January 27th, 2008 by Sarah
We spent five nights camping and hiking over New Years with friends. We started with one night at Seminole Canyon State Park followed by four nights camping in Big Bend National Park. The weather was pretty cold, but we didn’t have rain or snow, so the hiking was excellent. We had a great trip and took some cool photos.
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November 26th, 2007 by James
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Before the Thanksgiving holiday, Sarah and I were lucky to get to go backpacking with my sister and Ben in the Anza Borrego State Park. The domelands are a series of weathered sandstone domes way out in the middle of the Coyote Mountains near Ocotillo. It’s about a 3.5mi backpack from the trailhead w/ a bit of elevation gain. We hiked in during the afternoon and it was nice and cool - which was good because we were each carrying 8 liters (that’s 17 lbs!) of water, plus our backpacking gear. We had a great campsite, and crystal clear skies to enjoy the panoramic view of the milky way, as well as the Leonids Meteor Shower.
A special thanks to Kate for going with us on a wonderful trip!
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November 2nd, 2007 by James
Since they don’t have a lot of flat places on Goeje Island - over here people either drive golf balls into a huge net box, or they play virtual golf. I’m serious - yesterday was the first time that I’ve hit a golf ball as hard as I could into a projection screen 10 feet away! So the way the “Golfzon” machine works is it has a laser telemetry system that measures the flight of the ball as it leaves the tee or grass, and it also takes a photo to measure the way the club head hits the ball. Then it displays the flight of the ball onto the screen w/ other data - for whatever golf course you choose. Last night, my friends were playing at pebble beach…:-)
Tom Dean hits a ball down the virtual driving range.
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September 10th, 2007 by James
I’ve posted some but not all of the photos from Labor Day weekend. Thanks to our hostess for an awesome weekend. Check back soon for more photos.
The really good photos of Andrea and Mark on the Sea-Doo were taken by Edgardys - way to go!
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July 5th, 2007 by James
I’ve been in the Netherlands since the 22nd - partly for work and partly for vacation with Sarah. It was a great trip - done completely with public transportation: Planes, Trams, Bikes, Buses, Boats, you name it!
Bergen op Zoom
Rotterdam:
Gouda:
Kinderdijk:
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Amsterdam:
Click on a photo to see the complete album.
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June 14th, 2007 by James
Sarah and I photographed a Dance Houston show at Zilkha hall a few months ago, but I’ve only just posted the photos. There were three flamenco dancers, a guitarist and a vocalist from Flamenco en Vivo. This was our first time at a flamenco show and we really enjoyed it.
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June 4th, 2007 by James
Sarah and I spent the weekend in Georgetown for a family get-together. Amidst family functions we got to spend a little time visiting our friends Whitney and Mike and being tourists. We stopped into the Air and Space museum and the National Gallery where I made this photo of one of the sculptures:
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May 14th, 2007 by James
Sarah, Chris, and I went to the Art Car Parade this weekend and it was fabulously fantastic. Like whoa. The weather was great but the bright sun made it hard photographically.
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For the full gallery see: Art Car Parade Gallery�
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August 19th, 2006 by James
The Grindstone Trail Marker - Panorama created from five photos using Autostitch
Here are a few of our favorite photos:
Click on our Landscapes and Wildlife Gallery to see all of the photos.
If you’d like to purchase prints, check out our Smugmug Gallery here.
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June 28th, 2006 by James
I was invited out to Cal to give a seminar to the Ocean Engineering Graduate Program, so Sarah and I made a long weekend of it. We didn’t get to visit all of our friends, because many were out of town, but we did get to visit w/ Matt and Jenny K who live in the Mission. They were nice to let us stay with them for one night and come along for a day-hiking trip on Mt. Tam. We drove up to Lake Lagunitas and then climbed up the Cataract Creek trail to Laurel Dell. It’s a great “straight up” day-hike with wonderful views. It sure got me fired up to be back in California and to see my advisor Dr. Bob Bea.
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