Auto-Focus

So today a man at the zoo kindly offered to take a picture of Jessica, Abby and I. Evie was asleep in the stroller so we let her keep sleeping.

My stinking digital camera has a ‘powerful’ auto-focus feature. You’ll notice how powerful it is below.

Auto Focus Snafu

At least the elephant was doing something fun.

Snow Girl

Abby played in the snow this morning with Grandma Forland. Fun was had by all. In this picture she was actually trying to carry snow that would be lobbed at me. In the house. In my socks. Holding a Camera that literally cost me more than I would like to replace due to it getting wet.
Snow Girl

Ascending Mount Grays

Grays and Torreys Labeled
Last week I wrote about hiking up to the peaks of Mount Grays and Torreys. I didn’t make Torreys peak. About 100 yards/meters from the peak I got a leg cramp. The down side of this was that I knew my legs had just about had it. The up side was that it was approximately 32 degrees Fahrenheit (0 degrees Celcius) – I couldn’t feel my leg well enough for it to hurt (I was wearing shorts). I stretched out my calf and then finished the hike to the top. I met my party at the top and then told them that I was heading back down. It was really windy and cold at the peak so I cut out and headed back down to the car. I figured I might have to wait an extra hour or so before they got back given that I was leaving early.

My right knee started to hurt and so I found myself walking slowly. About 2/3 of the way down I turned around to see Laban running down towards me. I immediately realized something was wrong because you don’t run down a 14,000 foot mountain. Of course I was the one that was wrong, he, Brian and Jim had run down from the top because, “It was easier than walking.” Color me a wimp buy I didn’t have the stamina or the leg for continued running so they all walked with me limping along to keep up with their well honed bodies.

It was lots of fun and I’ve uploaded some pictures of the trip to my Flickr account. Enjoy 🙂