Anything Outdoors!!!

[letsdothis]

7 hours ago, letsdothis said:

On 6/25/2018 at 11:43 PM, Foamy T. Squirrel said:

Does this count? Ten virtual pecans to whoever guesses the location first. It was the weekend before last, and the weather was perfect.

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On 6/26/2018 at 1:44 AM, letsdothis said:

Is that Half Dome in the reflection? In Yellowstone National Park?

I should have said I answered one question. I still don't know if it's
Half Dome or not.

[Foamy T. Squirrel]

9 hours ago, letsdothis said:

 

I'm gonna guess, since I haven't seen 10 little digital pecans come
rolling across my screen, that my answer wasn't correct? Was I
even close?

I answered my own question.  When I looked it up,  I found that Half
Dome is in Yosemite, not Yellowstone. Was Half Dome right, at least?

Yep, and that's Mirror Lake in Yosemite.  So dig into the pecan stash all you want...

[letsdothis]

21 minutes ago, Foamy T. Squirrel said:

Yep, and that's Mirror Lake in Yosemite.  So dig into the pecan stash all you want...

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I love pecans! Thanks.

[ashleyxyz]

1 hour ago, letsdothis said:

I love pecans! Thanks.

Good guess, have you been there?

[ashleyxyz]

1 hour ago, Foamy T. Squirrel said:

Yep, and that's Mirror Lake in Yosemite.  So dig into the pecan stash all you want...

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Is that a photo you took Foamy?

[letsdothis]

4 hours ago, ashleyxyz said:

Good guess, have you been there?

I actually was there for a weekend in the 70s. We stayed in a cabin
in the park and it was beautiful - the park, not the cabin.

We normally spent a couple weeks on Carribean islands and once
took a two-week, Carribean cruise, but that year we spent three 
weeks driving south on the California coast road, Hwy 1, from San
Francisco to San Diego stopping at whatever hotel we came upon
each night.

We rented a car in SF and spent two days there. The second day,
we drove a little north to visit Muir Woods, a Giant Redwood tree
park. Now, THAT was simply breathtaking. It was so gorgeous and
so majestic. And, even though I loved being there, unfortunately, I
think I was too young at the time to truly appreciate how simply
awesome and beautiful it was and what it meant to stand among
those gigantic and ancient trees.

Now, I can honestly say I could spend the rest of my life living in
Muir Woods, if they'd let me...and if I could get an Internet
connection. 😊 Looking back, I think that may have been my
favorite part of the trip.

The third week we spent in SD, which is a story in itself, because
I spent the entire week in a hotel room, totally blind. The last day,
I did get to visit the zoo, but one eye was still patched and I
couldn't focus on anything. It was awful.

[ashleyxyz]

1 hour ago, letsdothis said:

I actually was there for a weekend in the 70s. We stayed in a cabin
in the park and it was beautiful - the park, not the cabin.

We normally spent a couple weeks on Carribean islands and once
took a two-week, Carribean cruise, but that year we spent three 
weeks driving south on the California coast road, Hwy 1, from San
Francisco to San Diego stopping at whatever hotel we came upon
each night.

We rented a car in SF and spent two days there. The second day,
we drove a little north to visit Muir Woods, a Giant Redwood tree
park. Now, THAT was simply breathtaking. It was so gorgeous and
so majestic. And, even though I loved being there, unfortunately, I
think I was too young at the time to truly appreciate how simply
awesome and beautiful it was and what it meant to stand among
those gigantic and ancient trees.

Now, I can honestly say I could spend the rest of my life living in
Muir Woods, if they'd let me...and if I could get an Internet
connection. 😊 Looking back, I think that may have been my
favorite part of the trip.

The third week we spent in SD, which is a story in itself, because
I spent the entire week in a hotel room, totally blind. The last day,
I did get to visit the zoo, but one eye was still patched and I
couldn't focus on anything. It was awful.

It looks Gorgeous! What happened in San Diego. Bad moonshine?  We're planning a trip in Sept somewhere, maybe Yellowstone, maybe an island.

[Foamy T. Squirrel]

I did the Mirror Lake photo two weeks ago. I didn't do the pecan photo. I haven't got the patience to be artsy with them since they'd be gone before I could do the creative artwork on the layout.

[letsdothis]

3 hours ago, ashleyxyz said:

It looks Gorgeous! What happened in San Diego. Bad moonshine?  We're planning a trip in Sept somewhere, maybe Yellowstone, maybe an island.

On the drive from the final hotel down to SD, my eyes started itching and,
of course, I kept rubbing them to relieve the itch, not knowing there was
really something wrong. I didn't realize until I got to the Ophthalmologist,
that during the cleaning process the night before, something had gotten
on my soft contacts. It scratched my corneas so badly, the doctor had to
patch both eyes so they could heal.

I missed everything in SD, including a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico. I couldn't
even watch TV in the hotel room. All I could do was sit there and twiddle
my thumbs. I could barely see the animals at the zoo on the last day.

If my girlfriend hadn't been with me or if something had happened to her
while she was sightseeing the area alone, I'd have been up-the-creek.

Thankfully, there was no permanent damage. Once they healed it was
like it had never happened.

[ashleyxyz]

1 hour ago, letsdothis said:

On the drive from the final hotel down to SD, my eyes started itching and,
of course, I kept rubbing them to relieve the itch, not knowing there was
really something wrong. I didn't realize until I got to the Ophthalmologist,
that during the cleaning process the night before, something had gotten
on my soft contacts. It scratched my corneas so badly, the doctor had to
patch both eyes so they could heal.

I missed everything in SD, including a day trip to Tijuana, Mexico. I couldn't
even watch TV in the hotel room. All I could do was sit there and twiddle
my thumbs. I could barely see the animals at the zoo on the last day.

If my girlfriend hadn't been with me or if something had happened to her
while she was sightseeing the area alone, I'd have been up-the-creek.

Thankfully, there was no permanent damage. Once they healed it was
like it had never happened.

Wow, sounds really scary!

[ashleyxyz]

1 hour ago, Foamy T. Squirrel said:

I did the Mirror Lake photo two weeks ago. I didn't do the pecan photo. I haven't got the patience to be artsy with them since they'd be gone before I could do the creative artwork on the layout.

Really Beautiful! I love mountains! Backpacking and camping in all weather, and skiing in cold weather. I'm just drawn to them since my Dad started taking us to the Adirondacks in NY when i was a kid. 

[letsdothis]

3 hours ago, ashleyxyz said:

Wow, sounds really scary!

It wasn't much fun. 😊