Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/12/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]WOW Hoppy! That sounds like my first and only visit to the Grand Canyon. :-) We drove up from Scottsdale and the weather was as beautiful as it is in Arizona! Always gorgeous! :-) Right Steve? :-) Oh accept those days when it's 114 degrees! OUCH! Even too hot for a swim in the home pool! :-) As we approached the Park Entrance to the big hole in the ground, it began snowing like a good old fashion Canadian winter blizzard. You couldn't see anything. So my very first picture was a deliberate one of the snow, camera aimed in the direction of the Canyon. A complete white out! :-) The next day? Some very beautiful snow and Grand Canyon images with sunshine. :-) Life's like that for dedicated photographers. :-) :-) ted -----Original Message----- From: lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org [mailto:lug-bounces+tedgrant=shaw.ca@leica-users.org] On Behalf Of Geoff Hopkinson Sent: Monday, December 15, 2008 1:25 PM To: Leica Users Group Subject: Re: [Leica] message for Steve Barbour Steve, they are heading for some feet of snow on the South rim. All of the tour companies closed down and the airport was about to close, probably is now. Snow in part of LV as well as rain all over. I did indeed get some photos of the Canyon with snow all about and more clouds blowing in from the (closed) North Rim. The snow across the desert was a novelty however I nearly cried at all of the colour I didn't get to see this time. The canyon itself was filled to within 6 feet of the top with ice and slush... the Colorado glacier! Our scenic flight has scenic views of the top of the clouds for the entire trips. My M8 did not complain once. I took the battery out and warmed it with my hands once, but I think the camera was just having a little snooze after being turned on for ten minutes or so. Anyhoo stand by for pics once I get home just before Christmas. Cheers Frozen Hoppy who forgot his woolly hat --- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2008 7:01 AM Subject: Re: [Leica] message for Steve Barbour > > On Dec 15, 2008, at 1:32 PM, Geoff Hopkinson wrote: > >> Dear Steve, please contact someone in state government and have the heat >> turned up for Arizona. We just got back from the Grand Canyon and nearly >> froze our a**es off! I didn't even know that thermometers went down >> below 0 on your Fahrenheit scale! >> Cheers >> temporarily Arizonian Hoppy > > I would be happy to take care of that Hoppy, but asking for the heat to > be turned up around here, would not be popular. I hope you all > survived, and enjoyed the natural wonders...maybe you got some images of > the GC with snow...!? > > Anyway that's way up north, even here the temperature got down almost to > the 50's deg F. > > I recall one time I was at the south rim of the Grand Canyon on May > 1...it snowed about 12-15 inches... > > > If you want to melt the icicles, stick around until next July.... > > or not... > > > when do you return to Oz? > > > have fun, Steve > > > > > > > > > > > >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information _______________________________________________ Leica Users Group. See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com Version: 8.0.176 / Virus Database: 270.9.18/1849 - Release Date: 12/15/2008 9:01 AM