Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/05/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill, Denver is also close to Rocky Mountain National Park where LHSA members can even take a photograph or two. Would it not be great to have a practical sessions and give our legs and cameras an opportunity to do their thing. Best of light, Chris At 09:28 AM 4/30/97 -0400, you wrote: >Bill, > >Denver is a great town and an excellect location for LHSA '98. I attended my >first LHSA meeting in Arizona last October. Though I was pleased with the >accomodations and enjoyed the events, I must say the location of the hotel >was a great dissapointment. It was quite a ways from the center of town and >on a main street with strip malls and shopping centers. Having never been to >Tuscon, I would have thought an location that better repesented the flavor >and character of the host city would have been more appropriate. We did rent >a car and took an afternoon to drive into town. We went to the city hall >area where there were many historical buildings with interesting things to >see. Much to our surprise there was the annual Taste of Nations (or >something like that) festival going on fthe same weekend -- music, food, >people... It was a great opportunity to sample the flavor of the host city. > This all occured accross the street of a large downtown chain hotel. If we >hadn't rented the car, I would have been to Tuscon and wouldn't have known >anymore about it than before. > >Denver is a great walking town. There is the street mall that goes for 15-20 >blocks with mini buses every 5 minutes. Plenty of excellent hotels with >things to see and do. Lotsa photo opportunities... > >In short, I would prefer to be in a part of town that is somewhat >representitive of the city's character. Anyway, Those are my thoughts >regarding a location, location, location. > >Regards, >George > >