Easter Weekend 2008

A few different outdoor activities over two days in the Boston area.

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Part 1: Middlesex Fells

I was hoping for some early flowers, found late ice instead.

	Ice along the shore of the pond.
	Remnants of a surface floe.
	More shore icicles.

Sure it's a tourist trap, but it's scenic.

	A duck in the harbor.
	Yseline.
	Hermine.
	Mandatory harbor photo 1.
	Mandatory harbor photo 2.
	Throwing pebbles on a nearby beach.
	Brune.
	Brune.
	Simone.
	Margot & Joe.

First rock climbing of the season. Photos of me taken by Will.

	Nick.
	Will.
	Will at the crux of a 5.10 route.
	Will passing the crux.
	My turn (photos by Will).
	Reaching for the first hold.
	Flailing desperately at the crux.
	Kids, watch closely: this is called cheating.
	The rest of the route is much easier.
	Up and away.

Plus a stroll on a nearby golf course. I borrowed Kwesi's 100-400mm IS lens, so I hope you like close-ups.

	The hunt is on.
	Yseline has the hunting all to herself, but she's still concentrating fiercely.
	Except, that is, when she pauses to taste her jacket.
	Brune and Christophe looking on.
	Joe borrowed the camera and wanted to see what this lens could do: Ning, by Joe.
	Kwesi, by Joe.
	Simone, by Joe.
	Me, by Joe.
	Margot, by Joe.
	Dave, by Joe.
	I wrested the camera away and tested the 4.5 aperture. Exposure time: 1/2000s.
	Stephanie.
	Yseline.
	A passing dog - shot with the 400mm lens.
	Turtledove through the big lens.
	Stephanie reviewing photos she'd shot with the big lens.