Nov. 11, 2007 : Erin's Visit : Joshua Tree

On Day 2 with Erin, we went climbing in Joshua Tree...




Fred and Erin goofing around at the top of the first pitch...




Top of the cliff. it was an overcast day...


Here comes Erin...



Summited!




Back on the ground... Sunset turns the rocks orange...



the typical parting J-Tree shot...

Nov. 10, 2007 : Erin's Visit : Disneyland

This past weekend, Erin (an old friend from Boston) came through LA on business so we went to Disney on Saturday with him and our friend, Scott.

here's our shot on the Tower of Terror on the left in the front row...


getting on the Screamin' coaster...




Fred thought our churro purchase was photoworthy...




Thanksgiving dinner...


On the Indiana Jones ride...


The "Fantasmic" show. Hard to see, harder to photo...







The Haunted Mansion is decked out for Christmas...








Space Mountain at midnight...

Nov. 9, 2007 : Orlando Trip : Animal Kingdom Park

On our last day, we went to the Animal Kingdom Park.

This is the African safari ride. I took a lot of pictures of animals that came out really crappy. Here's a few that came out okay...

hippos...


crocs...


giraffes and some small lion food on the right...

more giraffes - there's a baby in the background to the right of the big guy...


the butt of an elephant...


the backside of a lion...




i dont' know what i was photographing here...


this is in india on some walking tour...

a komodo dragon...


some fruit bats... these were amazingly cute...


the tigers would not pose for the camera...




some freaky thing. i have no idea what this was. it was in it's own wierd room and there was nothing else in it...

from the side it's even freakier...


Riding the Everest roller coaster....





we went to the Finding Nemo Musical. big mistake. this was freakier than the statue in india...


waiting for the show to start...


BIZ-ARRE!!!












heading to the exit to catch our flight... bye Pluto!