Just a quick note about my trip westward last week - to those interested, I had to go to Ft. Worth for work. At least it got me out of here for a bit... and it was a fruitful trip.
I made the trip to San Antonio to meet with a friend the evening of arrival. OT here but it was a good time catching up, we will not even mention the night that we tried to solve the world's problems. We came pretty close :-) Unfortunately, there were no San Antonio PDMLers that contacted me about a get together, [ERN did, but she and her family were out of town :-( ] I wonder about the others - I really am not that bad. I even had a recommendation from Frank - oops, that may have worked against me :-) Sorry Frank, too easy. I then proceeded to the Houston area to meet with family. Some of them I have not seen in over 15 years!!! Took a few snaps, celebrated a birthday, played on some swings with my cousin while going out for a walk. After that was done I made it to Houston itself. There I met up with Norm. He was the ultimate host! We will not even talk about the size of the steaks he grilled... His kids were entertaining! It was a grand time. And to think of it, we did not talk of the PDML or photography at all. My cameras never made it out of my bag. I did get to peruse a book of anonymous b&w photos of old Sao Paolo that he had. Hmmm, maybe a trip south is in order? I feel it was a friendship that began on this list and was built upon at Grandfather Mountain. This list is definitely a wonderful place!!! As for Dallas/Ft. Worth, no PDMLers to be found there. A PDMLer's brother was close by, but I had my schedule full of visits with old friends... maybe next time. I did not have much time to take photos other than snapshots of family and downtown Ft. Worth. I shot only one roll of slide film with my LX. The rest of the shots were with the *ist D. There were about 160 shots taken with it. There were a couple with the Optio S too. Enough rambling for now... I think I have given up on the old messages, Cesar Panama City, Florida
