tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-115801792026-10-18T13:26:29.973-07:00Lake Mead - Hydrofoiling - Pictures - Weather - Likes - Dislikes - LinksWakeandahalfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02677607813725232887noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11580179.post-54309637670868163562009-02-22T16:26:00.000-08:002009-02-22T17:19:25.584-08:00

The park opens at 8:00am. We figured we'd be there just as it opened, it would be quieter and maybe the new ducks would be less shy. Of course, we waltzed through the gate at 9:15am with this character:She does not attract birds, to say the least. She has such a great time, though, I don't have the heart to leave her home. Look at that last picture; that is a happy dog! We did take her walking

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Back to the park! First, a shot of the Shovelers again. This time I was able to get Mrs. Shoveler with her beak out of the water. It seems that a lot of the Shovelers' time is spent spinning in slow circles and sucking stuff (food, I assume) out of the water. The female looks an awful lot like a female Mallard until you see the beak. Also, they are slightly smaller, but you really have to see

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I'm kinda mad about this. We saw a new kind of bird at the park and I'm pretty happy with the pictures. I'm not happy that I'm still unable to get PhotoShop running on my Vista computer and I don't have the editing tools to get these pictures looking the way I'd like. My exposure is a little off, so I'm not thrilled with the pictures, but the white chests of these ducks are not blown out, they

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After writing out my Swedish pancake recipe yesterday, I couldn't pass up the chance to make them for breakfast today. It only took an hour and a half, since I started messing around taking pictures. (What happens when you take a picture of a mixer mixing? Let's find out!) I have over 80 pictures of breakfast now, isn't that awesome? I'm such a dork.As promised, I decided to try to make these as

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UPDATE: For all of you losing sleep over the outcome of the "healthy" pancake attempt, see part two.And now, for something completely different...In response to this wonderful-sounding pancake topping, I immediately thought of putting it over my favorite Swedish pancakes. The recipe was "handed down" from my mom, but I'll have to ask where it came from.Disclaimer: I'm not a great cook. I can

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I've been bad about putting up pictures. I could whine and tell you that computer issues have made editing challenging, but I won't, even though it's true. I'm so far behind, I'll try to get a few up anyway.To start off, the annual Thanksgiving trip to Death Valley. We've done it twice now, so I think it's officially a tradition. First stop, the Mesquite sand dunes near Stovepipe Wells. These

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2008 ended up being a strange year. Not all bad of course, but today I'm feeling maudlin. I'm thinking a lot about my dogs today because we've had more bad news. Sure, don't post for six months and then depress everyone, right? Well, I hope not. Our dogs have brought us a lot of joy and I hope I can share some of that too.Anyone who knows us knows we've spent a ridiculous amount of time and money

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Ok, a day late, but the pictures are from the 4th. Yesterday morning we went to Floyd Lamb Park with the camera and a bag of old bread we'd been saving. The critters at the park are not shy about letting you know they'd like some food. In fact, they tend to get too close for the lens to focus. This guy followed us around with his tongue hanging out like a dog.I managed to get some pictures of

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After hitting a record high of 108 last Monday, today is overcast, rainy and we've barely made it to 60. An inside day, to say the least, so I figured I might as well get some pictures together. Not too long ago, we got a macro lens so I've been playing around. A macro lens can focus at a very close distance and is capable of rendering an object at a 1:1 ratio... in other words, you get extreme

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Of course, we get together at Pirate's Cove to ride, not to act like eleven-year-olds on our first trip to Disneyland (we're all far too mature for that). So here's a bunch of pictures of everybody showing off their stuff.Giving the tourists a little something more for their money.Full disclosure, I had what for me felt to be a pretty darn good run, but I will post the picture so you can see how

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Everybody tired of the old pictures? Yeah, me too.A couple weeks ago we were invited to Pirate's Cove. If you're one of the few people we haven't bored to tears with our stories, Pirate's Cove is a house/houses/compound... whatever, where some of our foiling friends get together to ride and hang out at the house. It's an amazing place and this time we actually got some decent pictures, although

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These pictures are pretty bad, but I'm posting them to prove I'm not making stuff up. A couple of weeks ago we looked out back and saw a hawk sitting in the tree. I grabbed the camera and tried a couple of shots, but Mr. Hawk is very shy and took off as soon as I tried to get to where I could see him. The "best" of that batch is this first picture, which gave me enough to figure out that he is

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Of course we're behind posting pictures, but here's a little something to let you all know we're still around and kicking. This was taken at Canyonlands, Utah, on New Year's eve. Hope you all had as nice a holiday as we did!

