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Post by Deleted on Jul 17, 2010 20:00:14 GMT -5
Just got back from aq four-day trip to the mountains about 150 miles north of where we live. McCall is popular vacation spot. Back in the 1930s the movie "Northwest Passage," starring Spencer Tracy, was shot in and around Payette Lake. All shot with Nikon D50 and 18-70 Nikkor zoom lens.  Payette Lake with McCall, Idaho in Background.  Our camp--our trailer and brother-in-law's motor home. It wouldn't seem like home without a pink flamingo in the yard.   Mountains north of McCall which were hit by a forest fire several decades ago.  Sara, Granddaughter Grace and Asher the dog in the old mining town of Warren, about 50 miles north of McCall.  A local resident enjoying lunch. Wayne |
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Post by daveh on Jul 18, 2010 2:56:22 GMT -5
It looks to have been a nice blue sky. Do you do fishing, and if so did you catch anything? I presume Warren is still inhabited.
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Post by nikonbob on Jul 18, 2010 7:42:56 GMT -5
Ain't retirement grand! Sure looks like you are enjoying it.
Bob
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Post by photax on Jul 18, 2010 10:22:25 GMT -5
Hi Wayne ! Great pictures, must have been a fine vacation. I like the pink flamingo ! And i always thought the " Northwest Passage " is somewhere in the Arctic Ocean  . MIK |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 18, 2010 11:05:14 GMT -5
Normally we fish but on this trip we didn't. For some reason Payette Lake isn't that great for fishing even though the water is cold and it is pretty much pollution free. Warren is inhabited although the only way to reach it in the winter is by snow mobile. A fellow Sara taught school with was raised in Warren and he still owns the family homestead (on left in the photo).
I always thought "Northwest Passage" was a strange name for the movie which was actually about A group called Roger's Rangers who were sort of the original commandos--Americans fighting with the British against the French during the French and Indian War. At the end of the movie Rogers, the leader, says he's going to go west to find the Northwest Passage--which he didn't. However he was related to William Clark of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, which explored all the way the America's Pacific Coast in the early 1800s.
Wayne
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Post by Randy on Jul 18, 2010 11:38:46 GMT -5
Looks great Wayne. I miss camping. The camper hasn't left the yard in 4 years.
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Post by mickeyobe on Jul 18, 2010 18:52:08 GMT -5
Splendid pictures, Wayne and what a gorgeous country. I haven't been camping since my kids were teenagers. The youngest is now 50. And our beloved canoe is no more. Would you please inhale the scents of the trees and campfires for me. Mickey  |
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