[Leica] Best Black Friday Deal in Town

[Nathan Wajsman]

Impressive snow and tree. On this side of the Atlantic, trees are almost all farmed ones, often from places like Denmark or Norway.

Cheers,
Nathan

Nathan Wajsman

Alicante, Spain
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> On 30 Nov 2019, at 20:15, Aram via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> 
> Christmas Trees, $5, any tree on the "lot" and by lot I mean the 
> Gifford-Pinchot National Forest.  Yep.   Pick up your permit and head for 
> the hills.  This year we tried the same spot we tried last year, but the 
> going was rough.  I was not expecting so much snow, so did not put my 
> snowtires on yet.  But we managed.  Here is my wife heading down the side 
> road to the clearing where we found a nice tree last year.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/W/t/Christmas+Tree+Cutting-3857.jpg.html
> 
> Even if you don't find a tree, it is pretty in the snow.  The last few years 
> there was no snow, which made life easier, but less enjoyable.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/W/t/Christmas+Tree+Cutting-3859.jpg.html
> 
> After about 30 minutes of wandering about, we settled on this one.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/W/t/Christmas+Tree+Cutting-3862.jpg.html
> 
> We had bitten off more than we could chew. You are allowed to take trees up 
> to 15 feet, and this was under that limit, but the trunk was HUGE and the 
> tree was HEAVY.  We trimmed a few feet of the bottom and tried sledding it 
> out.  Nope.  Took another foot off and still nope.  Then another foot and we 
> were able to slowly drag it with ropes while I played dog sled.  MUSH!  My 
> new knee was up to the task, but it took about 30 minutes to drag it about 
> 100 yards.  Slowest 100 yard dash I had ever made.
> 
> Here it is on the truck ready for the trip home.
> 
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Aram/W/t/Christmas+Tree+Cutting-3863.jpg.html
> 
> Hardest I have ever worked for a tree except maybe that one year we cut a 
> big one down, but than had to haul it up hill to the truck.  Now we always 
> search uphill or level so we do not have to do that again.
> 
> It is sitting in the garage now, soaking up water.  In a few days we will 
> see if it fits in the door so we can decorate it.  It may be an outside 
> tree.
> 
> For those in other countries not familiar with Black Friday, here is a link:
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Friday_(shopping)
> 
> Comments welcome.
> Aram
> 
> Aram Langhans
> (Semi) Retired Science Teacher
> & Unemployed photographer
> 
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> would ever have dared dream.” James D. Watson 
> 
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