Ohio, USA

Gerald is safely here with me. We are going to Chicago tomorrow and if the weather is nice enoguh we will walk around town and see the great architecture! Otherwise we might stay inside and drink. Always a good option.
This morning we went to Target to run some errands and he asked for something more comfortable to travel around in. He picked this bag, which will make it easier for me to carry him from place to place. This fits fine in the Gerald box.



OK, we are off for Chicago!

Silicon Valley!

Gerald is on his way to Kookaburra in Ohio and
will arrive in time for a side-trip to Chicago.

On the way to the airport he insisted on a
whistle-stop Silicon Valley Corporate Campus
Geek Tour, so one last round of pics before
he leaves the West Coast (click pic for larger
view or click '' for full-size view):


After being away from home for a couple of weeks
Gerald was feeling a little lost, so what better
place to go search for yourself ...


Dreaming of Dual Core ...


Shame I missed focus on Gerald and his friend
for this shot . Going for depth-of-field,
set apperture override then forgot to actually
step down the apperture size ( The photo-heads
will know )


Apparently Gerald was getting hungry. I think
I misunderstood when he asked if we could go
for a Big Mac ...


And finally ...


Who knew Gerald was such a geek!



Goodbye Gerald!
Bon Voyage.

Gerald paragliding: set 2

I confess to a bit of selective level adjustment of Gerald's face in the bottom pic, above; I accidentally left the flash on and nearly burned his face completely off

It wasn't a much better day for my friend with the long lens on the hill. She took some of these pics while I was setting up then came back and took the rest when I was ready to launch; somewhere in between she set her camera to ISO 800 for some reason and forgot to reset it resulting in overexposure beyond my pathetic powers of photoshoppery.

Unfortunately I had Gerald tucked inside my harness for launch so in a few shots of me on the ground only his feet are visible (you don't want 3lb of cast iron swinging around your knees when you're trying to launch paraglider into strong, gusty wind.

Here we are checking the lines :
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Getting ready to go ...
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(Is that a 3lb cast iron gnome in your pants or are you just pleased to see me? )





And we're off...
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When it was all over Gerald said he wants to try it on his own next time.
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