Well it turns out it was in my best interest to drop everything at 12:00 on friday and leave at 12:10 to drive for 8 hours or so to Michigan... So I did, packed like a lightning bolt, got in the car, drove to madison with Howie, dug a car out of the snow for about an hour, and then drove straight north until we were in Houghton. Did some shooting on the way up, got dropped off at my Aunt and Uncle's house in Laurium Mi. Had a very late dinner with my cousin, and hopped in the guest bed. How and why did I suddenly go to Michigan? Well we drove up in a blizzard, and Howie was going (without telling me prior to dinner on Thursday) and his folks decided it would be better if someone went with him, to help drive etc. So I was offered an all expense paid ski trip, to my favorite place in America, the U.P. (Yeah that's right Amanda, don't knock the U.P. it is simply the best place around. I of course couldn't pass this up, so I said good bye to the girlfriend, packed the essentials, which included 2 cameras, some Velvia, various battery chargers, my laptop, skis, boots, poles, and of course some cloths.
Saturday was a day of knee deep powder overlooking Lac La-Belle and the channel out to Lake Superior. With 16-20 foot waves on Friday smashing in to the eastern coast of the peninsula I was expecting to go the extra mile... or 400 extra miles in this case, and get some waves crashing for Naomi's class and my crit on Monday, but with a bay full of pack-ice on saturday, the waves had expended all their energy before reaching anywhere near photographable areas. But this certainly was ok, there was skiing to be done.
Long story short, a lunar eclipse, another great lake, burning muscles, a home made jump, a cliff climb, a couple hundred photographs, a few bowls of soup, a game of scrabble, a visit to the hospitol for Howie (Ski's are sharp and landing just short of 720 degrees of rotation onto a very steep grade can be a painful combination), and 400 more miles later... I'm back, its late, and its time to get to work on some school work.
Here is what the weekend produced:
For Jonathan: A Barn Owl flew out of that barn right after my 10th or so frame of it, I know you love birds.
For Howie: You look fairly at peace, despite the gash in your knee and the blood staining the snow red.
For Amanda: You already got made fun of for talking smack about da UP eh.
For Sarah: That barn, I know you like them.
For Me: The abandoned drive in, I'd happily drive back to shoot it again when it isn't lit by moonlight.
For anyone else that actually reads this.... comment, prove you read it... I don't believe any of you!
Great weekend Howie, we'll do it again soon.
2 comments:
proof---my name is SARA not saraH!!! good story there tom!! next time, think of us and call us before you leave! :)
If students are going to miss class I hope its because they are out on some art related adventure - it's better than being sick - better for everyone. But now you have some make up to do.
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