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Kaaterskill Falls… Falls
Sunday, June 29th, 2008 | Adventure, Family, Photography | 6 Comments
So, I had this determined idea yesterday that we (my mom, Val!, Justin and myself) would go hiking and kayaking this weekend in upstate NY. Joey joined us as well. Without ample preparation and having missed the New Paltz turn off where we anticipated our Saturday evening hike, we headed into Saugerties and I got directions from a local that suggested two different hikes. Val! liked the idea of the Kaaterskill Falls Trail over the scenic overlook trail, so we were off in the direction of Hunter Mountain.
The trail was beautiful… Lush green trees densely crowded the muddy, rocky path which ran alongside a creek. In the creek were glistening silver-gray rocks and many levels of small falls, creating a beautiful visual effect as well as a musical audible effect throughout our hike, which was a half mile in length and took us upwards to the main attraction: a gorge into which a tall, thin, cool waterfall streamed. Val! and I made it there first and excitedly headed towards the falls. It was during this time of mindless hurry that I slipped on a wet rock and sent my left foot (and force of my body) into a hole surrounded by rocks. One of these rocks was incredibly sharp… As I extracted my leg, I noticed a deep gash exposing flesh and white fat folded up under the skin. The first words out of my mouth were “E.R.”
After Justin bandaged my leg with part of Joey’s shirt, we all headed back to the car and to the nearest emergency room. It’s never nice to hear a doctor refer to your cut as a gaping wound… even though that’s exactly what it was.
The worst part of the experience: Other than seeing the initial, frightening damage, the worst part (by far) were the numerous, painful shots I received to my wound area prior to being stitched up (10 stitches). I lost it and ended up crying…
The best part of the experience: Having my loving family there for me… Thanks Mom, Val! and Justin.
Things like this really help put life into perspective… And also remind me to be more careful. This is the third time in 3 weeks I’ve hurt myself, and the second time I slid off a rock and hurt myself. Sheesh.
Fun in Denver
Sunday, June 15th, 2008 | Adventure, Fun, Photography, Travel | 2 Comments
Not gonna write a whole lot at the moment as it is late and I am very tired BUT the main thing I went to get across is that I really dig Denver and the Rocky Mountains and feel like this is a place I could see myself spending a lot more time.
Summary of our day:
woke up 5:20 AM ET
left NYC 7:50 ET
arrived Denver 10:20ish MT
left with rental car 12:45ish (don’t even get me started but at least we had a convertible!!)
Drove into the mountains, drove around Central City and got hiking directions
drove to Idaho Springs and up Mt Evans to the top where it was still snowy = and 40+ degrees colder!!! We hiked to the summit. Amazing. 14,000+ feet up… we were breathing HARD. It rocked!!! We got up close to marmots and mountain goats! We also met some neat people that live here (originally from Atlanta).
checked into Magnolia hotel
cleaned up and changed for dinner
got cookies and milk on the way out of our hotel
had a yummy dinner at Samba (cuban food)
walked around downtown people watching and now we’re ready for blissful sleep!!!!
Photos to be added soon!
Photo Editor of Exotic Images
Thursday, June 5th, 2008 | Adventure, Photography | 3 Comments
One of my many job functions at ALA is photo editor… I do it mostly because, when I look at a picture, I automatically see how much more compelling it can be with just a little TLC. To the right is a photo of a river in Hawaii.
Much better, I think, on a sunny day.
Find out about Austin-Lehman’s Kauai Hawaii custom vacation - or just check out the page I built for it, sheesh! :) Tough crowd.
addendum: internet bookings are now up 3% over last year and I am pleased. they’d been down for a while. let’s hope they continue to grow.
Sunday Picnic in the Park
Wednesday, June 4th, 2008 | Adventure, Photography, Positivity, Seasonal | 2 Comments
Riding our bike, roller blade skitchen, picnic, trees, relaxing, cherries and cucumbers.
All fun things to do on a nice Sunday in NY. To start our summer out right we headed to Flushing Meadows Corona Park for a picnic, perfect weather for one - breezy and bright. It was nice to have a happy wholesome day. See more photos on Flickr here.
Last Wednesday - Celebrating an Engagement
Thursday, May 22nd, 2008 | Family, Photography | No Comments
Val! and I went out to celebrate my engagement. We went to dinner at a nice, overrated, overpriced restaurant where we undertipped the waitress and overtipped the busboy. I felt like Robin Hood.
Later, we headed to a wine bar where we enjoyed wine-flight after wine-flight and even came up with our own Bear Dalton/Vaynerchuk-like deductions… And we recorded them. :) Good times!!! ;)
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