Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/01/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Steve, on that ride from Idaho side over Teton Crest trail, we rode down Crystal Canyon right to Jenny's Lake. All that was there then were a few cabins that have since become the Jenny Lake Lodge. We camped our first night right there on the shore, not 20 feet from the Lake. Pristine and completely empty. Very grateful I have been able to experience the mountain west when it was still fairly close to its state when first seen by the fur trapper 'mountain men'. But Lord, I begin to feel old! ;-) Seth ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Barbour" <kididdoc@cox.net> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... > > On Jan 27, 2009, at 2:09 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: > >> Nathan, the correct name is/was Jackson's Hole, so called after a >> beaver fur trapper of the same name who made the area his principal >> place of business. West across the Tetons on the Idaho side was >> called Pierre's Hole, after a French-Canadian voyageur trapper who >> called that area home. As a boy, I worked on a ranch on Idaho side >> for two summers before there was a Grand Teton National Park. At the >> end of each summer, Jack Young, the ranch owner, took us kids on a >> two-week horseback pack trip through the Tetons and the Yellowstone. >> I first entered Jackson's Hole from Idaho side over Teton Crest >> trail on the back of a 2-year-old Apaloosa colt (not gelding) named >> Apache. Loved that horse so much I wrote my dad, pleading for him to >> lend me some money so I could buy the animal and transport him back >> to New York ;-) >> >> God's country. > > > and one of the most profoundly beautiful places there is Jenny Lake... > > I may try to dig out a couple of photos of that place... > > > Steve >> >> >> Despoiled by the central bankers. >> >> even more by the ex-vice-president whom some may remember is from >> Wyoming. >> >> Seth >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" <photo@frozenlight.eu >> > >> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:07 PM >> Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... >> >> >>> Hate to tell you this, but the only reason the name "Jackson Hole" >>> rings a bell with me and most other economists in the world is that >>> it >>> is the site of the annual love-in of central bankers... >>> >>> Nathan Wajsman >>> Alicante, Spain >>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>> >>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 27, 2009, at 8:40 PM, Seth Rosner wrote: >>> >>>> they're there, Nathan, they're there! In the Snake River, even at >>>> low 'tide'. It's just that for our purposes, this Teton country >>>> dates from two centuries ago, the euro didn't exist, the yen was >>>> unknown and bank notes didn't make their way this far west. Money >>>> took the form of beaver pelts and horses. >>>> >>>> Seth >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nathan Wajsman" >>>> <photo@frozenlight.eu >>>> > >>>> To: "Leica Users Group" <lug@leica-users.org> >>>> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2009 2:12 PM >>>> Subject: Re: [Leica] the west.... >>>> >>>> >>>>> I expected Jackson Hole to be all strewn with dollar, yen, euro and >>>>> perhaps pound bills ;-) >>>>> >>>>> Nathan Wajsman >>>>> Alicante, Spain >>>>> http://www.frozenlight.eu >>>>> http://www.greatpix.eu >>>>> http://www.nathanfoto.com >>>>> >>>>> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0 >>>>> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws >>>>> Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Jan 25, 2009, at 12:55 AM, Steve Barbour wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> two more images, these from the Jackson Hole, Wyoming and Tetons >>>>>> area... >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/tetons.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/barbour/PAW+2009/ >>>>>> birdtetons.jpg.html >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> I believe these were taken with a Leica R8, >>>>>> >>>>>> the first one with a lux 50mm and the second with the Elmarit 19 >>>>>> mm /2.8 2nd version. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> many thanks for your interest in these, >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> 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 >>>> >>>> >>>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> No virus found in this incoming message. >>>> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >>>> Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.14/1918 - Release Date: >>>> 01/27/09 07:26:00 >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> 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 - www.avg.com >> Version: 8.0.233 / Virus Database: 270.10.14/1918 - Release Date: >> 01/27/09 07:26:00 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. 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