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Nice pics John, and wow has it been a long time.
Went out to Mohonk Preserve on my day off Wednesday, here's some highlights:
View of the start while driving up. Took about 1&1/2 hours to get up to the right side of this ridge.
Along the way there were a ton of people climbing the "easier" faces.
Saw some nifty flowers up there.
05-15-11 01:18 PM - Here's the final ridgeline I planned to hike. Been up and down a few at this point, and about 3 hours into it.
View north from the top. I'm not sure, but it could be the Catskills in the background.
Another view north. If you zoom in, at the high peak is a tower. I think the Mohonk Mountain House may be there too.
Looking down from where I had lunch. Over a 1K drop at this point. You can see some of what's eroded at the bottom. There's spots with much larger piles, but this shot I liked the best.
05-15-11 01:20 PM - I went a tad farther than planned
Here's a couple of Awosting Falls, in Minnewaska Park Preserve west of Mohonk.
I also took a few short videos during the hike. I'll try to get them converted, and uploaded later today. A couple 360� views, and one of a cave I cooled off at along the way. Weather was perfect. About 70�, and hardly a cloud, as you can see.
Dangit! I almost forgot.....
WAPers do it With A Passion
If everyone spoke Wulfanese™, they wouldn't need to click here for a translation.05-15-11 01:24 PM - Had to drive a group of kids downtown today for a class trip...did a ton of driving, a lot of sitting, and took a few pics along the way with my trusty Bold! Will upload more later to an album.
Rainforest Cafe
Downtown looking from the museum campus
The Field Museum
All pics taken and posted from my Bold
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com05-17-11 06:45 PM - Some great shots as usual John. Love Chicago, but I haven't been there in years. Maybe someday soon....
Too bad we seem to be the only ones posting here anymore.
Memorial Day weekend hiking highlights, in Lake Minnewaska State Park Preserve, just west of Mohonk from the last outing.
In the center is Rainbow Falls
Hard to tell, but this is a thin film of water, running on granite.
06-06-11 06:28 PM - Here's one from the Purple Heart Museum.
FDR Bridge.
Went to a car show Sunday. Too many pics to post, so here's the links:
http://dcom.me/pF6qq
Slideshow
http://dcom.me/eB7gv06-06-11 06:48 PM - Yah, I do all my uploading through the PB app. Here's a couple I took last night; was experimenting with the flash and though it washed out the actual flower somewhat, I thought itwas cool how it blacked out the background and emphasized the flower and leaves.Thanks John! I know what you mean. If it wasn't for the photobucket app, there's no way. I set the car show album in a couple minutes, and then went about my business as all 86 uploaded. I was so pleased wwhen I saw they all were perfect.
Posted from my CrackBerry at wapforums.crackberry.com06-08-11 07:03 AM - Who, me? PHotoshop? Naw, just good use of natural lighting! You know, when you got talent.... (actually just a regular app, not PS; I've been having a lot of fun doing the BW/Color combos...made some great pics of my kids at the beach. Love the contrast)
We were out for a walk the other night and I saw that BMW and thougth, Got to snap a pic of that for BBW!
EDIT: BTW, that squad car in the black and white pic is a rolling 9-11-2001 memorial car. Each flight that went down is represented on the car, all the names of those who perished are listed. My wife's brother-in-law (not on my side) used to play basketball with Todd Beemer ("Let's Roll). They are going to try and have the squad car in NY on the 10th anniversary this year. I've got a bunch of pictures of the car, I'll upload them to a photobucket slideshow.Last edited by john_v; 06-28-11 at 09:41 PM.
06-28-11 09:37 PM - I brought home a cactus from my parents place in AZ about a year ago. It will have about a dozen flowers bloom every year. They only bloom at night and last just the one night. The flower will stay open for a few hours in the morning, but after that it closes and drops off.
Anyway, it seems that the wasps this year have really taken a liking to the buds.
06-29-11 11:08 AM
One time growing up I got too near a nest by accident and got stung multiple times...you could say it scarred me (and scared me) a little 
