Subject: Re: [BoundaryPoint] Fw: my mini photo essay on finding boundary monuments on the US / CAN border
Date: Sep 11, 2000 @ 23:40
Author: michael donner (michael donner <m@...>)
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welcome dan & wife & thanxx for showing up
& with pix & promo yet

fantastic to meet up with you

you havent & indeed cant bore us on this topic

we have been especially salivating over your visits to the international
tripoints at mbndsk & mtndsk

if you have any others of this sort
or heck of any sort
or even if you just want to talk or hang out
you can count on us to be here for you

with best wishes
m





>sorry to bore, but incase you mailing list members didnt know:
>
>"Dan Jacobson" <jidanni@...> ººg©Ûl*Û news:...
>> http://www.geocities.com/jidanni/1994us_can_border.htm is my
>> mini photo essay on finding boundary monuments on the US / CAN border.
>>
>> Excerpt:
>> In 1994 I, along with wife, went to explore the border between the U.S.
>> and Canada (49th parallel) finding boundary monuments. We went from the
>> Lake of the Woods to the Continental Divide. Whereas some folks think it
>> is neat to plant GPS 'stashes' to find, or find and photograph latitude
>> and longitude intersections, I think it's neat to find border points.
>So
>> do lots of other folks, otherwise, the US's Four Corners [AZ,NM,CO,UT]
>> wouldn't be popular... Indeed, the thrill must be most high upon DMZ
>> style borders, with landmines, etc. In 1994, we explored the border
>> section connecting: US: Minnesota, North Dakota, Montana; Canada:
>> Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta. Funny, why do I think these man made
>> imaginary lines are neat? I don't know. Perhaps it is bad. Perhaps
>I'm
>> a real borderline case [hilk, hilk]
>> --
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>
>i did stick an add for the mailing list on that page now too.