I haven't posted anything for about a week. Although I haven't been too busy to take pictures, I just didn't get around to it. Anyway, today I was assigned to lead a hike at Fort Clatsop. It was a short one. It was a beautiful day to be outside. I did a lot of preparation work when I wasn't hiking. I also had to do a traffic survey for a while. This is simply counting cars and people in the cars to see how our car counter and admissions yield are going. Can you believe it, some people sneak in and don't pay the three bucks for admission! So here I am sitting at the entrance ready to leap into action with cllipboard at the ready to take the data. Actually it is boring as hell. I was so desperate for something to read that I picked up an old copy of "New Yorker" magazine. After a few minutes of going through that magazine, I was certain that I would never pick up another one. Of course the pickings are slim in the lunchroom. Another choice could have been Oprah's magazine, YUK! They never have "Guns and Ammo" or "Flying" or "Soldier of Fortune".

Photographer's note: I tend to start blazing away at the shutter before checking my camera settings. I need to stop doing that. When I downloaded my photos from today, I noticed they were at ISO 1600, not a good choice for the G11 and certainly not needed for these pictures. Note to self: Stop Doing That!