Schierer Space

You thought I forgot, didn’t you? Well I finally completed the cropping and editing of the pictures from Luke & Lauren’s wedding. Although most of the pictures were the best of the bunch from any particular moment, if multiple pictures came out well or presented slightly different shots from a framing point of view, I left them in. A few relatively crummy shots are included simply because I didn’t get a better one that turned out. I did some strategic cropping and framing of some of the shots because of foreground obstructions (think people’s heads), but since I didn’t want to wander around during the wedding or barge in front of the ACTUAL wedding photographers… you get what you can get. On the whole, I think the reception shots came out better than the shots of the wedding itself. Added mobility probably contributed to this.

Anyhow, I think there are quite a few excellent shots, and if anybody in the family wants copies to keep or print, let me know. After all, the shots in the gallery are generally not full resolution. There are over 100 images posted in two albums: one for the ceremony and one for the reception.

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Although I’ve been home since late Saturday night, I wanted to share the shots Greg took in the car on the way back to Denver from Steamboat Springs. That beautiful powder we were skiing in was also falling in Rabbit Ears pass. I was driving, so Greg had fun with my camera.

Vehicle in snowbank 1:

Vehicle in snowbank 2:

Vehicle in snowbank 3:

(You get the idea…)

We had a truly amazing day skiing at Steamboat. Over two feet of snow had fallen in the days we had been in Colorado… and another 8-12 inches fell in the 24 hours prior to our ski visit. I’ve never skied in anything like that in my life, and even Greg (a lifetime Colorado skier) said it was probably the best snow conditions he’d ever experienced.

There were so many places you could divert from existing tracks to just bury yourself waist deep in loose snow. Intermediate runs were almost not steep enough to maintain momentum with the drag of the snow. Black diamonds were steep but filled with soft bumps.

No time for a play by play, check out the pics and captions in the Skiing Steamboat gallery. Thanks to Greg for snapping the pictures of yours truly.

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Some highlights:
Greg pops out of the woods:

Chris and Moosie in the heavy snowfall:

I try to look like I know what I’m doing:

So I drove a snowmobile for the first time today. Although I grew up in the snow belt of NW Pennsylvania, snowmobiles were only for those people who went whipping down our road at 95 bazillion feet per second at 1 AM (with a noise like: wwwweeeeeEEEEEEZZZZowwwwwww” please add your own Doppler shift for full effect).
Actually, it occurs to me that this is quite probably the first time I have ever piloted a motorized personal conveyance of ANY kind. Trike: Nope, ATV: Nope, Jetski: Nope, Dirtbike: Nope, Motorcycle: Nope.

Snowmobile: Yes.

Yes. This was for work. And actually maneuvering a motorized sled through 2-4 feet of powder is actually quite a bit of work. It REALLY wants to tip over into the snow at the slightest upset. Thankfully, rolling into the thick powder is neither painful or particularly unpleasant (except for our VERY helpful and VERY patient guide Stan who had to once again drive the sled out of its upsettedness). Standing in sort-of a jetski like crouch turns out to be the most stable config (easy to lean and adjust) but tiring to say the least.

Anyhow, I’m sure it’s great fun once you know what you’re doing, and you’re not on a time-line like ours: Must get gear installed today and working and get off mountain before dark and you get lost, die, get eaten by a mountain lion or all of the above.

Don’t get me wrong. It beats sitting at my desk.

Sorry no action shots today. We have to make another short run tomorrow, so maybe we’ll have time to get some pics. Who’s that driving my sled?

My hotel closet has become a regular electronics warehouse. I wonder what housekeeping thinks?

After a long day yesterday doing work in Rifle, Colorado, and then driving to Steamboat Springs, CO, I didn’t have time to post. I did have a lot of scenery to shoot along the way, so there are many pictures in the album.
In places the drive was isolated, but not particularly difficult or dangerous.

Today I stayed in Steamboat Springs working issues here, while coworkers headed up Emerald Mountain to service our equipment there. Gratuitous Colorado flag shot:

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Some of you may know that I’m currently in Colorado. I flew into Denver and needed to drive Interstate 70 to Rifle, Colorado. (208 mi for 3 hours and 22 minutes according to Google maps). I had planned on 4 hours with weather, but this was not sufficient. Ignoring stops it took about 5 hours to make the trip (ick).
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The lull in the blog has been primarily caused by a series of trips that K & I have been (and will be) making. I brief summary follows:

• Trip to Valley Falls for the annual BBQ: We each drove separate cars because…
• K went on to Maine to visit her family and…
• I went home stopping at many interesting sites along US20
• Today I fly out to Denver for a business meeting.
• Thursday I will fly ‘home’ to Maine, instead of Syracuse
• Monday we will drive home together

You can see there is much blog fodder just waiting to be written. I hope to take some time in the hotel tonight to do just that (since my usual distractions will not be available.

Stay tuned… after all, don’t you want to read my pithy review of the Prehistoric Creatures Museum?