Break from the city

[vaneramos]

Lake Erie: the pier at Port Dover, Ontario





Saturday night: our campfire at the Point


My companion was schillerium. Our weekend destination was the Point, a gay campground catering particularly to the bear and leather crowd.

Due to a tar spill, the drive took five hours, twice the time expected. On arrival, even worse: the park’s pool had a leak, so no water. The sky was foreboding. I considered cutting our stay short.

The mosquitoes were occasionally horrendous, but Craig didn’t mind (he’s from Sudbury). Green frogs grunted in the pond. Saturday morning I was wakened by robins, orioles, thrushes, rose-breasted grosbeaks, blue jays, great crested flycatchers, flickers and warblers. Craig remarked on the diversity. Rain never came, and with him enjoying this rural escape, departure plans evaporated.

Saturday we drove to Port Dover. On the beach I spotted a gull with a black head. Back at the campsite, perusing my field guide, I figured it must have been a Franklin’s gull, somewhat unusual.

Visited Skippy.

Barbecued steak then Craig and I sat by the campfire, waiting for the campground’s night energy to mount.

Today, it took less than three hours to drive home.

First heat wave. Air conditioning doesn’t work. Sunday dinner, we lounged around, damp and deflated, taking turns sprawling across the floor.






schillerium


Another photo is posted in rural_ruin: Sic transit gloria mundi.

Comments

[vaysha.livejournal.com]

what beautiful idyllic photos. I hope you are well rested and refreshed.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Not as refreshed as if I had had a chance to swim! But it was nice to get out of the city for a couple days.

[ubermunkey.livejournal.com]

sweet fire image, and that other well it is incredible

so many angles and shots and wow, you must go back sometime and take MANY!

be well

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

I try to go to the Point once or twice a summer. Next visit I'll make time to explore that place.

cheers

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

Those little cracklings from the fire look really kewl. I can almost hear the popping noises. :-)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

One problem with this camera is the time delay. By the time I heard the pop, pressed the shutter and waited for the photo to take, the sparks were always gone. This was a lucky shot.

[art-thirst.livejournal.com]

Yes, my camera has the same issue. For the baseball pics I had to watch the pitcher, not the batter, and try to time the ball. When I did my fire pics I had to focus first then, wait for something interesting to happen, like a change in wind direction, before fully snapping the shutter. Oh well... they turned out well enough. :-))

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

In any conditions where the camera thinks it needs a flash (even moderate shade on a sunny day or a brightly lit room with windows facing the sun) it won't focus until I fully depress the shutter. I can turn off the flash, but the pre-focus still won't work.

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Hurray! It will probably be there by the time I arrive home on Wednesday. :-)

[vaneramos.livejournal.com]

Okay. :-)