Auto Travel across the USA
piotr...@interia.pl
Piotr Was
Savageduck
Thanks for sharing.
Great trips and record of your travels.
Just one issue.
Some of the folks who are regulars in these NGs do not have access to
broadband, or have bandwidth caps, so Flash displays/slideshows of
every shot you have taken(and you have 100's) becomes a turn-off for
them.
Consider a non-Flash option to allow a larger audience to follow you.
Flash slideshows of a more select and smaller number of shots will also
be better.
Now carry on, hit the road and take more photographs.
--
Regards,
Savageduck
Caesar Romano
<savageduck1{REMOVESPAM}@me.com> wrote Re Re: Auto Travel across the
USA:
>Just one issue.
>Some of the folks who are regulars in these NGs do not have access to
>broadband, or have bandwidth caps, so Flash displays/slideshows of
>every shot you have taken(and you have 100's) becomes a turn-off for
>them.
>Consider a non-Flash option to allow a larger audience to follow you.
>Flash slideshows of a more select and smaller number of shots will also
>be better.
Good suggestions.
David Ruether
<piotr...@interia.pl> wrote in message
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> Auto Travel across the USA
>
>
> Piotr Was
VERY nice photos, with some the nicest I've seen of areas I'm very
familiar with (although some are near duplicates, there may be an excess
of photos of you two [but they are sometimes also useful for scale] and
the car, and Flash may not be ideal...), and you got to many places others
often miss, like some of my favorites, the Black Canyon of the Gunnison,
Goosenecks, Canyon de Chelley, the slot canyons, and some of the high
areas in Zion. It was amusing to see an "aerial" of that lonely bed and
breakfast in the Valley of the Gods (and I hope you did not have any
near misses on the narrow switch-back dirt road that climbs that high
cliff, used by tractor-trailer trucks!!!). Without captions, one could not
tell that those scrubby looking shrub-like things may be some of the oldest
trees on earth. Great weather, too (in spring?), during your trip in the
South West. Thanks for the excellent photos!
As for the list of locations for your next trip, these are my favorites:
2. Yellowstone National Park (Wyoming).
4. Glacier National Park (Montana).
6. Mt. Rainier National Park (Washington).
Maybe my favorite national park, but watch out - it is *very*
easy to get into trouble here!!! (We once did, taking an
"innocent" short walk...)
9. Mt. St. Helens National Volcanic (Washington).
11. Redwood National Park (California). (See also the
related state parks and the Rockefeller Woods, especially.)
13. San Francisco City (California). (Ride the cable cars in the
evening - WOW! ;-) Also, walk Grant St. from Market St.
to the water at the north - it passes through several *interesting*
neighborhoods. From Grant on the way, detour toward Coit
Tower, take mysterious "hole-in-the-sidewalk" streets that
go off VERY interestingly over cliffs and through hidden
gardens down the hill to the east.) If you can take the time, take
route 1 south from San Francisco to see some beautiful coastline
(the "good stuff" starts just south of Monterey, where Pt. Lobos,
Edward Weston's hang out was). Start in the hills south of SF on
Skyline Drive past the reservoirs, though (there are neat rolling
hills with golden grass and redwood groves here and there). Driving
across the Golden Gate bridge is also a "hoot", especially with a
sun roof so you can look up. Stop at the overlook at the north end,
which has a great view of the bridge and city (after a very short
drive).
25. Niagara Falls (The view from the Canadian side is best, but
there is not much of interest in the city. Consider the Cave of the
Winds and Maid of the Mist tours - but you WILL get WET!
Be careful of passports - travel across the border isn't as casual
as it once was, darn! Close to the Falls area on the Canadian side
is an interesting butterfly conservatory.)
Since you appear to go through Chicago, I suggest trying to stop at
Millennium Park to see the huge mirrored "Chicago Bean" (I have a video
of it here - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPhPA8IP_ig&fmt=18), the
nearby glass towers, and the Frank Gehry amphitheater - all very worthwhile,
and definitely "fun"!
BTW, it looks like you may go near Ithaca, New York on the route map.
