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Willi wrote:
rw wrote: Also, I was thinking of going into Ketchum (but didn't -- another 20 miles, or 40 round-trip). You were thinking about going an EXTRA 40 miles!!! Willi I was, if I could think of a good reason, but I couldn't. The best I could come up with was getting a good restaurant meal, and that wasn't enough. Stanley is sixty miles from anywhere, and 120 miles from a city of any size (Boise or Twin Falls). That's one thing that made my cabin renovation so difficult. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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rw wrote:
Willi wrote: rw wrote: Also, I was thinking of going into Ketchum (but didn't -- another 20 miles, or 40 round-trip). You were thinking about going an EXTRA 40 miles!!! Willi I was, if I could think of a good reason, but I couldn't. The best I could come up with was getting a good restaurant meal, and that wasn't enough. Stanley is sixty miles from anywhere, and 120 miles from a city of any size (Boise or Twin Falls). That's one thing that made my cabin renovation so difficult. You're talking about cross country skiing right? Willi |
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Willi wrote:
You're talking about cross country skiing right? Willi Right. I'd have to go the extra 20 miles to Sun Valley for downhill skiing, and then pay $79 for a lift ticket. It's am excellent mountain. I do it a few times a year, when I have good company, but I prefer XC skate skiing on well groomed trails, where I can take Bee, my Border Collie. She adores it. There are always lots of other skiers with dogs. It becomes an interesting social scene. Normally, we have well groomed trails close to Stanley, about six miles out, but this is (so far) a low-snow year here, so I have to go over the hill. It's a long drive and sometimes treacherous, dodging deer and elk and red foxes on icy roads. I don't like driving 80 miles round-trip to skate ski, but that's what I'm stuck with for the time being. I'll ski for an hour and a half. I'm planning to go tomorrow. I'll take my cell-phone/camera, and I might even drive to Ketchum for a restaurant meal, and then return home to see my honey who's returning from her job in Challis. Then it's off to California to see my kids for Christmas and New Year, and them back to Stanley for more skiing and hockey. It's maybe a strange life for some, but I'm enjoying it in my retirement. Not bad at all. I used to do the traditional diagonal-stride XC skiing, but I don't like it nearly as much as skating. Skating is a tremendous aerobic workout, and you can go fast. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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Willi wrote:
jeff wrote: rw wrote: jeff wrote: rw wrote: ... just south of Galena Pass, taken with my cell-phone camera while XC skiing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ neat...if that's a cell phone, hope you'll take the good camera along next x-country. jeff I'm more tempted to take along a pack rod. The river is too small to fish at that spot, but downstream near Ketchum and Hailey the XC trails cover some pretty good looking holes. yeah...but i can't enjoy the fishing, while your photos provide a semblence of a shared experience. so...take the pack rod and the camera. g jeff What I can't figure out is why he would want a cell phone when he was going skiing and/or fishing out in the country. Willi given the thread over in roff, and in that context, that's funny and a bit wicked (assuming your tongue is in cheek, with grin). like me, steve's getting old.g unlike me, he's in superb physical condition. rachel insists i carry the phone with me for safety purposes. last one i took on a fishing trip off lookout a few weeks ago...it was very rough and i got very wet. so did the phone, and it was killed graveyard dead. she just bought another one for me...this one takes pictures too. we'll see how long it lives. jeff jeff |
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jeff wrote:
Willi wrote: What I can't figure out is why he would want a cell phone when he was going skiing and/or fishing out in the country. Willi given the thread over in roff, and in that context, that's funny and a bit wicked (assuming your tongue is in cheek, with grin). I was pulling Steve's chain based on that. like me, steve's getting old.g unlike me, he's in superb physical condition. rachel insists i carry the phone with me for safety purposes. last one i took on a fishing trip off lookout a few weeks ago...it was very rough and i got very wet. so did the phone, and it was killed graveyard dead. she just bought another one for me...this one takes pictures too. we'll see how long it lives. Yeah, he is in good shape but what I thought he was saying is that he was thinking of skiing another 40 miles! And he ain't in that good of shape. Susan tells me the same when I go off by myself. I dislike the impact of cell phones and I don't carry one but I also don't think there is any reception where I go. I don't have to worry about getting calls on the one I own. No one, not even me, knows the number. PS Haven't been fishing because of the ice but I attached the obligatory pic of a "fisherman" I came across last week. Willi |
