Overlooking Birmingham, Alabama, at the top of the old iron mountain, is a 110 foot pedestal supporting a 55 foot cast-iron statue of the god Vulcan. Near the parking lot is a plaster model of its foot, used to test the casting methods. It's big.
Picture taken by Halsted.
Jooooooolia threw an shag-themed party just before Austin Powers 2 came out, and had lots of blacklights and colored drinks and mardi gras beads.
Picture taken by Jooooooolia.
Jude organized a lovely hike through the Middlesex Fells on a trail that took us over every high point in a rather rocky area. The views were outstanding, but for some reason we kept stopping to rest on top of windswept crags. We got to the top -- what now?
In the picture: Andy's back (Marmota), Ben (seven), Dale, Dr. Ann, Karyn, Jude (peacefrog), John (cgull).
Picture taken by me.
One particularly cute person resting on top of a windswept crag. That's Boston's skyline in the background (to give you an idea of how high we were). Hi, Laurie!
Picture taken by me.
When my mother came to visit, we travelled to Plymouth to visit the tourist attractions there. Here's me shivering up against the mainmast of the Mayflower II.
Picture taken by my mother.
As a joke, I hopped in to the trunk of Scott's rental car. I think it looks somewhere between odd and perverse, but hey. My hand's covering up the trunk light, which explains the twisting.
Picture taken by Scott.