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Jenn, inexplicably, plays Jenga with Samir. - IMG 4391
Brian, Melissa, Brien. (My favorite part is the toast.) - IMG 4390
TFA party, view from the patio - IMG 4385
Emily, Sean, Allison, and Jenn look on. - IMG 4384
The hapless TFA program directors stop by and get sucked in (in this shot, Sarah draws a card). - IMG 4381
playing King's Cup after dinner - IMG 4380
cabin-mates at the fire - IMG 4379
Leslie and Bryan on the mountain (Because I took so many pictures of people skiing last year, this year I concentrated on in-the-cabin shots. If you need to see more of us skiing, check out last year's album in the travel section.) - IMG 4290
again - IMG 4288
Fall touches the trees at our complex - IMG 4284
I just can't get enough of the redwoods outside our window. - IMG 3967
Murphy gets a bath (Dallas) - 0411 205022
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Doug found a place called Ambar on some internet board. We stumbled across it and decided to go in for dinner. It turned out to be outrageously chill. I won't elaborate too much on it's merits so it might stay mostly unknown. - 0411 184415
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According to people on the island, that is Bill Gates' yacht. Looks about right, I guess. - 0411 164907
Jeff vs. ray - 0411 163758
Ali and Bryan snorkel above the other divers on dive number two. - 0411 162539
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A ray. This is before the manual white balancing has bene performed, so you can get an idea of what things look like down there to the naked eye/CCD. - 0411 153631
On the way up from the first dive, I had what's called a "reverse block." Thats when expanding air in your inner ear has trouble escaping through your eustachian tube. It's was kind of scary because the further I went up, the more it hurt. I eventually got it to clear, but not without hurting myself a bit on the way up. There was some blood, so I sat out the second dive of the day. - 0411 151922
Here you can see the level of correction. This is using the same correction as underwater for a surface shot. - 0411 151645
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Leslie, Jeff, Doug - 0411 151447
It's hard to smile naturally 50 ft underwater without your air supply or your mask. - 0411 150444
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