There are green buildings everywhere now, but in Sydney I wonder if they took it a step further?
A Long Way to Tipperary
Storming the court in Corvallis after the Beavers upset Arizona! #gobeavs
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Angela Ready for Whale Watching and the Weather!
How could I not love a woman who is packed and ready for the adventure like she is?!?! 😉
Photos From the Civil War Game 2014
Cross posted from the Sports Blog.
Unfortunately for Oregon State fans, this years version of the Civil War rivalry game against the Oregon Ducks turned out to be more of a massacre than a real battle. The Ducks were just too much for a struggling Beaver team, who ended the season 5-7. Still, my wife was kind enough to get me a ticket for my early Christmas present, and that provided me the opportunity to experience the rivalry first-hand, starting with the tailgating.
And catching the band during the Beaver Walk
And then, once in the stadium, sitting just three rows back from the Ducks bench. A great place to watch pregame warmups, and get an inside view of the happenings on the sideline.
Unfortunately, when the team you’re rooting for gets down by 30, being on the opposing sideline is not exactly fun. These teams don’t like each other much, the fans don’t like each other much, and the frustration level of Beaver fans was pretty high as the game wore on. Better luck next year Beavs!
You can see all the pics I posted over on Flickr.
Event Photography – Oregon State Tailgater
Had the pleasure of being a volunteer at the Oregon State Alumni Association’s away game tailgater up in Seattle this past weekend. Despite the loss to the Huskies, I enjoyed the opportunity to meet a bunch of Beaver fans and alums, and “cover” the event for their social media campaign. You can actually see their album of photos from the event over on their Facebook page.
Covering an event like this is quite different, but I enjoyed it, and given the 7:30PM kickoff, I was sure glad I brought a Speedlight and a diffuser with me. Inside the tent, it was still dark enough to need some flash, but the diffuser allowed me to avoid washing out the background, and having red eyes everywhere!
Of course, that also meant carrying around my camera bag all night, but hey, that came in handy for a few photos in the stadium too, which is another post. 😉
Sign in Florence
via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/oNdhA3
Angela is Ready for the Tide to Come In
via Flickr http://flic.kr/p/pmxooH
Selling live chicks right next to the novelty apron that says finger licking good seems rude to me. ;-)
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Sourwood Inn Asheville
Almost 13 years ago, my wife and I went down to Tennessee to get married, and decided to drive up into the mountains for our honeymoon. We discovered the Sourwood Inn at that time, and loved the peaceful, scenic area up in the mountains.
Lo and behold, in 2011, when I made the move to my new job in Greenville, we wound up just over an hour away from our honeymoon spot. Naturally, we made it a point to spend another weekend up there and spend some more quiet time in the mountains that first Summer.
So while technically this is not in South Carolina, the Upstate area really has given us plenty of great spots just over the border that we have enjoyed!