Ecstasy

Arizonaheat · Posted: 6/29/2009, 2:40 pm Post subject: Ecstasy

Recently got back from an awesome road trip, taking in Mckinely, Yosemite, Redwood Forest etc. Lots of awesome hiking miles.

Pictures in gallery don't begin to do justice to the beauty that was displayed on this trip.
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desertgirl · Joined: 19 Jan 2003 Posts: 3350 Location: Chandler, AZ

Looks like a wonderful trip. Thanksfor sharing and tempting .... Smile

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gpsjoe · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 535 Location: Mesa AZ

Awesome!
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Sande J · Posted: 6/29/2009, 4:43 pm Post subject:

Love those giants....it looks like they have a very nice life! Razz

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pfredricks · Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 347 Location: Peoria, AZ

WOW Heat-

Your pics have gotten so great. Fantastic!

I guess it also helps to go to such awesome places, eh?

Thanks for sharing you journey...BTW, what kind of camera are you using?

-P
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YH · Posted: 6/30/2009, 7:50 am Post subject:

Very nice! I need a road trip.

beckett · Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Posts: 1066

Bravo! Thank you for sharing this trip with us! Love it!
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Arizonaheat · Posted: 6/30/2009, 4:31 pm Post subject:

Glad you guys enjoyed the photo's, even though that can't do justice like being there.

YH, I thought of you while hiking around Yosemite. You are the one that inspired me in the first place with your photoshow a couple years back. Next year I hope to hike the 211 miles of the John Muir, from Happy Isles to Whitney.

Pete, the Whitney photos were taken with a small 10mp Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 point and shoot. It's debut outing. It has a Leica lens and gets great reviews.
The rest of the photo's I carried around the big gun and lenses, but I'm used to it hanging around my neck. A Canon 5D Mark II.

Sande, hiking deep in the redwoods was so totally awesome I can't describe it..... Spiritual, Mystical, Magical, Surreal, Mesmerizing are just a few of the words that come to mind. When the fog is in their it is a whole different world.
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BoyNhisDog · Posted: 6/30/2009, 5:15 pm Post subject:

Stunning lenswork Kent. The John Muir is off the chart. I hiked in there years ago with a couple of friends where Jack Kerouac and his friend Gary Snyder (who turned Kerouac onto backpacking) hiked before us. Jack London hiked that same trail before them, trees to beach and back. The huge trees in the Muir woods are surreal. Your magical imagery makes me want to go back there.
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pfredricks · Joined: 10 Apr 2003 Posts: 347 Location: Peoria, AZ

Thanks for the info Kent on that Panasonic.
I filed the information away back when you wrote this.
My canon camera took one final pick of Ken (DesertBoonie) and died. I thought that was a rumor that a person could do that, but he did.

I just ordered the Panasonic Lumix DMC-ZS3 . Can't wait for it to show up. Again, great pics!
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