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From: "Joe Scheese" <scheesjl2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Olympus Mailing List" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, 20 August, 2003 09:35 PM
Subject: [OM] Trip to Canada - Looking for: what to see; kit advise,
specifically tripod
> My company is sending me on the grand tour of Canada. I start in Prince
> Edwards Island and finish at The Grand Okanagan Lake Front Resort in
> Kelowna, BC. I have managed 4 days free time at the start, so the wife
can
> join me on PEI. Once I leave PEI I have no free time until I'm finished
> work in Kelowna. I'm planning on taking up to 6 days and heading to Lake
> Louise. The wife will meet me there.
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We lived very close to Kelowna for eight years, before that for twelve in
Calgary and know the Kelowna / Banff / Lake Louise areas very well. Since
then we shifted four time zones east and are now within an hour of Prince
Edward Island and have visited there several times.
If you would like any specific recommendations on places to visit,
restaurants at which to eat, wineries to visit [British Columbia produces
reds and whites that will equal anything produced in California, Oregon or
Washington except Zinfandels!], roads to travel, hiking trails to walk,
viewpoints to visit, etc please let me know.
You will have plenty of OM photo opportunities. Ensure that you take a
polarizing filter ........ absolutely essential.
The major forest fire has so far destroyed about 250 homes in Kelowna but is
burning on the eastern edge of the city. If the fire reaches the Lake Front
Resort a city of 100,000+ will have been substantially destroyed and then
your visit there will almost certainly be cancelled. To date I doubt you
have anything to worry about.
John Hudson
The only thing I'm committed to do is
> take the wife on a 3 day, 2 night horseback ride through the Rockies.
(Yes,
> I should probably should be committed.) For the record, the horseback
> riding is here hobby, the OM's are my hobby and because I have to make
this
> trip for the company and our 25th anniversary occurs during this trip, the
> wife gets to come along and has a BIG say in what we do. I do have a one
> day layover in Toronto that is free. I'm looking for those "must do" type
> things for PEI, and the Lake Louise areas. Any thoughts?
>
> Kit Advise: I can carry any body from an OM1n to a OM4T. I also have a
> very broad select of Zuiko prime and zoom lenses, and a few after market
> lenses. For the horseback, I was thinking the OM4T, Vivitar 35-105 S1
zoom,
> Zuiko 50mm, an XA and a small light weight tripod (more on the tripod
> later). I choose these for the ride because, while I would miss them
> dearly, they are expendable if I came off the horse. Suggestions on
> equipment for the other plans would be welcome. I would like to limit
> myself to one backpack type bag and a tripod.
>
> Tripod: I do travel a lot on business and since 9/11 I haven't even tried
> to take a tripod. I'm looking for something that folded up is about 17
> inches. Weight is not an issue. I'll be putting it in checked luggage.
> I'm thinking of the Gitzo G-1026 Weekend Compact Performance Tripod. I
will
> also need a head. I was thinking of a ball mount. Any advise in this
area
> would be very helpful.
>
> Any and all suggestions would be welcomed.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>
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