Pacific Northwest trip help

Cool, I wish if i can travel with one friend who can drive for me and we both go for photography at the same time, but its ok, i will take my time when i rent a car and drive slowly, maybe i can stop on many locations i don't imagine and then i can do a lot in 1 week or 10 days, later if i am done in about 10 days then i can spend the rest days to visit some locations again or explore newer places than the first 10 days.

I will make sure i will have a cover for rains to keep my gear dry, i will carry an umbrella too, and the good thing with me is that in my country with very hot weather i can handle not eating food for a while and we had fasting last July to first week of August, so in USA and wet weather and cold i can be fine for hours, drinking water will keep me fine and not hungry for long time, i can eat those small simple food like biscuits or muffin and such.

One thought is to see if you can schedule your vacation to coincide with one of the workshops that Bruce Barnbaum offers - his studio/darkroom is outside of Seattle, and he knows a lot of very interesting places in the area.

As far as the food questions go - in any of the big cities, you will have no problem finding good food that meets your needs. Depending upon how strict you follow the rules, many people just say that they are vegetarians, which is accepted well most everywhere, and this allows you to be accomodated anywhere.

"If you're taking photos in the rainforest, go when it's raining!"
I don't remember his name, but his LF transparencies inspired me to get out there in the wet weather. I take a lot more photos through the wet west coast weather. Summer is for swimming!

sly said:

"If you're taking photos in the rainforest, go when it's raining!"
I don't remember his name, but his LF transparencies inspired me to get out there in the wet weather. I take a lot more photos through the wet west coast weather. Summer is for swimming!

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I really wish if i can go with LF as well, i will see if the baggage/luggage didn't exceed the allowed weight too much then i can include my LF gear too, i have it in an Aluminium bag which will keep my camera body safe, but the lens doesn't have any case yet, so maybe i will put it with my digital gear bag, at the end i have only 2 lenses, and i only have 4x5, those beautiful places deserve no less than 8x10, and i will not carry my digital MF which beats all my DSLRs in quality, so only DSLR with one rangefinder film MF and if there is room for weight then also LF.

If i carry any film gear then i will only buy films from there if i can find the shops easily selling films, and also i will go with labs processing there, i never trust the airports checking systems to harm the film either un-exposed or un-developed[exposed], so better buy them fresh or new or even expired stored nicely from the stores there and send them to labs when exposed then carry my processed film back home.

Wish me good luck to have it this year i hope.

Sorry Tareq, I was just urging you to go out into the woods if it's raining. Take whichever camera you want, even the DSLR. It can get very dim under the big trees, so a tripod's important.

There are many shades of green here in the coast forests, all year round. I hope you plan on shooting some colour, especially as you live in a part of the world with a very different colour scheme.

I'm used to it now, but when I first arrived here from eastern Canada, I was amazed at the lushness. it seemed that if I sat on a rock or a log for a few minutes, the moss would grow right over me. My son went to school in a big city in the east. Once, when I picked him up from the airport he exclaimed, "I'm home! Look! More than one tree at a time!!"

sly said:

Sorry Tareq, I was just urging you to go out into the woods if it's raining. Take whichever camera you want, even the DSLR. It can get very dim under the big trees, so a tripod's important.

There are many shades of green here in the coast forests, all year round. I hope you plan on shooting some colour, especially as you live in a part of the world with a very different colour scheme.

I'm used to it now, but when I first arrived here from eastern Canada, I was amazed at the lushness. it seemed that if I sat on a rock or a log for a few minutes, the moss would grow right over me. My son went to school in a big city in the east. Once, when I picked him up from the airport he exclaimed, "I'm home! Look! More than one tree at a time!!"

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I understand, thank you very much!

There is a flower seed selling company called American Meadows. They sell the seeds in 4 or 5 groups and they have a large northeast section.
I think summer flowers are living their final bloom and you will arrive to the last flower covered fields. There are many mountains at the north of the NE and MtRainier is the only I know. The fasted wind recorded there , 200 mph. There are lots of beers and bees there. May be you can spend a summer in the fire watching post , under the clear star filled skies and the big mountains deep black and fills your room with their silhoutes. Or you can visit a pakistani deli and eat chicken with your hands

Mustafa Umut Sarac said:

There is a flower seed selling company called American Meadows. They sell the seeds in 4 or 5 groups and they have a large northeast section.
I think summer flowers are living their final bloom and you will arrive to the last flower covered fields. There are many mountains at the north of the NE and MtRainier is the only I know. The fasted wind recorded there , 200 mph. There are lots of beers and bees there. May be you can spend a summer in the fire watching post , under the clear star filled skies and the big mountains deep black and fills your room with their silhoutes. Or you can visit a pakistani deli and eat chicken with your hands

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Ok, thanks!

Mustafa Umut Sarac said:

There is a flower seed selling company called American Meadows. They sell the seeds in 4 or 5 groups and they have a large northeast section.
I think summer flowers are living their final bloom and you will arrive to the last flower covered fields. There are many mountains at the north of the NE and MtRainier is the only I know. The fasted wind recorded there , 200 mph. There are lots of beers and bees there. May be you can spend a summer in the fire watching post , under the clear star filled skies and the big mountains deep black and fills your room with their silhoutes. Or you can visit a pakistani deli and eat chicken with your hands

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I think this is actually a pretty good description! I wouldn't be a bit surprised if the PNW offers the shortest distance between a fire lookout and a Pakistani deli anywhere in the Western Hemisphere.

-NT

I think i will be fine with food, so that will not be an issue now for me, i will worry only about car renting and driving.