Random Photos

All these photos were taken with my Blackberry...

Waterfalls near Weston, PA. I went Hobbit style and climbed some of the falls for this shot. Yes I am in this photo. Look for the blue shirt...

Bear with a new toy... It was de-sqeaked in about 10 seconds. I'd like to say that is a record for him, but it's not.

Hobbit style = no shoes.

The statue named after me...

Lake Winnipesaukee in August... ahhhhhh...

Patriots vs. Eagles - Yeah it was preseason, but the Pats still won... GO NEW ENGLAND!!!

On my way back to work one afternoon I got this shot. I thought we were going to get a twister from this one... I wish I got a certain billboard we have in my town in this shot. It is a picture of a twister touching down in a town with the National Guard saying "we're always ready". Luckily we didn't have to test them that day...

Glen Onoka Falls

We took a nice hike around Glen Onoka Falls in Jim Thorpe, PA. The hike was few miles up a gorge in some extremely humid weather, so a quick dip under the falls was a great way to cool off. These falls were surprising since we were expecting to see one and it ended up being about 7 distinct falls. The hike got off to a bad start when Kate ran into one of her slithering friends about 5 minutes in. She screamed like a murder had just taken place which made me temporarily deaf in the right ear... Luckily for me and my ears she didn't see any more snakes the rest of the hike...

Top of one of the falls... This was as close as I was willing to get since the rocks were very slippery. Over this ledge was a good 50-60' drop...

Bottom of one of the falls...

A quick shower in one of the falls...

Lake Winnipesaukee

Kate and I just got back recently from our 10 day vacation to Lake Winnipesaukee in NH. We had a great time with our friends and family. I got a ton of pictures, but I thought I only add a few on here. The picture above is from the top of Rattlesnake Island. To keep active on our vacation Kate, Bear and myself hiked the 2 mile trail around Rattlesnake every morning.

This is a picture from the falls at Castle in the Clouds. It was a nice spot to hike and sight see, but the Castle was a bit of a let down. We had a nice lunch on a terrace over looking the lake, but never made it to the actual castle after finding out that they wanted to milk another $7 per person just to take a trolley a few 100 yards up to the castle.. Forget it! Been there, ate there, got the t-shirt... later!

This is me at the top of Mount Major overlooking the lake. This was about 1,700 FT climb. Kate and I really enjoy hiking. It is great excercise and I like it much more then running all the time... I think Kate and I will be doing quite a bit more hiking in our future around PA. My goal for next summer is to attempt Mt. Washington (6,288 FT). Our friends just climbed it and had a great time. I saw a few of their pictures and I need to do it myself. Can't wait for our return trip next year....