[Leica] walking in the woods with my father

[ricc at mindspring.com (Ric Carter)]

Lovely walk. Thanks

Ric Carter
http://gallery.leica-users.org/Passing-Fancies

On Jul 26, 2006, at 9:56 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:

> A few weeks ago my father called me to say that the access road to the
> forrest where I spent much of my youth had been blocked off and  
> that in
> a few years the road would be taken over by undergrowth and trees and
> the place, as we knew it, would vanish. He suggested that I come to  
> New
> Jersey and we would walk the entire road one last time. I hadn't been
> there in twenty years, but my mind retained a map of every twist and
> turn in minute detail.
>
> This is the place where my father taught me to light a fire without  
> any
> matches, how to make a compass with a sewing needle, how to find north
> in a swamp on an overcast day, how to build an emergency shelter, and,
> how to use a camera.
>
> We saw mink, snakes, amphibians, a pair of deer, and maybe a little  
> bit
> back in time.
>
> But, if I've done this properly, you shouldn't need to know any of  
> that
> to enjoy these photographs.
>
> http://www.asc.upenn.edu/usr/cassidy/pix/travel/2006/woods/index.html
>
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