The man has done it again.
His series of documentary films on the Nat'l Park system are currently running on PBS.
If you get a chance, it is some very interesting stuff IMHO.
Lew
O/T: Ken Burns
Oct 01, 2009
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I've been watching. Makes me want to get in the car and go.
DVR'ing every one of them.
Dave in Houston
I agree whole heartedly. It is TV worth watching. Burns seems to be able to focus on the subject and pass along interesting information while entertaining.
Joe G
Yep.
Lew
Yeah, it's been pretty good stuff with only minimal political subtext. However, I think Ken's template created with the Civil War series is wearing a bit thin. Let's see, slow violin music, a voice over of a gravely voiced or properly accented speaker, panning over a black and white photo and all the time, everything is grandeous.
If you think the series is nice you would have loved the 5 days I spent backpacking in the Yosemite backlands a few weeks ago. I had made the 18 mile round trip one day hike up Half Dome from the valley floor back earlier in July. However, when I returned on this latest trip (I make several a year) and on day 4 we summited Clouds Rest,
1,000+ feet higher than Half Dome and looking down on it from just a few miles away, it was a great place to have lunch with a 360 degree view.http://www.s> The man has done it again.
We just returned from: Santa Fe Colorado Springs & Pikes Peak Estes Park & Rocky Mtn. NP Yellowstone NP Grand Teton NP Jackson Hole Flaming Gorge Colorado National Monument Black Canyon of the Gunnison NP Gunnison, Lake City, Creede, South Fork & Pagosa Springs, CO
Had a great time.
Some pictures:
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Max
Burns did a nice 60 min. documentary on the Shakers. A lot of libraries will have copies.
It's called "The Shakers: Hands to Work, Hearts to God."
Salt & pepper?
Max (I just had to do that)
Yeah, and the Quakers attend the Church of San Andreas.
--- Joe (I just had to do that too.)
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