A few more highlights from Saturday's expedition on the Billy Goat Trail, in Washington DC. We all had a fine time, and I made some new friends to boot.
http://homepage.mac.com/mbeacom/PhotoAlbum6.html Cheers, Mike Beacom (AKA Beaker) On Dec 17, 2006, at 12:04 PM, Scott Loveless wrote: > Four of us met at the College Park Metro station yesterday, piled into > Mike Beacham's Jetta, and headed out to the C&O canal for a casual > little walk on the "trail". The word "trail" brings to my mind > several things from a nice prepared path through a park to a narrow > and rough track through the woods. Whomever laid out the trail at the > C&O canal decided that it meant painting blue blazes on the tops of > very pointy rocks. Stan assured us that this is really an easy trail > and we should think twice or thrice before allowing Mark Roberts to > show us the "trail" at GFM. > > Here's my take: > For some strange reason Stan thought that trading his FA80-200/2.8 for > my F80-200/4.7-5.6 wasn't a good deal. I even offered to buy his > lunch. Some nerve. > > Cesar is no longer the sherpa. Even after listening to me whine about > the condition of my ankles for two hours he never once offered to > carry my camera bag. He muttered something under his breath about > "knowing better than to bring that much crap along." > > If you ever ride in a car with Mike, please PLEASE read all applicable > road signs to him out loud. > > We took lots of pictures. I shot maybe a dozen frames on the 750z and > planned to post at least a couple of them right away. Alas, I > couldn't find it last night. It's either in the back seat of Mike's > car, or I dropped it somewhere after coming through the front door > last night. So I spent the evening watching dirty movies instead. > The rest of my shots were on Astia 100. I heard lots of "I remember > film" every time time I changed rolls. > > We finished the day at "The Irish Inn". Bangers and mash, baby! Stan > told us how this place was a hangout for the rock climbing crowd a few > years back. Today it's a hangout for Volvo drivers. Regardless, it's > a nice place and the food is good. > > Overall I really enjoyed myself. Thanks to Stan for putting this > together and for letting me bum a smoke. Thanks to Cesar for allowing > me the opportunity to shoot a roll through his 31LTD. The voices are > whispering louder now. And a big thanks to Mike for burning some > gasoline on our behalf. > > I think I came home with one of Cesar's lens caps. > > -- > Scott Loveless > http://www.twosixteen.com > Shoot more film! > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
