OutdoorWriter
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From some of the background in many of your pix, I suspected they had been from the MBR. I was pretty sure when you wrote "Mission Creek," however. A bunch of the ones I have posted also came from there. I have thousands more in the form of 35MM slides that aren't scanned. I sure wish the current crop of digital cameras was available back then. I would have collected a million images. ![ROFL :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Even so, the MBR has made me a lot of money over the years. I started visiting there every year in the early 1980s, usually after spending several days at YNP. It was really neat back then; you could pay $10 for a 'photographer's permit,' which included a magnetic USFWS decal for the door & a key that unlocked all of the gates. In addition, once you were out of sight of the main tourist loops, you could roam on foot. The limit was two permits a day. Once I got to know the range manager, I always called to reserve one for the days I would be there.
Alas, that all ended when a noted wildlife photographer advertised the availability of the special permit in an article he wrote for Outdoor Photography magazine. As a result, the USFWS had so many requests that they just said 'no more' & did away with them. It didn't stop me from going, but it was a bit of a downer, regardless, because many of my best photos were shot away from the loops. I think my last trip to the MBR was in 2000 or 2001.
Even so, the MBR has made me a lot of money over the years. I started visiting there every year in the early 1980s, usually after spending several days at YNP. It was really neat back then; you could pay $10 for a 'photographer's permit,' which included a magnetic USFWS decal for the door & a key that unlocked all of the gates. In addition, once you were out of sight of the main tourist loops, you could roam on foot. The limit was two permits a day. Once I got to know the range manager, I always called to reserve one for the days I would be there.
Alas, that all ended when a noted wildlife photographer advertised the availability of the special permit in an article he wrote for Outdoor Photography magazine. As a result, the USFWS had so many requests that they just said 'no more' & did away with them. It didn't stop me from going, but it was a bit of a downer, regardless, because many of my best photos were shot away from the loops. I think my last trip to the MBR was in 2000 or 2001.