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Willi wrote:
Yeah, he is in good shape but what I thought he was saying is that he was thinking of skiing another 40 miles! And he ain't in that good of shape. No way! However, I do plan on skiing the 31 km Harriman Trail from Galena to the SNRA headquarters near Ketchum this winter. It follows the Big Wood downstream. The other direction is harder. Susan tells me the same when I go off by myself. I dislike the impact of cell phones and I don't carry one but I also don't think there is any reception where I go. I don't have to worry about getting calls on the one I own. No one, not even me, knows the number. This is actually my first cell phone. (I used to have a satellite phone.) I don't use it very much as a phone, but when I do need it I find it very handy, especially when traveling. I more often use the iPod and YouTube features in the gym, and the map and Safari (browser) features are very useful for finding things in unfamiliar cities. PS Haven't been fishing because of the ice but I attached the obligatory pic of a "fisherman" I came across last week. Cool. -- Cut "to the chase" for my email address. |
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Willi wrote:
jeff wrote: Willi wrote: What I can't figure out is why he would want a cell phone when he was going skiing and/or fishing out in the country. Willi given the thread over in roff, and in that context, that's funny and a bit wicked (assuming your tongue is in cheek, with grin). I was pulling Steve's chain based on that. like me, steve's getting old.g unlike me, he's in superb physical condition. rachel insists i carry the phone with me for safety purposes. last one i took on a fishing trip off lookout a few weeks ago...it was very rough and i got very wet. so did the phone, and it was killed graveyard dead. she just bought another one for me...this one takes pictures too. we'll see how long it lives. Yeah, he is in good shape but what I thought he was saying is that he was thinking of skiing another 40 miles! And he ain't in that good of shape. Susan tells me the same when I go off by myself. I dislike the impact of cell phones and I don't carry one but I also don't think there is any reception where I go. I don't have to worry about getting calls on the one I own. No one, not even me, knows the number. PS Haven't been fishing because of the ice but I attached the obligatory pic of a "fisherman" I came across last week. Willi ------------------------------------------------------------------------ excellent photo...but, did you take it with your phone? g btw, any new ideas on the wilderness thing? i'm at a dead end. also...let me know if you have an interest in the oct-nov carolina sal****er. i'm trying to get danl and cindy to visit over this way too. jeff |
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"rw" wrote in message m... jeff wrote: rw wrote: ... just south of Galena Pass, taken with my cell-phone camera while XC skiing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ neat...if that's a cell phone, hope you'll take the good camera along next x-country. jeff I'm more tempted to take along a pack rod. The river is too small to fish at that spot, but downstream near Ketchum and Hailey the XC trails cover some pretty good looking holes. So who needs a camera...just a little fiddlin with levels... Tom G |
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sorry for size of file..didn't realize that simply adjusting original file
would triple it's size "Tom G" wrote in message news:isbbj.4021$we6.3013@trndny09... "rw" wrote in message m... jeff wrote: rw wrote: ... just south of Galena Pass, taken with my cell-phone camera while XC skiing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ neat...if that's a cell phone, hope you'll take the good camera along next x-country. jeff I'm more tempted to take along a pack rod. The river is too small to fish at that spot, but downstream near Ketchum and Hailey the XC trails cover some pretty good looking holes. So who needs a camera...just a little fiddlin with levels... Tom G |
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Headwaters of the Big Wood ...
Great pic RW !~
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