Friday 7 August 2009

A Tale of Two Cameras Part 1: Digital

We lost our pocket-sized digital camera somewhere (I think in Montana) last winter, so we have relied on the kindness of others to share photos for occasions where we weren't willing to put the SLR at risk, like say, scout camp.
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But last weekend we really needed (don't lecture me on needs vs wants) two cameras, so I pulled out my dad's film camera for my day with the little girls and Ken took our digital camera with him for his hike with the big kids.
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Here is the remainder of our long weekend as told by the digital camera. (I don't have a knack for naming things - I know some of you would have names for the cameras but if I tried, and I didn't, all I would come up with would be *Digi* and *Filmie* so it is better that I leave that kind of thing alone.)
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The big-kid hike was to Crypt Lake. This hike begins with a ferry ride across Waterton Lake from the town. Ken, Jaclyn, and Steven all emptied their Camelbacks by the end of the hike - it may have had something to do with the 35'Celsius weather we had that day.
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(Chloe decided she wanted to make postcards from our photos, and now I can't reverse the editing that added text to this picture.)
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Here Jaclyn is climbing up the ladder to enter the tunnel. I'm not sure if the tunnel comes before or after the cliff with the cable bolted into the mountain to help you not fall to your death - I've never done this hike myself. I think Steven is giving us the 'hang loose' signal.
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Ken exiting the same tunnel. The tunnel continues to shrink in height untill tall guys like Ken have to walk while crouching at the end.
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Ken doing a little fly fishing at the top.
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Later in the evening, after we had reunited from our separate adventures:
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We spent a lot of time restraining Flex on his leash. We did let him off-leash once in awhile, but the deer in the area are known for attacking dogs (not even kidding) and it stressed Carmen far too much to have Flex out from under the protective care of his retractable leash.
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Saturday night we went back down to the lake for more dinghy time. (Oh, that's right, you haven't seen the film photos yet: you don't know there was dinghy time earlier - this somewhat replicates for you what it was like for me to wait for the pictures to be developed -have you forgotten what that is like? I had.)
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No pictures from Sunday. I'm either suppressing the evidence or we really didn't do anything. Believe what you want to believe.
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Monday we went to Red Rock Canyon. The water was so murky from the mudslides earlier in the week, and the day was much cooler. I really didn't think the kids would want to wade their way up the canyon. Did they? Didn't they? Can you stand the suspense till I post the photos from the film camera?

3 comments:

Jill said...

I would say a camera is a need!

These pictures are beautiful! I think the one of Ken fishing is amazing. It's the sort of thing he could carry around with him as a sort of therapy for when life/work get too stressful.

Marie said...

Of course the kids wanted to go up to Red Rock. How can they not?

Okay, so I had no idea that the hike to Crypt was so scary. It seems as if they named the lake appropriatly. Yikes!

michelle said...

I would not be okay with the ladder into the cave or the thing that keeps you from falling to your doom...