Archive for August, 2008

I’ve been messing with a few people’s minds the last week.  I booked a one-way fare to Minneapolis and started off by telling people that I’d given up on the SF lifestyle and would be heading back home.

Sure enough, some of them are like, “but you just got here! give it some more time!”

I’m actually heading back to spend a bit of time with the family, then pick up my truck and drive it back out to The City.  I figure with gas prices falling lower than they’ve been in a good while, its a good time as any to burn up some dead dinosaurs getting the truck out there.  

I know I’ve been slacking off on the blog lately, and the trip should definitely give me some new material to post.  

Also been quite busy with work, and overhauling my photography website.  I’ll say in a few weeks, I’ll be happy to introduce all of you to my new photography website.  

In the meantime, have a great week!

Taken in the Reward Mine by Gabe. March 16, 2008.

Funny thing about this picture is that while rattling around down there in the mine, I was worrying about a cave in, or inhaling toxic levels of rock dust and other mine-related anxieties.

While I should have been worrying about breaking my foot on a climb. Which I did on the day after this picture was taken. :)

Probably the most touristy thing we did during our week in P-Town was to sign up for one of those whale-watching tours.  

The tour included a guarantee that we’d sight at least one whale or we’d get the next trip for free.  I grumbled for a bit that they probably had a boat out there somewhere with a guy in a rubber whale suit ready to go in case the tour was shaping up to be a bust!

After the boat filled up with like-minded tourist gawkers, we pulled out of the harbor.

Reviewing the sign for “seal” with Sam.

Pleasure craft mixed it up with fishing boats and ferry boats just outside the harbor.  We were on our way!

The tension hung thick in the air.  Where were the whales?  Everyone was peering around for a sighting when someone exclaimed and pointed, and there it was! A fin that quickly disappeared in the ocean!

And that was it.  The ocean became quiet again.    Everyone stood around staring at the spot where the whale disappeared at, waiting for some re-emergence.   I started thinking that we’d probably gotten our whale sighting and that would be it.  We’d head back, me with just one picture in my camera and $35 poorer.

Then there was a collective shout of WHOA, as a humpback surfaced right next to the boat, and a swarm of seagulls descended upon the whale in an feeding frenzy!

After letting the seagulls pick its teeth for a bit, the humpback dropped back into the water and casually sauntered away.  

The boat wheeled around a few more times, and we sighted a pair of humpbacks having a little morning date.  Aww.  How sweet!