6,666 mile C6 Mountain Tour – Long Island to Wyoming, Montana, Alberta... with PICS!
07-20-2006, 09:57 PM
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did you do the write up of touring ct about 6 mo ago. i remember a silver c6 and the author was from ny or nj .great job. what did you spend for motels , gas and food if you don't mind me asking. i would like to plan a similar trip.
07-21-2006, 01:09 AM
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Really gorgeous photos and a great write-up. Thanks for posting. Your trip was a lot like ours. We took 30 days to drive from the NCM to Seattle in our new Vette (6,733 miles), covering scenic roads all the way. I'll post photos and a description when I get a chance.
07-21-2006, 01:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Maui
...I am heading over to Kauia in about a week. Looked on line but could not find any where to rent a vette. 
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07-21-2006, 03:34 PM
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Thanks again for all the compliments on the photos, etc.
Just to answer a few of the questions... yes, that is Logan's Pass of Glacier National Park in some of the photos, and yes, that is also Chief Joseph Highway of the Beartooth Mountain Pass in some of the photos.
Later on when I have some more time I'll outline the exact roads that were used, showing where the photos were taken. But, in sum, just about any road in Wyoming or Montana noted as "scenic" in whatever altlas you have is going to be amazing. You really can't go wrong. Pick up your atlas, look for the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, the Tetons and/or Beartooth Range in Montana (not far from Yellowstone), and Glacier National Park in Montana... and all roads going through these places will be guaranteed great rides.
It's all excellent... that's why this general area is so cool... you can drive for hundreds of miles and the twisties and incredible scenery just never ends.
Just to answer a few of the questions... yes, that is Logan's Pass of Glacier National Park in some of the photos, and yes, that is also Chief Joseph Highway of the Beartooth Mountain Pass in some of the photos.
Later on when I have some more time I'll outline the exact roads that were used, showing where the photos were taken. But, in sum, just about any road in Wyoming or Montana noted as "scenic" in whatever altlas you have is going to be amazing. You really can't go wrong. Pick up your atlas, look for the Big Horn Mountains in Wyoming, the Tetons and/or Beartooth Range in Montana (not far from Yellowstone), and Glacier National Park in Montana... and all roads going through these places will be guaranteed great rides.
It's all excellent... that's why this general area is so cool... you can drive for hundreds of miles and the twisties and incredible scenery just never ends.
07-21-2006, 03:44 PM
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A few more shots below... will add to original post too.
The canyon area shots are from Wyoming, just west of the Big Horn Mountains.
The vintage bus shot... Glacier National Park uses vintages buses (originally manufactured by White) that were refurbished by Ford... they run on Propane and are in constant use everyday, climbing up and down steep mountain grades.
The canyon area shots are from Wyoming, just west of the Big Horn Mountains.
The vintage bus shot... Glacier National Park uses vintages buses (originally manufactured by White) that were refurbished by Ford... they run on Propane and are in constant use everyday, climbing up and down steep mountain grades.
07-21-2006, 05:26 PM
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I rode on one of those White Busses several years ago at Glacier. All I remember is that they were built in the late 30's with 30's technology, 
were being driven on the Going to the Sun road which has dramatic drop offs and is very narrow and the bus was driven by a 19 year old college student working a summer job! The park is one of the prettiest in the world. Not sure I would take that bus again! 
were being driven on the Going to the Sun road which has dramatic drop offs and is very narrow and the bus was driven by a 19 year old college student working a summer job! The park is one of the prettiest in the world. Not sure I would take that bus again!
07-21-2006, 08:33 PM
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Those are some of the best road shots I've ever seen
I'm jealous! would love to take a road trip through mountains like that. The winding road looks amazing and best of all no traffic. You must have had a blast.
07-24-2006, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by PillRoller
...As an advanced amateur photographer, I thought your pics were excellent and was wondering the details of the camera you used, if you don't mind sharing that info...
Camera was a Nikon D70S digital SLR with stock Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm lens. I pretty much shot in program mode the whole time, nothing fancy. I think I had the camera set to ISO 400 the whole time. Set and forget.
Most of the time the lighting conditions were terrible, either not enough natural light, or too much sun. That's the problem with landscape shots... you need to deal with whatever lighting conditions you are given. Can be frustrating.
I think the reason some of the shots came out decent is simply because the scenery itself was just so visually amazing. You almost CAN'T take a bad picture out there. Everywhere you look is just overwhelming beauty.
The only thing I can take any credit for is just spending a tiny bit of time trying to frame the shots well. In many cases, I'd cross the road and climb up a steep hillside (getting all dirty and sometimes falling on my a$$
) in attempts to get into a position that I felt would yield the "best" perspective of that particular scene... especially ones that included the car, etc.I'm actually quite new to digital photography, I still have a lot to learn about the whole digital thing. I've been using Nikon film SLRs for years and swore I'd never go digital until last fall when a photo developer lost a roll of my film... very important stuff, gone forever... I was so burned up about it I went out and bought a Nikon digital SLR a week later and my film camera hasn't been out of its case since.
07-24-2006, 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by Vet
Thanks!
Camera was a Nikon D70S digital SLR with stock Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm lens. I pretty much shot in program mode the whole time, nothing fancy. I think I had the camera set to ISO 400 the whole time. Set and forget.
Most of the time the lighting conditions were terrible, either not enough natural light, or too much sun. That's the problem with landscape shots... you need to deal with whatever lighting conditions you are given. Can be frustrating.
I think the reason some of the shots came out decent is simply because the scenery itself was just so visually amazing. You almost CAN'T take a bad picture out there. Everywhere you look is just overwhelming beauty.
The only thing I can take any credit for is just spending a tiny bit of time trying to frame the shots well. In many cases, I'd cross the road and climb up a steep hillside (getting all dirty and sometimes falling on my a$$) in attempts to get into a position that I felt would yield the "best" perspective of that particular scene... especially ones that included the car, etc.
I'm actually quite new to digital photography, I still have a lot to learn about the whole digital thing. I've been using Nikon film SLRs for years and swore I'd never go digital until last fall when a photo developer lost a roll of my film... very important stuff, gone forever... I was so burned up about it I went out and bought a Nikon digital SLR a week later and my film camera hasn't been out of its case since.
Camera was a Nikon D70S digital SLR with stock Nikkor AF-S 18-70mm lens. I pretty much shot in program mode the whole time, nothing fancy. I think I had the camera set to ISO 400 the whole time. Set and forget.
Most of the time the lighting conditions were terrible, either not enough natural light, or too much sun. That's the problem with landscape shots... you need to deal with whatever lighting conditions you are given. Can be frustrating.
I think the reason some of the shots came out decent is simply because the scenery itself was just so visually amazing. You almost CAN'T take a bad picture out there. Everywhere you look is just overwhelming beauty.
The only thing I can take any credit for is just spending a tiny bit of time trying to frame the shots well. In many cases, I'd cross the road and climb up a steep hillside (getting all dirty and sometimes falling on my a$$
) in attempts to get into a position that I felt would yield the "best" perspective of that particular scene... especially ones that included the car, etc.I'm actually quite new to digital photography, I still have a lot to learn about the whole digital thing. I've been using Nikon film SLRs for years and swore I'd never go digital until last fall when a photo developer lost a roll of my film... very important stuff, gone forever... I was so burned up about it I went out and bought a Nikon digital SLR a week later and my film camera hasn't been out of its case since.
07-24-2006, 11:31 PM
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Originally Posted by lt1george
Unreal ! Thanks for the GREAT Story and fantastic pictures. Gotta Love the USA and Corvettes.Save the Wave.>George
