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Photo Safari Scheduled for Bannack, Montana - Upd
Dec 03, 2004 Hi Everyone, This three day event will start early on Sunday morning, March 20th, and end Tuesday evening March 22nd. Three days of fun and adventure exploring the first town built in Montana, and, it has one of the most colorful histories of any of the Old West towns. From Lewis and Clark, to crooked sheriffs, to gold mining, this town has a legacy of stories still being discovered today. So mark your calendars, order your film, pack you bags and join us for three days in Montana's Big Sky Country. When Motels There are the obvious reasons for going to the "King" of the ghost towns. With so many buildings to photograph including the hotel, school, Governors home, etc., and a few old vehicles, fences, etc., you won't run out of subjects. Close-ups of wall paper, door knobs, architectural details, and lots of board walks to add to your list of subjects. There is a still a functioning merry-go-round . . . sorry you can't ride it. Since the town is so large, and, we have access to the insides of several of the buildings, we are making this a two day safari to Bannack. Doing it this way will enable everyone to get plenty of images without having to rush or wait for other photographers to finish. On the third day, Tuesday, we will be traveling to the north to Anaconda, then to Southern Cross and finally on to Phillipsburg. Each of these places has distinct characteristics indicative to their roll in the mining and settling of western Montana. We recommend
that everyone bring lots of film, camera batteries, digital memory cards,
camera accouterments, etc.. Being high in the Rocky Mountains the weather
and the light changes rapidly giving us many exceptional opportunities
for creating award winning photographs, you don't want to be caught
short handed on film and batteries. You may want to bracket your exposures
which will use a great deal of film, so bring more than you think you'll
need. Our goal is to help you create the best images possible, hopefully they will all be award winning. The first two days will be focused on photographing as much as possible in Bannack, then we're off to Anaconda where the smoke stack there is visible many miles before we arrive. After Anaconda
we going to Southern Cross a great mining area with large buildings
with a great vista including a lake in the distance. Then were off again
going to Phillipsburg where the candy store is a delight on many levels
(no pun intended here) including the balcony. This sweet little town
has been updated in a historic way that begs to be photographed. Many
colorful buildings, shops, Court House, etc. to photograph. From here
we'll say our good byes and wish all a safe return home. The Montana
Parks Service has been very gracious in extending their welcome to us
for this event and have been more than amicable in working with us in
planning this safari. We couldn't be this organized without their generous
help. The dining in Dillon is varied with many different flavors of local cooking to please the most discerning palate with a modest budget. On Tuesday morning our travels will be taking us northwest of Butte, Montana where the terrain and scenes are in wonderful contrast to Bannack. Our caravan of vehicles will take us through forests and plains where the Bannack Indians once freely roamed and not far from where Lewis and Clark met with Sacajawea. Western Montana is rich in history and gold mining. The itinerary
will be sent two weeks prior to the event via e-mail. Per Person
$220.00 (if enrolled and paid by February 5, 2005) ghosttownsafari@skyride.net
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