On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:53 AM, Mark Roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Right. I got back from North Carolina around 6:30 last night and I'm > still in recovery mode but I'll bash out a bit of a report here. I'd > threatened to post updates on my blog throughout the weekend but that > obviously didn't happen and I shouldn't be surprised; there's simply not > enough time (nor places to get an Internet connection) to do it.
> This year, having been stood up by my usual Canadian contingent (sniff), > I departed a day earlier than usual, on Tuesday. This basically put me > ahead of the usual game by 24 hours and I was able to get in a full day > of hiking and photography on Thursday. Again, I'm sorry.:-) You might regret this, but i am probably going to come down next year. The horse show i did was a complete waste. Dave > Good thing, too, because official > activities prevented me from shooting nearly as much as I'd have liked > to during the rest of the weekend. > > So I did a long hike on the Grandfather trail Thursday morning, followed > by an even longer one, with a full load of camping gear on Thursday > evening. Camped out at the Alpine Meadow camp site this year. > Photography at sunset and sunrise was only "OK" but it was still a great > adventure. > > Friday was mostly business but I did lead the now-traditional Saturday > morning hike on the Grandfather Trail to Attic Window Peak. This year we > had an attrition rate of only 25%! Cotty, Helen and I made it all the > way to Attic Window, though it did take some persuading: Cotty thought > he already had enough video at that point and Helen had some silly > notion of getting back in time to take a shower. Bah! It was big fun. > > I spent Saturday afternoon selling schwag. I sold a big pile of "You can > never have too many lenses" t-shirts, plus a few bumper stickers and a > few "Auto Parts" books. Haven't added up the totals but I think we > raised a reasonable chunk of money for the National Childhood Cancer > Foundation there. > > Sunday was just a blur. I'll have to look at everyone's photos and see > if any of them jogs my memory... > > I'll post a few of my own shots later. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. > -- Equine Photography www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ Ontario Canada -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
