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10-day - santa cruz island - holga shots

So we went out on a 10-day trip to the Channel Islands, our means of travel being Corsair, the 36 foot sailboat that sleeps on our dock. It was Rossi's birthday trip, and what a trip at that! We were at Santa Cruz for a few days, then to Rosa, then San Miguel for 4 days, then back to Rosa for a night, then back to Santa Cruz for the last few days.

We were surfing, sailing, hiking, diving, cliff jumping, adventuring, drinking, eating, cursing, kayaking, sleeping, napping, dancing, and oh so much more. It was the best vacation ever: no family to create tension, no women to create tension, and no deadlines/appointments except for start and end dates...boys' trip with so much freedom - oooh, bald eagle!

They were four of us: Ross, Ian Jay, RP and myself. In terms of ways to capture the trip, we were pretty set: 2-jesus phones (video), 2-medium format camera's, 2-35mm SLR's, a digital SLR, and a waterproof digital point and shoot.

I had a Holga, a Mamiya C33, and a Canon Elan 7. Here are a few of the Holga shots from the first leg of the trip on Santa Cruz Island:

Ian, you are the man!

the old rock quarry at Fry's Harbor, and Corsair in the background

RP on dishes in lil visitor - look at them primary colors!!

Most of all - thank you to Bobby Bushnell for letting us use his beloved sailboat Corsair. This was the best vacation I've ever been on, and I/we owe that all to Mr. B. Thanks mang!!

...more to come.

coco monster

ride, mustache, ride!!

I just picked my new ride up from the glasser's this afternoon. It's 5'2" x 22 1/4" x 2 3/4" ish??? I love the color and the matte finish - can't wait to ride it...and yes, that is a mustache on the deck, because everything in life is better with mustaches and/or cute girls...unless the cute girl has a mustache, which then renders her not cute...well, you be the judge.