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In Toronto, we did a fun segway tour of the Distillery district, where we also got to sample chocolate and beer during the tour.

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_DSC5753.JPG, a photo by Nikon Dom on Flickr.

We went on the Maid of the Mist boat tour to get another view of the Falls. "Mist" is a misleading word for this tour as I got drenched, even with the poncho.

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_DSC5690.JPG, a photo by Nikon Dom on Flickr.

The Niagara Falls tour we took was about 4 hours and 30 min and crossed the border into the US for the tour. This pic was from the Cave of the Winds portion of the tour where we got an up close view of the Bridal Veil Falls.

Canada, Eh!

Went to Canada for a week. Went to Niagara Falls and Toronto to tour the sites. It was a lot of fun, but was hot and humid. Sucks that the US dollar was weaker to the Canadian dollar. Pics of the trip to follow.

2nd Place!

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So I took this picture of a gear at the Alameda County Fair and decided to enter this in the digital photo contest. It got 2nd place...not bad for my first photo contest. Check out the Fair next year as it will probably be displayed.

Coyote Valley Sporting Clays

It was a nice day at Coyote Valley. Dave's first time out with his shottie, hit a lot of clays both on the skeet and sporting clay stations. Gotta go again.

Camera Gear Shelf

Camera_Shelf.JPG, a photo by Nikon Dom on Flickr.

Camera gear boxes took the top shelf.

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_DSC4016.JPG, a photo by Nikon Dom on Flickr.

Pic of a few lenses using 50mm lens.

Fireworks

4th of July BBQ potluck at Dave and Daph's.

Ken's Bachelor Party Weekend at Lake McClure

For Ken's bachelor party we went to Lake McClure and camped last weekend. One of the guys brought out his boat and it was the first time I ever tried to wakeboard. Five tries and I was done...got up once for about a split second then bailed. I think I drank about a gallon of lake water. Other than the fact that it was hot as hell out there, it was a good time.

Back to sporting clays...

Dave's first time at sporting clays. It was a fun time out, even though I didn't hit that many clays, but it was probably the wind.

Trying to keep up with the times...

Man its been a while since I've built a pc. I don't even know whats good out there. LGA 1156 Wha? Core I7-5-3 Huh? Well been doing some research and probably gonna try to build a middle of the road system. Here's what I've got on the list so far: Intel Core I5 750 cpu, Asus P7P55D-E Pro, BFG GTX 260 OC Max Core video card, prob 4 gb ram to start with Windows 7 64bit running the show, got a case, drives, but prob need to replace the power supply. Open to suggestions...

My First Dive!

So today I went on my first dive! OK, ok...it's not technically a real dive in open water but in a small pool. Sport Chalet in Pleasanton offers free introductory scuba lessons on every third saturday of the month and all you have to do is sign up on their schedule. In a nut shell it was short video, then fitting for gear, and finally in the water! It was a pretty cool experience. Not sure if I will be going for the cert...yet? The gear is pretty costly, but it's a whole different world under water...we'll see.

My first time Trap/Skeet shooting

Today was the first time I ever went trap/skeet shooting, and first time to ever shoot a shotgun. It was a lot of fun and way harder than it looks. We first started at the trap range and I got to shoot an over-under shotgun...not too bad, but has a really strong kick. After the first round, I switched to a semi-auto Benelli. Although the recoil wasn't as bad, I didn't hit as many as the over-under.
We then moved over to the skeet range. That was even better...multiple stations and clays coming from either side. I started with the pump shotgun...funny when the doulbe clays came, almost forgot to pump! So ended up using the over-under again. Even though the over-under has the strongest kick, I think I did the best with it. I'll definitely go again.

Vince hits the clay.
And here he missed.

Into the New Year...2010!

Wow...my last blog entry was Thanksgiving of last year? Well the holidays were great. Spent time with family, ate a lot, and rested. But the main reason for this entry is the disappointment of an event we attended last night. I've been to the Silicon Valley International Car Show for quite a few years and this year shows the apparent impact of the economy on the auto industry. Even though we went opening day and some exhibits weren't open yet, we noticed that there were some car manufacturers that weren't there...Nissan, Infiniti, Audi, Porsche, Volvo, Saab, Mercedes...what a disappointment. Oh well, guess we'll have to wait for the SF show.

Some of the cars Chelle is considering to replace her 1999 Nissan Altima:

Volkswagen CC Lexus GS 350 Acura TL Unfortunately the cars that Chelle wanted to see were not there...Nissan, Infiniti, Audi, and Volvo.