[ratpack] Re: Am I nutz??
- From: Michael Wells <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2010 10:44:14 -0600
Carl,
I'd be happy to direct you to the proper location. I actually went to two
waterfalls and they're both very easy to get to. One was off of the Nebo
Loop outside of Payson, as you head up the Nebo loop you will come to a
hairpin turn and notice a turnout and a sign for a trail head. I made the
mistake of going up the first signed trail and it got me nowhere, so look
further up the road just a piece and you'll notice a second trail head and
just a short walk up the trail, maybe a 1/3 of a mile you'll be lead to
Grotto Falls.
The other water fall is in PG and you'll go up 200 south to the end of the
road, there is a fork near the water tower, stay to the right. There you'll
find a KIWI club, just park anywhere and follow the trail up the canyon.
There is a water tank in the same location and is a good landmark to keep
you headed in the right direction. I think I took exit 275 to get into
downtown PG. The odd thing about this trail is that you'll notice there is
no creek, how can you have a water fall with no creek? Well a few hundred
yards up the trail you'll see that the creek is diverted into a culvert to
take the creek through town and to Utah lake. This trail again is not long
but it is up hill so be prepared for that. I went up here for the first time
last August and was surprised at the amount of water for that late in the
year.
Enjoy your travels but in exchange for these direction I do require that you
post the results of you travels.
Dr Z
On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 10:18 AM, <humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Not one to mince words, is he, 'packers??
>
>
>
> In all of my previous ramblings, the question "? *WHY* ?" is always always
> popping up, sometimes more than once, and (naturally) often from my wife.
>
> Given the economics and storage problems, as John explained, I have not
> yet been able to find a satisfactory answer. "It just *seems *like a good
> idea!" doesn't satisfy...especially She Who Must Be Obeyed.
>
>
>
> Time for a couple more aspirin...maybe I'll go down to the basement and
> watch something calm and soothing ...Shooting & Blasting TV, perhaps.
>
>
>
> A favor, Dr. Z; I have lost the directions how to get to the waterfall you
> posted some time ago. Could you do it again, including which offramp I take
> from 1-15, and where from there? I'd hate to get lost in metro Pleasant
> Grove!
>
> Thanx. C.
>
>
>
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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Wells" <mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ratpack@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 2010 9:36:42 AM
> Subject: [ratpack] Re: Am I nutz??
>
> It seems to me that no one has answered C's original question so I will.
> Yes you are. Thank you for playing.
>
> Dr Z
>
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 8:01 AM, Larry Knight <carpixguy@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I was organizing my photo stuff the other day and stumbled onto my old
>> Pentax K1000 file camera, with telephoto lens. I don't miss it at all. It
>> took me a second or two to figure out there is no LCD screen on the back.
>> Just for fun, I pressed the shutter, oops, there is still film in it. I
>> wonder whats on it?? Might be some racing pics from Laguna in 1993. Wish I
>> could just fire it up and check the LCD screen!!! NO I am never going back
>> to film!! I don't really think of myself as young and always needing instant
>> gratification, but in the photography world, I need it!!!
>> Larr
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 11:24 PM, <humminboid@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> I keep thinking I should simplify my life, somehow, including
>>> photography.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I keep looking at the ads for film cameras, like the little Canonet or
>>> other "pocket cameras", and I keep looking at all the film cameras that are
>>> looking for a good home, being sold because people have gone to
>>> digital, don't do film anymore, and never did know how to do it right,
>>> anyhow. A lot still don't know how to do good digital, either, but now they
>>> can do it faster than ever and more of it.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I used to be able to do photography and darkroom work pretty well, and
>>> the small 35mm cameras with f/1.8-2.8 lenses beat the digitals all hollow
>>> when you are trying to photograph small, active kids, or anything else that
>>> moves. ALL the small digitals all have shutter lag. Some are better than
>>> others, but they all have it, no matter what you try! And all the darkroom
>>> stuff I have in my basement!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I keep thinking of buying a Crown Graphic 4X5, or a Bushman Press Camera
>>> for the lens movement, or a Rolleiflex or Yashica MAT, and using it as a
>>> field camera, for large, tack-sharp enlargements. So far, I have taken a
>>> couple of aspirin, and laid down in a dark, quiet room, and the urge has
>>> gone away.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> That is not simplification!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I keep thinking I ought to buy a film camera for old time's sake, but one
>>> that has the newer technology, like autofocus, matrix
>>> metering and different modes, plus manual, because they brought photography
>>> out of the dark ages, as far as I am concerned. I dearly love those
>>> upgrades, and the camera should be able to use my lenses,(probably
>>> will...it'll be a Nikon!) which will be a complete circle for the
>>> 70-210, "Iron Duke"...bought 20+ years ago for my 6006, which I dearly
>>> loved. It's still sharp and going strong!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I say that, then I go and buy a new lens, the 70-300 VR, which I say will
>>> be my racing car-air show-animal-bird lens. So far, it's proving that at
>>> 450mm equivalent, hand held, the sharpness is there. And I am not a steady
>>> as I once was, darn it!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Soooo... what's a guy to do? Halp!
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Z
> aka Michael Wells
> MCWells Photography
> mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx
> 801-850-7279
>
--
Dr. Z
aka Michael Wells
MCWells Photography
mcwellsphoto@xxxxxxxxx
801-850-7279
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