Wednesday, March 30, 2005
I Know It's Been A While, But...
...I got out to the river yesterday and had a blast. My friend Jennifer went wtih me and turned out to be quite a stacker. She was more entranced with the delicate balances, and did well with them. We were at Sope Creek in Marietta GA. Here's a few shots.
This was the prize stack of the day. It got a lot of attention from passing hikers. As we left, we asked some kids to knock it over on their way out so that it wouldn't harm children or animals.
This was the favorite balance of the day. It was under a large stone in the creek and I pulled it out and it balanced in about two seconds. I call it the Solstice Stone.
This is Jen's first stack. She calls it The Penguin.
A photographer from the local paper showed up and took some action photos of my balancing. They were published in today's paper.
This is Jennifer's first stack. She calls it the Penguin.
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Jennifer and her Rebar Balance. It's on a piece of rebar sticking out of the stream. I was quite impressed, as I had tried to balance another stone on it earlier. I did do a different stone on the rebar after hers fell, however, and redeemed myself.
Jen called this one "Ham Hock in Repose," but like to think of it as "Falling Water."
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