headed to vegas

lasvegassignSome of the pigs are headed to vegas this weekend, for dan green’s bachelor party. rafer, dan and I are headed out tomorrow from vancouver, and were meeting green, marko and fernando, and some of dan’s other friends there.

of course im bringing my camera, its going to be a photographers playground, nighttime on the strip! hdr’s, here we come.

we will be back on sunday. its really going to be a long weekend!

Boat launch and other weekend activities

So,

This past weekend we launched the “SS Ghetto Fabulous”

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Yes, they glittered the name. pretty sweet. the boat actually came with that name.

Anyways, so, erik, dan and naomi were the only owners present. rafer and i were along to help try to raise the mast. well, that did not go so well, so we decided to just launch the boat, and lower the mast in the next day. wise decision, me thinks. anyways, so all i ended up doing was hanging around, getting a sun burn, and then leaving once we got the boat down during low tide. i left since i did not want to sit around all day waiting for the tide to rise. the boat did float, and they did get the mast in the next day. now its anchored off of jericho.

anyways, some pictures for you to enjoy from the day.
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Ohh, also, lucky is back in vancouver. yay.
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We also went to go see jaime this weekend, and took these shots of athena ze kitteh.
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So long Maximus Rudiger von Lyon

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We got max soon after moving to arizona for the first time. he was such a small puppy, and the pick of the litter. the first night my dad had to sleep next to him in the laundry room because he wouldn’t stop crying. All my memories of growing up included him, he has been with us more than half of my life. He moved to amsterdam, and learned dutch with the rest of us. Mostly so he could talk to the groomer and the local ducks. He vacationed one winter in michigan at my grandparents, bounding through the snow when it was too deep for him. at more than fourteen years old, he has seen and visited more places than many people and lived a long and healthy life. im glad that he lived out his retirement in arizona, where he was born.

ill will miss you max, and wish you all the best hunting ducks through the ages.