November 2010 Queer Loop-d-Loop

Always start with a hearty breakfast. Here Jack, Peter, and I are at the Peterborough Diner. That steak was vastly overcooked, unfortunately. Protein is protein, right?

The Madame Sherri Forest parking area.

The castle ruins are not far from here.

Say hello to Max. I remember this dog's name, because I'll hear it spoken many times during this trip!

Testing my settings for a group shot later. Sadly I'll forget to actually use these settings later!

We're off to see the ruins, the first stop.

Is that Madame Sherri in the black cloak rising out of the ground to guard her castle ruins? Nah, I just got lucky with this shot.

Lounging in what was the Great Room.

I love the fisheye's ability to get into tight spaces. Evidently the castle had a basement.

We don't really need a break yet, we're just taking one.

Group shot. Unfortunately Jack got clipped off the left edge. He probably won't mind.

The hike begins!

At the pond. Now we'll actually have to tackle some elevation (that slope to the right).

A view over the pond. It's warm enough that many of us shed a layer.

Brad has no fear of heights. This was about as close as I wanted to be to this stone.

Saint really enjoyed biting rocks. Poor Craig had to keep extracting them.

This wasn't the only artistic cairn along these trails.

A 4-shot panoramic of Moon's Ledge. I hand-held this which is why my horizon was off. I did pay attention to the position of the white house (center of the frame) within the foreground branches to avoid parallax issues.