Rail line at sunset in bird country

[Dean Romig]

Those are some really nice pictures Jack. You're right - we hunters see nature at its grandest and some of the very best sights we see are when we don't have a camera along. I've taken to carrying a camera on as many outings as I can. I just hate to lose that opportunity for a Kodak Moment.

I think you need some mountains out there Jack.

These pictures are from the doorway of "Grouse Camp" in Vermont at sunrise.
The first picture is a zoom of Mt. Washington over in New Hampshire's Presidential Range. Look closely to see the weather observatory on the peak at the right. The highest winds ever recorded in North America were recorded there at something like 252 m.p.h.
The second picture is the same but not zoomed and you can see the trees on Toot Hill.
The third picture is of Mt LaFayette about thirty miles SW of Mt Washington. Austin lives about another forty miles SW of Mt LaFayette.



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[TARNATION !!!]

Beautiful Dean, mind you I now sleep through the sunrises
I do love mountain country. Grew up in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains but now I'm a prairie boy that can enjoy both worlds. As a boy, I could find roosters just a bit north east of here. In fact, my first "wing shot" rooster was taken there (as a boy, I was not adverse to ground sluicing a rooster and missed most anything in the air. Made me really appreciate how my Dad was able to knock everything out of the sky he pulled on. I'm still a 50/50 wing shot with occasional flirtation with greatness 70/30). Dad was also a taxidermist, so I still have my first fair rooster gracing a cement wall in the man cave. When this guy dropped, I couldn't believe it finally had happened for me. I was on my way to moving the addiction up a notch.

Cheers,
Jack