We had a successful trip to Maine this past weekend. Erin met most of my family, and we booked The Bethel Inn for our wedding on September 27th, 2008.
Maine Trip — January 2008

“>

I got a great deal on an older model dSLR (Digital SLR) camera yesterday. It is a Pentax *ist DL. The great thing about it is that I can use Erin’s old lenses from her film camera, saving tons of money. I’ve been playing around at work today with it, taking some test photos. Most of these are from the roof of my office building, in the sketchy part of Oakland.

Looking South from 9925 International Blvd

Looking North

Looking East

Our Air Monitoring Instruments

Here’s the new FJ Cruiser that Erin bought me for Christmas. I was driving along the drainage ditch out front and veered to close to the edge. Fortunately for me, I was able to get unstuck without getting my feet dirty!

We tent camped this weekend at Julia Pfeiffer Burns S.P. in Big Sur. It was pretty foggy all weekend. Not too much to report on. We camped with Megan, Frank, Patrick, Katherine, Lane (4 months old), and Lisa. Lane might be the most well-behaved baby I’ve ever met. He smiled all weekend!