There are some wonders here (Taughannock Falls, the highest free falls in
the E. US, Buttermilk Falls Park glen, upper Treman Park trail, and the
nearby Watkins Glen Park in the city of Watkins Glen - a favorite narrow
winding glen with many waterfalls, two of which you walk behind). BTW, if
you were not going to Niagara Falls (but do! ;-), I would suggest crossing
the south-western half of New York and then into Pennsylvania on the main
highway there - it is bee-yoo-ti-ful, with nothing but rolling hills, forests,
lakes, streams, meadows (but by August, it may not be at its best unless we
have a wet spring and early summer...). If you do travel up along Lake Ontario
to Rochester (more fun than the Throughway), try the local (ripe) peaches if
in season, sold at farmers' stands. You will then know what a peach SHOULD
taste like! ;-) If you do hit Ithaca, maybe I can show you around here. Oh,
and for parts of the trip in the SW and South, I do trust you will have
operating air conditioning in the car (you WILL need it!!!).
Sigh...! Have fun!
--DR (d_ru...@hotmail.com)
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
? <piotr...@interia.pl> ?????? ??? ??????
news:790679c0-c628-402f...@s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...Very nice compositions, with strong, vibrant colours. Reminds me of very
good slide film, like Velvia, taken with good glass. I also liked another
post, recently, which was as if taken with one of those agfa films, the
triade system, Portrait, Optima and Ultra, they looked like Ultra at 50 ISO,
which produced vibrant colours, too.
--
Tzortzakakis Dimitrios
major in electrical engineering
mechanized infantry reservist
hordad AT otenet DOT gr
piotr...@interia.pl
I will consider that, especially smaller number of shots. Thank YOu
piotr...@interia.pl
> ? <piotrek...@interia.pl> ?????? ??? ??????news:790679c0-c628-402f...@s20g2000vbp.googlegroups.com...> Auto Travel across the USA
Thank You:)
piotrekwas
> <piotrek...@interia.pl> wrote in message
>
> nearby glass towers, and the Frank Gehry amphitheater - all very worthwhile,
>
> and definitely "fun"!
>
> BTW, it looks like you may go near Ithaca, New York on the route map.
>
> There are some wonders here (Taughannock Falls, the highest free falls in
>
> the E. US, Buttermilk Falls Park glen, upper Treman Park trail, and the
>
> nearby Watkins Glen Park in the city of Watkins Glen - a favorite narrow
>
> winding glen with many waterfalls, two of which you walk behind). BTW, if
>
> you were not going to Niagara Falls (but do! ;-), I would suggest crossing
>
> the south-western half of New York and then into Pennsylvania on the main
>
> highway there - it is bee-yoo-ti-ful, with nothing but rolling hills, forests,
>
> lakes, streams, meadows (but by August, it may not be at its best unless we
>
> have a wet spring and early summer...). If you do travel up along Lake Ontario
>
> to Rochester (more fun than the Throughway), try the local (ripe) peaches if
>
> in season, sold at farmers' stands. You will then know what a peach SHOULD
>
> taste like! ;-) If you do hit Ithaca, maybe I can show you around here. Oh,
>
> and for parts of the trip in the SW and South, I do trust you will have
>
> operating air conditioning in the car (you WILL need it!!!).
>
> Sigh...! Have fun!
>
Thank you very much for giving us so many tips, especially about
visiting cities. We are still making plans for our journey so we will
take your advices for sure. We also think that Glacier National Park,
Yellowstone and Mt. Rainier are going to be the best places in our
trip. By the way we are curious what happened in Mt. Rainier National
Park???
Yes, we traveled to South-West during the spring (May/June). The
weather was excellent. And we also lived in Chicago, so we know
Millennium Park and other attractions very well J
Once again, thanks for your time.
Savageduck
> On May 13, 10:36�am, "David Ruether" <d_ruet...@thotmail.com> wrote:
>> <piotrek...@interia.pl> wrote in message
>> Sigh...! Have fun!
