Southern California GTG - Jan 14-15, 2012

11/13/2011 08:12:07 PM · #1

OK, soCal types - are we going to have our own GTG, or do we want to make a radical road trip and join the noCal folks? If we do a soCal gathering, where do we want to meet? LA or SD? Thoughts?

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11/13/2011 10:55:52 PM · #2

Death Valley!

dtallakson

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11/13/2011 11:32:43 PM · #3

Road trip sounds like fun but it would leave me out ;^( Otherwise, I'm open to anything!

JulietNN

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11/17/2011 01:23:53 PM · #4

Seeing as there only seems to be 2 active members in Arizona, can I tag along , if I can make it?

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11/17/2011 01:30:03 PM · #5

As long as you keep your gear out of the ocean!

JulietNN

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11/17/2011 01:31:53 PM · #6

Aww well crap, that is the deal breaker, I am off to Texas!!! hehehe

11/17/2011 02:19:53 PM · #7

Death Valley in January has possibilities. Campsites? I can steal a motor home....

11/17/2011 02:54:44 PM · #8

Death Valley...Love this idea, Ben! This location has been on my "to do list before I die" for a long time.

Since I'm entirely clueless when it comes to camping or motor homes, here's another idea:

Stovepipe Wells

My schedule is tight though. Not sure what time I can get for vacation.

11/18/2011 12:36:18 AM · #9

It would be a weekend (Jan 14-15) - can you get some time off on the weekend??

11/18/2011 12:48:20 AM · #10

Originally posted by Melethia:

It would be a weekend (Jan 14-15) - can you get some time off on the weekend??

Okay...let me see what I can work out...;-)

11/18/2011 01:09:03 AM · #11

OK - do we have a mild consensus on Death Valley?? Dale, are you willing to go that far?

11/18/2011 01:23:44 AM · #12

Yes. Mild consensus, but it is a 6 hour drive. Tough for a two day weekend.

11/18/2011 01:39:52 AM · #13

Originally posted by bspurgeon:

Yes. Mild consensus, but it is a 6 hour drive. Tough for a two day weekend.

Isn't that actually a three day weekend? Martin Luther King day? Do the kids get that off from school? Or is that a weekend later?

11/18/2011 12:12:34 PM · #14

Definitely of interest, but logistically challenging. I think Dale has a pupster he must consider arranging for, or bringing with (which would be fabulous). He did say he couldn't do out-of-town, but I don't want to speak for him. Dates look ok for us.

11/18/2011 12:33:27 PM · #15

Yes, that is MLK weekend with Monday as a holiday.

I can work out the 12-14, but I'll have to bow out of the 15-16.

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01/05/2012 10:59:40 PM · #16

Hey soCal kids.... since it seems Death Valley might be a desert too far, what other ideas might we have? Do we have consensus on a day?

dtallakson

Canon EOS-40D

01/06/2012 12:06:40 AM · #17

I'm open to anything. The pupster can now be left alone!...yay! Weekends would be best.

01/06/2012 12:14:21 AM · #18

I have a dentist appt on the 14th at 11. After that, I'm open to anything. You guys want to try for Pt. Dume in Malibu? I know Matt has taken ribbon-winning images there. Ideally, it would be somewhere that could satisfy both landscape and people photogs...

01/06/2012 12:32:08 AM · #19

If we do Malibu, Saturday is best.

01/06/2012 12:32:09 AM · #20

Too chatty.

Message edited by author 2012-01-06 00:32:43.

01/06/2012 12:45:23 AM · #21

Saturday is good for me. Malibu would be nice. Why too chatty, Ben?

01/06/2012 12:47:38 AM · #22

Originally posted by bspurgeon:

Too chatty.

Yeah. Explain yourself!!!

01/06/2012 01:15:42 AM · #23

How about Malibu followed by a bit more populated/street kinda location, preferably not far from Malibu? How early do folks want to start? Or do we want an afternoon/evening kind of thing?

Players?

Dale, Deb, Johanna, Ben, Mae? Others?

01/06/2012 01:37:18 AM · #24

Matt.

If we do it Saturday, I wouldn't be able to go until after noon. Could be an afternoon at the beach followed by dinner somewhere..?