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Subject: [Leica] Berkeley in the '60's...Hoopa
From: Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway)
Date: Mon Oct 15 19:44:09 2007
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Your photos bring back some old memories, Gary.

Jim

Gary Todoroff wrote:

> Jim - Just in case anyone has forgotten where Hoopa is, check out:
> http://northcoastphotos.com/Lympa_2007_06_02.htm
> and the aerial photo I just posted at:
> www.northcoastphotos.com/USCGPhot/CessnaRedwoodCreek.jpg
> which is Redwood Creek, a couple of ridges from the Trinity and Klamath 
> Rivers near Hoopa and part of the country that the Indians just called 
> "Rivers" a little over a century ago.
> Fire up that VW, Jim, and stop by for a visit!
> Gary Todoroff
> Tree LUGger
> 
>> Back in 1967 I had a beard, and one night my VW Bus stopped running, 
>> (generator) so I found myself hitchhiking near the Hoopa Indian 
>> reservation in northern California.
>>
>> An old man in a pickup truck stopped for me and when we went through 
>> an area with street lights, he got a good look at me... "Hey! Are you 
>> one of them hoopers what smokes that LDO?"  I assured him that I was 
>> just a bearded school teacher, but he still seemed happy to leave me 
>> at the next gas station.
>>
>> Right Arm!
>>
>> Jim, "Farm Out" Hemenway


In reply to: Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Berkeley in the '60's...)
Message from Jim at hemenway.com (Jim Hemenway) ([Leica] Berkeley in the '60's...)
Message from kididdoc at cox.net (Steve Barbour) ([Leica] Berkeley in the '60's...)
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Message from datamaster at northcoastphotos.com (Gary Todoroff) ([Leica] Berkeley in the '60's...Hoopa)