>>
>> --DR �(d_ruet...@hotmail.com)
>
> Thank you very much for giving us so many tips, especially about
> visiting cities. We are still making plans for our journey so we will
> take your advices for sure. We also think that Glacier National Park,
> Yellowstone and Mt. Rainier are going to be the best places in our
> trip. By the way we are curious what happened in Mt. Rainier National
> Park???
The mountains in the North-West, Mnt. Rainier & Mnt. Hood can be
treacherous. In Spring, Fall and Winter (sometimes in Summer) storms
can come in and make survival a real test for hikers and climbers.
There are some simple routes to the summits, but the Park Rangers,
guides and experienced climbers will all tell you not to underestimate
the danger on those mountains.
Over the years, and as recently as last season several hikers and
mountaineers have been killed on both mountains.
http://www.i-world.net/oma/news/accidents/
http://climb.mountainzone.com/2002/story/hahn/html/hahn_090302.html
http://classic.mountainzone.com/climbing/news/rainier-accident.html
http://articles.latimes.com/2002/may/31/nation/na-climbmay31
>
> Yes, we traveled to South-West during the spring (May/June). The
> weather was excellent. And we also lived in Chicago, so we know
> Millennium Park and other attractions very well J
>
> Once again, thanks for your time.
--
Regards,
Savageduck
David Ruether
"piotrekwas" <piotr...@interia.pl> wrote in message news:81c65cba-78fe-4d45...@g20g2000vba.googlegroups.com...
On May 13, 10:36 am, "David Ruether" <d_ruet...@thotmail.com> wrote:
> <piotrek...@interia.pl> wrote in message
Thank you very much for giving us so many tips, especially about
visiting cities. We are still making plans for our journey so we will
take your advices for sure. We also think that Glacier National Park,
Yellowstone and Mt. Rainier are going to be the best places in our
trip. By the way we are curious what happened in Mt. Rainier National
Park???
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We weren't doing anything we thought dangerous or unusual (and we
made NO attempt to climb - this should be done ONLY with guides,
and even then, MANY people have been killed on this mountain). We
went for a short walk in the snow from Paradise(?) Lodge, on an easy,
nearly level, and quite short trail which leads to the edge of a high cliff
with a view across a major glacier (so large that if you manage to spot
people on it, they are the tiniest of tiny pin pricks - which makes you
realize how enormous the "cracks" in the glacier are, and how large it
is!) and up to the peak of Mt. Rainier. This was at a time when the
ground was covered with snow (but later, this area has amazing Alpine
wild flowers). We noticed a "cloud" beginning to spill over the top of
the mountain, but didn't think much of it. Rapidly it engulfed us and we
could see only a couple of feet away (not fun when next to a cliff!). Since
the trail was criss-crossed with foot prints, we could not identify the
true trail, so we waited a bit hoping the fog would clear. Fortunately,
we soon heard voices, then saw yellow-garbed climbers coming by in
a group, which we followed back to the Lodge. When we got back,
we were surprised to find that we were badly sunburned, although it
had been cloudy all day and we had not been out long. BTW, there is
another great viewpoint from a short hike (sorry, I can't tell you how to
get to it, but maybe asking there will get you there) that has a sweeping
view down into a deep valley and then up the entire height of the
mountain! WHEW!!! (BTW, Mt. Rainier, surprisingly, is the highest
mountain in the world from its *visible* base to its peak, making it one
HECK of a sight! One time while near this viewpoint, we heard soft
"whistling" sounds, then saw high-performance gliders going back and
forth between us and the mountain. Also, watch for birds that will sit
on your head/hand/anything and grab food from you whether it is
offered or not! 8^)
Also, heed the warnings in Yellowstone - you can easily get scalded,
and moose can kill people, as can bears (DO NOT open car windows
when near bears, and have ALL food in tightly sealed containers!).
And, of course, do not approach buffalo.
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Yes, we traveled to South-West during the spring (May/June). The
weather was excellent. And we also lived in Chicago, so we know
Millennium Park and other attractions very well J
Once again, thanks for your time.
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Have fun on the trip!
--DR