What a fun trip! I just got back from a weekend vacation with my Canadian friends. Our friend Christine was holding her bachelorette party with her gal pals & some of us guys tagged along. The weekend consisted mostly of sightseeing. Here we are at Six Flags Magic Mountain. The girls sure love their jumping photos.
The photo above has a hilarious story. Our huge group was playing that midway game where you shoot water into the clown’s mouth to win. Anyway, all who played are guaranteed a prize: a superhero cape. Clay finds a cape that he likes.
Clay: (shouting & pointing) Weezer! Oh man, I want that one! Booth guy with a microphone: Umm…Weezer? I’m not sure we carry that one. Clay: That one! The one with the “W” on it! Booth guy with a microphone: Oh! Do you mean this Wonder Woman cape?
Sorry that the booth guy put you on blast, Clay.
Anyway, the rest of these photos will be filled in the Flickr photo album below:
Cindy’s JET programme friends from the UK came to visit the good ol’ US & took the time to visit us here in the Bay Area. We love hosting visitors, as it gives us the opportunity to act as tourists & do touristy things. They didn’t have much time to spend in San Francisco, so we thought a nice bike tour through Fisherman’s Wharf, Fort Mason, Crissy Field, across the Golden Gate Bridge, and ending with a ferry back from Sausalito would give them the opportunity to see most of the SF sights.
As Californians, we take our weather for granted. Of all the summer days for there to be a freak raincloud passover, it just so happens to rain right before we ride across the Golden Gate bridge. Of course, being the genius that I am, I dressed in layers of the material that soaks up rain like a sponge: cotton. The good news was that I remembered I packed a bike jacket that folds neatly & tightly in the bottom of my backpack. The bad news was that I finally remembered I had it after my bike ride. I wasn’t a happy camper toward the end of the tour:
Regardless, I’m glad we made the trip. San Francisco & the Bay Area is a gorgeous place. Don’t forget it!
The day after our wedding, my parents threw us a nice Saturday luncheon at the Embassy Suites in Santa Clara. Just like I did the night before, I set up my spare camera & created a makeshift photo booth for all to use! A good way to document all of our visitors. Again, a hit!
Also, the photo booth set up the perfect photobombing session—hours of portrait-ruining fun (evidenced by my sister in the photo above).
The whole set with thumbnails can be found in my Flickr feed down below:
I set up one of my cameras, some lights, a remote trigger & instructions at our wedding dinner reception so I didn’t have to go around to take everyone’s photos. It was a hit!
There are a lot of photos in this album (nearly 200), so it’s probably best to view them as thumbnails:
