Mike Goad on April 8th, 2008

September 23, 2007 at 1.16pm CMT
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.004 sec (1/250)
Aperture: f/9.5
Focal Length: 43 mm
ISO Speed: 100
my Canyonlands National Park flickr set

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Mike Goad on April 7th, 2008

Karen and our oldest daughter went for a hike at the Bona Dea Trails near Russellville Saturday while I stayed home to do some work on the shop. We had heard that there was an alligator in the wildlife refuge that the trails wind through. Karen was always looking, hoping to see it everytime she [...]

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Mike Goad on April 6th, 2008

Devils Den State Park, Arkansas
March 1, 2008 at 12.49pm CST
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.002 sec (1/500)
Aperture: f/6.7
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

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Mike Goad on April 5th, 2008

This is a composite image created from several photos as this arch was just too big and we were too close to get it all in one picture.
(photos from Arches National Park, August 24, 2007)
 

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Mike Goad on April 4th, 2008

This abandoned farmstead stands in ruin from blasting winds which
have shifted topsoil from field to cover the house and improvement.
The old turning plow in foreground was left at the end of row in the field.
Date: 1935
Photographer: B. C. McLean
Location: Bacca County, Colorado
Watershed: unknown
(see digital image source)

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Mike Goad on April 3rd, 2008

From early March — first of two heavy snowfalls in three days — 12 1/2 inches this time; 8 1/2 three days later.
March 4, 2008 at 12.13pm CST
Camera: Pentax K10D
Exposure: 0.006 sec (1/180)
Aperture: f/5.6
Focal Length: 300 mm
ISO Speed: 100

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The income tax rebate checks from the U.S. economic stimulus plan require filing a 2007 income tax return, required to be filed by most no later than April 15th.
An accountant we know told us that he is absolutely swamped right now — to the point that he is currently unable to take any new business. [...]

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