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Lucky Thirteen

Man, talk about going out in the middle of nowhere to play softball!  We did last night.  The Lady Lions played the Lady Wildcats of Hannan High School in Mason county.  Cat fight!!!  I'd never been in this area of WV before even though it's not really that far away.  Click here for a satellite image of the area.  It's really pretty out there.

That's my baby girl up to bat.  She's turned out to be one of the best, if not the best, hitter on the team.

New York City Bulidings

Teays Valley Christian School Lady Lions

The Lady Lions lost this evening to the Ladies from St. Joseph Central Catholic High School in Huntington.  This is the first year for TVCS to have a girls softball team and even though they lost today it seems like the practices are really paying off and they're coming together as a team.

No Standing

I made this photo on Broadway near Chinatown.

Freedom Tower

This shot was from our hotel in Jersey City.

Chinatown

We spent a couple hours in Chinatown on Tuesday afternoon.  Talk about an interesting place.  I would love to go and spend a whole day there exploring.  The little girl was at a shop on Bayard St.  Kim had stopped there to look at a jade elephant (she likes elephants) and she came out and spoke to us.  She and her mom and dad were very nice.

World Trade Center

The building on the left is One World Trade Center and the building on the right is the U.S. Post Office.  I'm not sure which WTC building the other one is.  I made this photo from the cemetery of Saint Paul's chapel.

Carlo's Bake Shop

We took a little side trip to Hoboken on Wednesday morning.  Allie and Molly love to watch Cake Boss so we went to Carlo's Bake Shop to see if the stuff was as good as everybody says.  We had to wait outside in the cold to get a ticket, then we had to wait some more after we got the ticket.  The bakery is really small and it was packed.  You could barely move around and see what you wanted because of the crowd.  We decided what we wanted and waited for them to call our number.  While we were waiting I found myself a little corner out of the way and was just waiting, when one of the workers came out with two trays of fresh cup cakes.  He must have hit one of them on the showcase or something, because he asked me if i wanted a free cup cake because the "top" of it was broken loose from the "stump".  I said, "heck yeah".  We got our stuff and snacked on it during the rest of the day and finished it off for dessert at a pizza shop on the corner of 50th St. and Broadway.  I'd say it was worth the wait because the stuff was really good!

World Trade Center Memorial

We went to the World Trade Center Memorial Tuesday evening.  It's hard to describe the feeling you get when you walk around and read the names of all the people that were murdered on that awful day.

Grand Central Terminal

We just got back from our trip to New York City and I wanted to post one of my favorite shots.  I know, this shot has been done to death, but I like it anyway.  I made the black and white shot but decided I liked the color version better, then I asked Kim which one she liked better and she said they both looked pretty cool and I should put them both up, so I did.  Anybody that has any comments on which one they like better, let me know.  I've got a bunch more pictures to process and post, but I think I'm gonna go to bed.

Saturday Morning

Had to run a couple of errands in Charleston this morning and afterward I had a nice walk around downtown.

Sound Board

The sound board in kid's church.  Talk about a random picture, but I like it anyway.

Nitro Fire Department

Nitro firefighters go to work Saturday afternoon at a structure fire on Elm St. 

Granville Blevins And The Gals

A couple of shots from last month that I liked but forgot to post.

Sunday Afternoon...

...was awesome!!!!

Saint Albans / Nitro Bridge Demolition

The Nitro side of the bridge was brought down yesterday at 10:00 am.  The weather sure was a lot better this week, if it had been a little warmer it would've perfect.  Click here to read the Charleston Daily Mail article.  Check out the video my friend Matt made.  Crank up your speakers.

Auto Extrication...

...training at night in the rain.  Not nearly as bad as it sounds.  It was actually pretty fun.

Saint Albans / Nitro Bridge

The Saint Albans side of the bridge was blown down this morning at 10:00 am.  It was a pretty impressive boom.  The Nitro side will be blown next Friday at the same time.

I took a series of 29 photos of the explosion but these 2 were my favorites.