On The Caravan

You're representing an entire district, there's a lot of people going, and only several drivers. What to do now? Make a plan and form a caravan.

NOTE: I'm starting to experiment with the HDR Toning Feature.

The American River Trail

The title is exactly what this post is about - taken in the American River. I was misled when they said something about a 'beach', and I looked on Google Maps, and there was no apparent beach nearby...

Fiona came up with this particular title, followed by some Oregon Trail jokes, since it involved most of us (not including me) crossing through the river by foot. At this time the river's a bit fast, so if you're not prepared...

Fun Fact: I was faced with a similar situation with crossing a creek during a science camp trip ten years ago - I fell headfirst into the water but got an award later on since I was going through it like 'a pioneer'.

I Can Has Camera?

Basically this is Garrett's cat, where he's fairly nice to guests. I normally have trouble when taking pictures of these subjects up close, but this one...

Ice Cream (Leatherby Style)

First major event in August for CKI - the Ice Cream social, directly after the soup kitchen event.

As for the ice cream (which is called Leatherby's Ice Cream, if you're buying the ice cream specials ($7+), don't expect it to be a overpriced light meal, it will fill you up.

Service in the Soup Kitchen

Looks like the Fall 2011 pics started a bit early.

This marks the first time I have volunteered working at a soup kitchen (at least for one day, since this location was in another city). Apparently it was much more than just serving soup - it was more of a balanced diet, and there were more people than I originally expected.

In my opinion I actually find the serving food part much better than just sitting around all day during the summer. Lucky for me I was there at a day when it was not as busy - even the lines for volunteers are said to be so long that you can't go through the line more than three times in the time it's open.

There's an event afterward for Circle K the same day, which is the next day's image.

Boxed In

It's been a while since I last made a Zuma Blitz related level post, but I've realized I haven't posted a image tip on this level yet, and people are wondering why fruit won't appear.

IRL, I'm also boxed in. I need to find a way out of here, as in getting out more - it's hard to arrange a get-together these days, especially when everyone's in different cities now.

TIP: (or potential flaw) The only time fruit will appear is when the ball curve reaches this area in the green circle. Doesn't matter how far the other curve is, just this one counts.

Fall 2011 in Pictures Promo: Badass Style

Fall 2011 in Pictures promotional image, prior to the hard drive crash. It later became the title image for the project and the overall theme for this imageset will be based off of this pic.

After some thought, I've decided to do another 'Fall in Pictures' series. However I hope to up the quality of my pictures a bit. The last year around, it seems like documentation doesn't seem to attract a lot of people, so badass style pictures might be more in tune to modern audiences.

The above picture ranks 2nd in views for non-game posts* and 4th overall during the Fall 2011 in Pictures project.

Image Source: Original image by Erika Albinto - I did some photoshop work on it though.