Hurricane ridge

Yesterday the national parks held a free admission admission day. So since our closest national park as about 5 miles away we decided to go on an adventure after church. We drove up to Hurricane Ridge, checked out the visitor center, saw the Asian people with camcorders, listened to the Europeans, and out hiked the old people. It really is amazing that few were one of the only few people there with children or our age.
We hiked to the view point and looked down upon Port Angeles and you could even see Victoria Canada. The trail continued on and so did we up to another steep ridge and to the top of the "hill" there were only about 6 other people up there. We had to keep a hold of Cole because if he fell it was a very steep slope he would have fallen down like the princess bride.

All in all it was a beautiful day to go for a hike.

arnt they close

irish wanting to go back to the car

on the top

Kodak

Why yes in case you are wondering, I do own a vintage Kodak Light sign complete with fiber-optics. I was shopping for Robyns birthday presents and came across this jem and it was even 20% off. i'm so happy that it works and all i need now is to find a place to hang it. did i mention it changes color. Don't worry i got robyns gifts first then came back for this.

what it looks like in the daytime (its cooler at night)

Port Angeles

We had stake conferance this weekend freeing up my sunday to take pictures and other general no good. so i took to the mean streets of port angeles to see what i could. enjoy.

things ben found

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i just added some new things. check it out

Camp Pigott

A few days ago we had a staff retreat at camp pigott. It was a kick off to our fall business so to speak. while others were on the high ropes course i opted to stay aground and work on my scout camps out of season project. i was extremly happy with the result i got out of the camp. here is a tasting of what i shot. This is the fourth Scout camp I have been able to capture "out of season" and i want to include at least seven more camps in the project to round it out. i smell roadtrip.

went to a funeral and took some pictures

Earlier this week I took a trek across washington to attend the graveside services of my great grandmother. While in Sunnyside i toook advantage of the nice weather and "historical" sinage around town. Here is a very brief glimpse of what I shot.

Camp Parsons

I made a trip to camp parsons this week to visit a few troops up there. i was able to snap some shots from the trip as well. The mugs are from inside the trading post. the second is the buddy board. and the third is a scout bathroom.

camping

This last weekend we went camping as a family. everybody in the family was there execpt my one sister stuck in california. Let me tell you it was hot and muggy. Cole recieved 8 mesquito bites on his face plus another 18 across other parts of his body. We also learned that three legged dogs can swim.

Spiderweb
moss

leaf

Clallam county fair (as i saw it)

Today was kids day at the clallam county fair. this meant they were free and rides were half price. so we went. i had a good time and so did rob and the kids. cole was a bit upset about not being able to ride most of the rides especially the car looking ones. i'll post some more of them at the fair tonight but for now here is what struck me interesting at the fair.

I got a new calculator

Now before you get too excited for me just know that i have been on the look out for a calculator that matches my personality. Today my friends I have found that calculator. this baby even comes with a leather case for portability. no fancy algebra functions on this find. I can't wait to pull this out at my next staff meeting when we are asked if anybody can add the numbers on a calculator. I know that you are jealous but it is not for sale.

port angeles to seattle to yakima to seattle to pheonix to nashville to vegas to seattle to yakima to port angeles

Well i thought it was funny





As you can tell from the long title we are now back from our whirlwind trip to a national Boy Scout professional leadership conferance. first we left port angeles and delivered some lavendre that we had sold in seattle and then traveled to yakima to drop off the kids and the dog at my parents house. my work got robyn and i a room at the seattle mariott and we had a nice date and movie. (olive garden and the Dark Knight)


notes on the trip:

• we were up at 4 am to fly to pheonix and run to catch the flight out to nashville.
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• We stayed at the gaylord opryland hotel.
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• There are over 2500 rooms at the hotel
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• plus shopping and like 15 resturants (all of them were expensive)
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• there were about 4900 people in attendance at the conferance (including spouses)
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• Nashville is freakin humid
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• Saw josh Turner in concert
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• Robyn tried a fried pickle
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• ran into 6 people from the BYU program.
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• had to buy new shoes
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• did i mention how humid it is there. (i had to apply deoderant three or four times a day)
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• went to two fancy dinners
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• got free stuff
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• it cost 9.25 to get a drink poolside.
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• had a good time
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• delayed in vegas due to weather
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• 17. got into seattle about 1 am
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• drove to yakima and picked up kids
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• drove straight to work meeting thursday night
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• kingsize beds are bigger than my queen.

We go to Forks and beyond

Yesterday we went to the other side of the world. ok we just went to forks for a day camp check up. I took the Fam and we made a day of it. First we stopped at sully burgers and robyn tried the "twilight"inspired Bella Burger. WE watched teen people come in and ask for directions to certian "twilight" places, and even saw one ask for an autograph from the burger joint.

After that we walked around town and then decided to head to lapush and the beach there. (we didn't know that day camp started at four and we got there around noon) the kids played on the beach for a while then we headed back and cruised around a bit more.

at the beach la push

water pit panning for gold at day camp

burnt down house forks, wa

part of bowling alley forks, wa

lavender

As most of the 5 people who read this blog would know. This last weekend was lavender fest and i worked at a farm to raise money for the boy scouts. Alot of the lavender had not quite bloomed yet but we did have enough ready to get us by. I took these shots in case i need them in the future for this event. The one in the middle is a black and white "toned" as if by a selinium toner. I put toned in quotations because is was a tecnique i am trying out in photoshop to reproduce toning effects. let me know what you think.

self imposed pictures

Ok so when ever i go our photgraphing someplace interesting or i get the idea to. I try to take some self portraits. this is for two reasons. 1. i am alone and nobody else can take the shot. 2. normally i am behind the camera and there is not much in the way of me shots (so i make my own)

Here is a sampling of my shots.

Moms house

These are pictures from my parents house. I didn't really have a chance last weekend to go explore yakima like i usually do. So i just walked around my parents house and let the photographs find me. This is a bit different than normal where i have a list in my head of areas/buildings I want to check out and photograph. The question is (if you go to my parents house) where are these items at?