Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-18 Thread Jan van Wijk
Hi Jostein, On Fri, 17 May 2013 18:29:48 +0200 AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: > >The plans are not very firm yet, but we're coming through San Francisco. We >plan to go via Sonora to Yosemite, through the Sierra to Mono Lake, and go >South along hwy 395 and the into Death Valley. From there ou

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-18 Thread Jack Davis
May 18, 2013 7:51 AM Subject: Re: Roadtrip California You got to Mesa Verde and Canyon de Chelly,  cool. Two great places to go for early Indian (Native American)  ruins. Looks like a great trip so far. Marnie aka Doe  :-) In a message dated 5/17/2013 4:13:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, 

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-18 Thread Ann Sanfedele
Yes do read Brians Roadtrip blog -- I've been following it religiously - but never found out if they ate a Navajo taco - I should have put that in my pre-trip suggestions as a must - especially since he was in a couple of places where they were exceptionally yummy. ann On 5/17/2013 19:12, Bria

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-18 Thread John Sessoms
If you're coming down from Zion National Park, the slot canyons are farther east after you pass the turn off to the North Rim of the Grand Canyon; near Page, AZ. Take US 89A out of Kanab, UT to Jacob Lake, AZ where you turn onto AZ 67 (Grand Canyon Hwy) to reach the North Rim. When you're fin

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-18 Thread Eactivist
You got to Mesa Verde and Canyon de Chelly, cool. Two great places to go for early Indian (Native American) ruins. Looks like a great trip so far. Marnie aka Doe :-) In a message dated 5/17/2013 4:13:39 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, apathy...@lyons-ryan.org writes: G'day Jostein My family a

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread kwaller
Forgot to add a must see/stop is the Mobil gas station at the end of the Tioga Pass road in Lee Vining. You won't believe the food! Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: Subject: Re: Roadtrip California Also, I'd love

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread kwaller
ot;Matthew Hunt" Subject: Re: Roadtrip California On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:41 PM, wrote: Personally, I was never that impressed by the Grand Canyon -- it's just a big gorge. Yosemite will give you all the big rock you want. Seconded. I remember sitting at the Grand Canyon with

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Ann Sanfedele
V for some of the remote locations. Its a great part of the country, especially for photography, just don't tell anyone about it, we want to keep it a secret Kenneth Waller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne"

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread kwaller
aller http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller - Original Message - From: "AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne" Subject: Roadtrip California Today I passed 2000 PDML mails in my inbox, and realised I have to pull myself seriously together to keep up. To make short work of it all, my thoughts and condol

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Brian Walters
G'day Jostein My family and I are in the middle of a USA roadtrip - just under 3 weeks in and have covered 2200 miles. We're currently in Essex, Montana having been through 8 states so far. Hope to catch up with Joe McAllister in Seattle and other PDMLers in San Francisco in a week or s

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 6:41 PM, wrote: > Personally, I was never that impressed by the Grand Canyon -- it's just a > big gorge. Yosemite will give you all the big rock you want. Seconded. I remember sitting at the Grand Canyon with my dad, having been to Yosemite together a couple of years ea

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Eactivist
Second Capital Reef. I'd do that and Bryce and skip Zion. I just bet you'd love slot canyons, Jostein. Here's a web page. http://www.navajonationparks.org/htm/antelopecanyon2.htm In a message dated 5/17/2013 9:35:06 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, d...@alphoto.com writes: Well, if you're lookin

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Eactivist
Well, considering it's you, yup, you can do it. Personally, I was never that impressed by the Grand Canyon -- it's just a big gorge. Yosemite will give you all the big rock you want. Allow at least two days for Yosemite if you can -- it will be the highlight of your trip. l think Utah a be

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Mark Roberts
I'm *hoping* to get out to Monterey for the World Superbike Championship race Sept 27-29 at Laguna Seca. Don't know if I'm going to be able to make it happen... -- Mark Roberts - Photography & Multimedia www.robertstech.com -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mai

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread John Celio
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:11 AM, Jostein wrote: > I am in the process of planning a 3 weeks' roadtrip through Sierra Nevada in > October/November. We are two Norwegian Pentaxians travelling together. > The plans are not very firm yet, but we're coming through San Francisco. We > plan to go via S

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread P.J. Alling
Right now my PDML inbox stands at 3477, I'll never catch up. On 5/17/2013 12:29 PM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: Today I passed 2000 PDML mails in my inbox, and realised I have to pull myself seriously together to keep up. To make short work of it all, my thoughts and condolances to Doug Br

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 06:10:29PM +0100, Steve Cottrell wrote: > On 17/5/13, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: > > > Envious > > My old high school i(I was class of 78) is having a mega reunion for Homestead? Prospect? > classes of the 60s and 70s in August and I wou

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Jack Davis
t: Friday, May 17, 2013 9:34 AM Subject: Re: Roadtrip California On 5/17/13 12:29 PM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: > Today I passed 2000 PDML mails in my inbox, and realised I have to pull > myself seriously together to keep up. > > To make short work of it all, my thoughts and cond

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Steve Cottrell
On 17/5/13, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne, discombobulated, unleashed: >I am in the process of planning a 3 weeks' roadtrip through Sierra >Nevada in October/November. We are two Norwegian Pentaxians travelling >together. >The plans are not very firm yet, but we're coming through San Francisco. >We pl

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Larry Colen
On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 06:29:48PM +0200, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: > I am in the process of planning a 3 weeks' roadtrip through Sierra Nevada in > October/November. We are two Norwegian Pentaxians travelling together. Woot! GFM West! > The plans are not very firm yet, but we're coming

Re: Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread Doug Brewer
On 5/17/13 12:29 PM, AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne wrote: Today I passed 2000 PDML mails in my inbox, and realised I have to pull myself seriously together to keep up. To make short work of it all, my thoughts and condolances to Doug Brewer on the loss of his beloved lens, and a big *yay* for the w

Roadtrip California

2013-05-17 Thread AlunFoto - Jostein Øksne
Today I passed 2000 PDML mails in my inbox, and realised I have to pull myself seriously together to keep up. To make short work of it all, my thoughts and condolances to Doug Brewer on the loss of his beloved lens, and a big *yay* for the work Mark Roberts and his crew has put down on the ann