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It's a posting frenzy! I am trying to catch up here, people.Last Sunday, dark and early, we headed out to Valley of Fire State Park, via Northshore Road in Lake Mead NRA. Now, photography people are big on sunrises and sunsets. Anyone who has ever watched one or the other can figure this one out: The light is softer, hits things in interesting ways and often has a reddish or yellowish tint that

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A few weeks ago we went to the recently-opened Las Vegas Springs Preserves. This spring is pretty much the reason that Las Vegas exists at all. Not that legalized gambling hurts, don't get me wrong. But people had to come here in the first place before somebody could say, "You know, we want to make a living here, but the climate is less than ideal for ranching and large scale farming is right out

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Coincidentally, the evening we got home from Death Valley, we had both a cactus blooming and fantastic light. Some days you get lucky.

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Time to finish up the Death Valley series. Not too much commentary here, these pictures are from the Keane Wonder Springs, one of the primary reasons the Keane mine was able to operate and even profit. It's not much water and it stinks of sulfur, but in this climate people weren't too picky.The trail from the mine to the spring is easy to find, you just follow the old pipeline. In about a mile,

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Why yes, we do still foil, thanks for asking! I just spent time putting up pictures on the Havasu Fly In site, so I'm not going to duplicate the effort here, but feel free to go check it out. These were taken during our trip last weekend to Lake Havasu.What's a Fly In? That's where foilers get together and ride for a few days. Since there aren't too many people that ride, most of us don't have a

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Welcome to the Keane Wonder Mill, the next stop on our Death Valley adventure! After leaving Rhyolite, we continued west and about 5 miles later entered Death Valley. The Keane Wonder Mill is probably 2 or 3 miles up a gravel road off highway 190. The gravel road takes you almost to the base of the mill site, which served, wait for it, the Keane Wonder Mine. The mine itself is somewhere higher up

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I'm jumping around a little here, trying to get caught up, but last Sunday we went to Death Valley for the first time and it was pretty cool. I have a bunch of pictures for this one, so I'm going to split them into multiple posts.First stop, Rhyolite, Nevada, a ghost town a little over 100 miles north of Vegas, about 4 miles west of Beatty and just east of one of the entrances to Death Valley.

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Oh boy, I am way behind in posting pictures, so let's just get right to it, shall we?We spent Labor day weekend in beautiful western Colorado. On Labor day, we took a Jeep trip up into the mountains, following part of the Alpine Loop. This trip took us from Ouray to Lake City over Cinnamon Pass. Here are some pictures of the breathtaking views along the way.First stop was for lunch at a wide spot

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Just kind of interesting, we were hanging out near shore hoping the wind would die down so we could ride some more (ha!) and happened to notice this wrecked boat on shore.It looks like it was under water for some time. The water level has dropped quite a bit this year, so maybe it's just been exposed as the lake dropped. However, there's obviously been some parts removed, so it it seems more

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I have it on good authority (thanks, Dad!) that the heron in my previous post is a Great Blue Heron. Once I got the name, I looked it up and turns out they're common all over the country. We're not usually all that close to shore, so maybe that's why we've never noticed one before. Or maybe they're more common on the river. That picture was taken at the north end of Mohave, where it starts to

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Been awhile! Since last posting, we've acquired a DSLR camera, which has been a lot of fun but also has involved a huge learning curve. I'm getting better at it, but still have a lot more bad shots than good ones, and even then, I don't think anyone will be offering money for the "good" ones any time soon.Anyhow, in the interest of showing off whatever mad skilz we've acquired to date, I thought

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Another gainer attempt. This was approximately my 10th, and I am getting around but not riding away...

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