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Xeric
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Sep 30, 2009 - 8:05pm |
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Alexandra wrote:*SPOILER ALERT for those who are still watching it* I was really saddened by the fate of the young newlywed couple who went down the Colorado. I mean, I know how they went about it wasn't the smartest, but I wanted their courage and sense of daring to be rewarded somehow. Interesting that their bodies were never recovered—and their boat was in good shape. Maybe aliens beamed them up.
And that poor Mossa....with no family when he died.
Glen and Bessie Hyde's story is well known in river circles . . . and despite their errors, they seem to be cut a lot of slack from a community often quite harsh in its judgment of mistakes. I think that slack-cutting is for the reasons you imply, Alexandra—they had such a spirit of pure adventure. It's most likely, of course, that they were both thrown out and drowned, but hey, maybe it was aliens. . . . I loved the story of the couple who saw so many parks from their new Buicks . . . and her last sad trip alone. Sigh.
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Alexandra
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Sep 30, 2009 - 7:58pm |
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Xeric wrote:Wow. Really great stuff. It is the particular genius of Burns or PBS to find and share such touching and relevant personal stories. Wonderful stuff.
*SPOILER ALERT for those who are still watching it* I was really saddened by the fate of the young newlywed couple who went down the Colorado. I mean, I know how they went about it wasn't the smartest, but I wanted their courage and sense of daring to be rewarded somehow. Interesting that their bodies were never recovered—and their boat was in good shape. Maybe aliens beamed them up.
And that poor Mossa....with no family when he died.
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Xeric
Location: Montana Gender:
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Sep 30, 2009 - 7:55pm |
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Wow. Really great stuff. It is the particular genius of Burns or PBS to find and share such touching and relevant personal stories. Wonderful stuff.
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ScottFromWyoming
Location: Powell Gender:
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Sep 30, 2009 - 7:51pm |
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Alexandra wrote:Well here's to John D. Rockefeller Jr. I had NO idea his generosity had such a hand in so many parks. The Rockefellers continue the legacy today, too.
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muzik
Location: Montana Gender:
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Sep 30, 2009 - 7:47pm |
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Alexandra wrote:Well here's to John D. Rockefeller Jr. I had NO idea his generosity had such a hand in so many parks. They did the Smokies tonight....and Asheville! Can't wait to be there in October!!! I didn't know of his generosity, either. Amazing show!
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Alexandra
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Sep 30, 2009 - 7:32pm |
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Well here's to John D. Rockefeller Jr. I had NO idea his generosity had such a hand in so many parks. They did the Smokies tonight....and Asheville! Can't wait to be there in October!!!
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Sep 28, 2009 - 9:13pm |
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Rod wrote:I'd love to! The only time I've actually stayed there, a friend and I were on an adventure, deciding on where to go as we went. We ended up in Yosemite on a weekend and couldn't get a campsite anywhere, so we deided to go on a hike and deal with lodging later. As we finished the hike at sunset, we met 2 young women. We talked for a while, told them of our dilemma and that we were having to leave and they insisted we share their campsite. Niiiiiiiiice.
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Sep 28, 2009 - 9:10pm |
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Rod wrote:I'd love to! The only time I've actually stayed there, a friend and I were on an adventure, deciding on where to go as we went. We ended up in Yosemite on a weekend and couldn't get a campsite anywhere, so we deided to go on a hike and deal with lodging later. As we finished the hike at sunset, we met 2 young women. We talked for a while, told them of our dilemma and that we were having to leave and they insisted we share their campsite. Hubba, if not to say, hubba.
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Rod
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Sep 28, 2009 - 9:08pm |
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Alexandra wrote:My plan is springtime. I was there in September, and many of the waterfalls weren't gushing. Spring—-just after the snow melt and when all the wildflowers bloom. Wanna go with me??? EDIT: BHD...GMTA! I'd love to! The only time I've actually stayed there, a friend and I were on an adventure, deciding on where to go as we went. We ended up in Yosemite on a weekend and couldn't get a campsite anywhere, so we deided to go on a hike and deal with lodging later. As we finished the hike at sunset, we met 2 young women. We talked for a while, told them of our dilemma and that we were having to leave and they insisted we share their campsite.
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Sep 28, 2009 - 9:03pm |
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Alexandra wrote:No, no...I meant sorry that I fed him. BHD: Yes it would! Although, is there enough room for guests in a Yurt with 2 people and a child? Probably not, but we do have a tent. A'me would welcome us no matter what. And we miss her.
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Sep 28, 2009 - 9:01pm |
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bokey wrote:Aww, C'mon.I dinnit mean you. No, no...I meant sorry that I fed him. BHD: Yes it would! Although, is there enough room for guests in a Yurt with 2 people and a child?
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bokey
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Sep 28, 2009 - 9:00pm |
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Alexandra wrote: Oh. Oops. *puts away the bread crumbs*
I haven't been around much, sorry.
Aww, C'mon. I dinnit mean you.
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:56pm |
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Alexandra wrote:My plan is springtime. I was there in September, and many of the waterfalls weren't gushing. Spring—-just after the snow melt and when all the wildflowers bloom. Wanna go with me??? EDIT: BHD...GMTA! Indeed! I want to go back with hobbitt someday. And our niece lives just outside the park. In a yurt. With her husband and three children - including their new baby. It would be cool to visit with her, too.
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:54pm |
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Rod wrote: Visit Yosemite during the offseason, with much smaller crowds.
My plan is springtime. I was there in September, and many of the waterfalls weren't gushing. Spring—-just after the snow melt and when all the wildflowers bloom. Wanna go with me??? EDIT: BHD...GMTA!
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Rod
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:54pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote: I went to Yosemite, solo, in the fall of 1993, as part of my "world tour."
There are no words to describe it. And I only saw the valley.
I tend to forget the magnitude of these places; just how profoundly they affect me, until I get there and am once again just overwhelmed.
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:52pm |
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Rod wrote: We're only a few hours away from some of the largest trees on earth. Shameful that I've stayed away so long.
Visit Yosemite during the offseason, with much smaller crowds.
Yes, but make it spring if you want to see the waterfalls. I went in early November that year for three days. Most of the falls were mere trickles. But the rock faces were as majestic as they could possibly be. And watching people wake up in their suspended tents (high on the face of El Capitan) before their 2nd day of climbing was pretty intense, too.
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Rod
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:49pm |
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Alexandra wrote:I know, right? I mean, I went to Muir Woods (again) in 06—-but I've never truly gone to Yosemite as a destination. Maybe next year! We're only a few hours away from some of the largest trees on earth. Shameful that I've stayed away so long. Visit Yosemite during the offseason, with much smaller crowds.
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:48pm |
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BlueHeronDruid wrote: I went to Yosemite, solo, in the fall of 1993, as part of my "world tour."
There are no words to describe it. And I only saw the valley.
Exactly what the one commentator said when he saw a woman just standing in the meadow, speechless. Just going, "Oh. Oh my" over and over.
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Alexandra
Location: PNW Gender:
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:47pm |
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bokey wrote: Kill all the trolls
Oh. Oops. *puts away the bread crumbs* I haven't been around much, sorry.
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BlueHeronDruid
Location: Заебани сме луѓе
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Sep 28, 2009 - 8:45pm |
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Alexandra wrote:I know, right? I mean, I went to Muir Woods (again) in 06—-but I've never truly gone to Yosemite as a destination. Maybe next year! I went to Yosemite, solo, in the fall of 1993, as part of my "world tour." There are no words to describe it. And I only saw the valley.
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