Uptown Mpls Blog: February 2006

Monday, February 27, 2006

Near Uptown

These photos were not taken in Uptown but at least they were taken near Uptown.

Basilica

Just outside the door

Still snow in some spots.

Loring Park. Isn't Christmas over?

Sculpture Garden. Blue sky.

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Sunday, February 26, 2006

Waiting for the 6

I missed the bus that comes every 15 minutes. Guess I'll take a photo. It's hard to take photos at this intersection. Cars and people are always going by. Eventually there was a break.

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Thursday, February 23, 2006

Uptown Alley at Night

6 second shutter can produce a lot of color at night. I moved at about 5.

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Tuesday, February 21, 2006

Day 7 - Vail, Colorado (2)

First one's actually from Breck but the rest are from Vail. This is the last day I'll be posting out of state photos. Then it's back to Uptown Mpls.

It snowed at times and it was below zero on some parts of the mountain so I didn't shoot a whole lot the last day. Here's some I did take even though my hands were begging me not to.

EXTREMELY stupid place to be taking pictures. Better move on.

Still EXTREME over here.

U.S.A. flag flappin at the base of Vail.

I've never enjoyed looking at other peoples airplane photos so this is just here to slow down your computer I guess.

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Monday, February 20, 2006

Day 6 - Breckenridge, Colorado (2)

Back to Breck! Day 6 was also the day I started getting used to my camera. Photos are much better I think.

Photo stitch - 4 in 1...

I don't know those people. I just know they had more energy than me. Yes, I had the guts. Just not the power. So I took a photo instead.

So where the bunny hill at?

Black and White anyone?

See those skiers in the image below? That’s where I’m supposed to be. That’s where my friends were moments ago. I should be up there on the “freeway”, traversing to the next bowl over. Not down here in the ruff. “Must traverse” I told my self. Hearing the word (traverse) in my head made me even more weak.

Could this be altitude sickness? I was at 12,000 feet a couple days ago and it didn’t bother me then. So why now? Was I dehydrated? Was this backpack full of apples, granola bars, and sandwiches enough to slow me down. I’ve gone snowboarding in the mountains many times, but this was the first time it ever got to me.

Where was my head? It didn’t feel apart of me. I decided to rest and lie down for a while. The incline was so steep this meant just leaning a little bit and I was lying down. I wanted to take a nap but I knew that meant I was passing out. My freshly waxed snowboard would have sent me tumbling down the mountain at a dangerous speed. I couldn’t pass out. So there I was. Resting and breathing, breathing and resting. I Never went this high again the rest of the trip. Just couldn’t hang.

So what did I do? I took some more photos.

The wind was trying to make me leave but I didn’t seem to mind that much. My mind was elsewhere. Elsewhere taking pictures I guess.

Border and Border.

Yes, the Elph was on my side that day. Even though my head wasn't.

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Day 5 - Resting in Frisco, Colorado

Didn't do much on day five. I was too tired to go riding. Here's some pictures I took of some bowling game. I don't remember where this place was. Somewhere in Colorado.

Bit out of focus.

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Day 4 - Vail, Colorado

I think Vail had something like 300 inches at this point in the year. Looks like a dangerous job. Not fun.

On the mountain.

Huge Vail Sign.

Express Lift 4. Complex gears and stuff.

Macro on some table.

UFO looking Cloud.

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Friday, February 17, 2006

Day 3 - Breckenridge, Colorado

Day three was a Breck day...

Morning view from the Miners lot. That's where I always seem to park when I go to Breck.

Some yellow guy in my photo.

Slight change in altitude from Uptown Mpls.

Time to tap into the rockies.

Took this shot at some bar in Breck. Some guy got body slammed onto the table next to me. That was a different night in the same bar. It was WWF style. Crazy I tell ya.