Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2019/12/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]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 http://www.frozenlight.eu <http://www.frozenlight.eu/> http:// <http://www.greatpix.eu/>www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws <http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws>Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ <http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/> Cycling: http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator <http://www.crazyguyonabike.com/belgiangator> YNWA > 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 > > ?The Human Genome Project has proved Darwin more right than Darwin himself > would ever have dared dream.? James D. Watson > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information