vacation pictures!

And only about 1/4 of them!

I am only on day two, have not even begun to write the blog post that I want to about this strip. The pictures I uploaded so far are here. There are descriptions and stories and what not, should you be interested.

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home

That was what you would call a whirlwind vacation. We packed so much into seven days (five, really – I don’t count flying days) that we came exhausted and glad to have three days to recover before we head back to work.
Sacramento, Lincoln, North Lake Tahoe, Tahoe-Donner, Truckee, Tahoe City, South Lake Tahoe, Zephyr [...]

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the send off

[taken at Todd's parents' house in Lincoln]
The last shot I took on our trip. The clouds came rolling in that morning and it was raining on our way to the airport. The sun smiled on us the whole time we were there and started pouting just as we were about to leave.
As one [...]

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365-81: you’ll be there when i die, tattoo

Day 81 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: The Who, Tattoo
(this is a pretty clever song by the Who, if you’ve never heard it)
This was….the second to last day of our trip. As mentioned in the other photos from this day, we spent five plus hours in the tattoo shop (Legacy Ink Tattoo, [...]

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365-81: you’ll be there when i die, tattoo

Day 81 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: The Who, Tattoo
(this is a pretty clever song by the Who, if you’ve never heard it)
This was….the second to last day of our trip. As mentioned in the other photos from this day, we spent five plus hours in the tattoo shop (Legacy Ink Tattoo, [...]

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365-82: the people, the places, the weather, the faces

Day 82 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Vandals, Rico
I’m working backwards here. I’ll fill in all the days eventually, but I wanted to get started with this one first.
I’m sitting here in a freezing cold New York, drinking my Peet’s coffee and going through my pictures from California and I miss that [...]

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365-75: california, here we come

Day 76 of A year in songs and photos
Song: Phantom Planet, California
I figured I’d get this last post up here now, as I’ll be pretty busy after work today getting ready and we have to drop the pup off at my cousin’s tonight (goodbyes are so hard!). We leave at 6am tomorrow for the airport.
How [...]

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365-75: i won’t quit til i hit california

Day 75 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Atmosphere, Trying To Find A Balance
I’m finally packing. I like to save everything for the last minute. In less than 48 hours, I will be in California.
This is my first ‘real’ vacation. Well, my first vacation that won’t include having breakfast with Winnie the [...]

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365-75: i won’t quit til i hit california

Day 75 of 365: a year in songs and photos
Song: Atmosphere, Trying To Find A Balance
I’m finally packing. I like to save everything for the last minute. In less than 48 hours, I will be in California.
This is my first ‘real’ vacation. Well, my first vacation that won’t include having breakfast with Winnie the [...]

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CONTEST! WIN FABULOUS PRIZES! (updated)

Here’s the deal. I got to talking with Todd about how many photos I will take while in California. Considering I took 714 at ONE hockey game, the amount will be considerable. He suggested a contest. So,here it is.
I’m leaving on the morning of the 16th and coming back on the 22nd. So we’ll say, [...]

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