack Davis wrote: >> The passes in that area were hairy and still solidly packed with stretches >> of snow and some ice. >> A four wheel drive SUV gave me just enough "courage" to gingerly creep >> through it all and deliver us (wife and I) >> to Telluride for breakfast. >> >> J >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "John" <sesso...@earthlink.net> >> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> >> Sent: Sunday, October 16, 2016 8:48:05 AM >> Subject: Re: Peso-AspenFall >> >> There's a Colorado Scenic By-way that follows US 550 from Durango to >> Ridgway, CO 45 across to Placerville and then CO 145 down to Cortez. If >> you leave Durango in the morning; spend an hour or two wandering around >> Silverton at lunchtime; stop here & there to photograph interesting >> stuff ... you can get through all the really scary parts in daylight. >> >> The Aspens are beautiful through-out the area ... which, come to think >> of it, is probably why they designated it a scenic by-way. >> >> Four to five hours actual drive time, but it takes all day & late into >> the night if you want to take any time to enjoy the scenery. Plus the >> time I was there they were resurfacing CO 145 between Rico & Dolores >> which added considerable delay to the last leg of that journey. >> >> If I ever do it again, I'll plan on visiting only sights in Colorado. I >> had two weeks & my itinerary included Alamosa for the Great Sand Dunes, >> Durango & Silverton, Mesa Verde, Grand Canyon North Rim & a visit with a >> friend in Phoenix, AZ. Too much to see for me to devote as much time to >> any of them as they deserved. >> >>> On 10/15/2016 9:39 PM, ann sanfedele wrote: >>> been on that road only once.. upfrom Durango, thorugh Ouray then headed >>> west down to La Salle Junction in Utah. Kinda scary road. But I love those >>> >>> Aspens... >>> >>> ann >>> >>> >>>> On 10/15/2016 8:36 PM, Jack Davis wrote: >>>> Thanks Ann! >>>> Taken in the area of Lizard Head Pass on Hwy 550 between Ouray and >>>> Telluride. >>>> >>>> J >>>> >>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>> >>>>> On Oct 15, 2016, at 4:55 PM, ann sanfedele <ann...@nyc.rr.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> nice one, Jack -- where is it? >>>>> >>>>> ann >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On 10/15/2016 2:00 PM, Malcolm Smith wrote: >>>>>> Jack Davis wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> I've posted this in square B&W Mamiya6, but ran across this "rusty" >>>>>> 35mm >>>>>> version. Pls excuse the redundancy. >>>>>> Shot in CO. in '06. with an ME Super. >>>>>> >>>>>> C&C? >>>>>> >>>>>> J >>>>>> >>>>>> http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=1110 >>>>>> >>>>>> Reminds me of my mountain bike route, but with more photographically >>>>>> inclined trees. Good image. >>>>>> >>>>>> Malcolm >>>>> -- >>>>> PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >>>>> PDML@pdml.net >>>>> 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 > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
