A new game... Post pics from your cel phone V.1.0

[BruceK]

It worked for me!  I can spin all around like with a Google Street View.   

Very cool! 

[stan360]

Something is wrong, I don't see any concrete.   

[Jims5543]

Moon rise approximately a fortnight ago.



Took Lucy to the beach for the first time, she had a blast, she was unsure of waves, we will revisit that this spring.



The Samsung 360 Camera, gonna take some cool pics these next few days.

[BruceK]

Nice photos!   Looking forward to more.

[BruceK]

Screenshot taken tonight during a broadcast of NBC Nightly News.    I'm guessing they are a little too busy deciding how to slant the news each night that they can't spend time on checking spelling?

[gr8kornholio]

About sums it up.   :-[

[Jims5543]

I picked my son up from school today, we stopped downtown and took a pic on our way home today. The sun was bright, we thought we were hiding behind the fountain. LOL!!

SAM_100_0031 by Jims5543, on Flickr

[Jims5543]

It never dawned on me to ever hit up this amazing Pizzeria in town for lunch. I did that yesterday. Got a front row seat at the bar for the firing up the of the brick over for the dinner service.

[John Gervais]

Very nice!  We've got a brick-oven pizza place around the corner run by Italian Italians (from Italy - you should hear them chattering and carrying on in Italian).  It's a really busy place and the food is great, but we haven't been there in about a year for some reason.  I rather miss the 'natural' flavor that the pizza acquires.

[Jims5543]

The owner of this place grew up in Sicily and has a few Sicilian dishes on his Menu, MRs.5543 grew up on Sicilian food so she loves this place.  It is always packed so we rarely eat in order take out a lot though.

[Jims5543]

In exactly one week from now I will be sitting in a cabin in Island Park Utah, which is near the west gate of Yellowstone.

My buddy who organized this trip keeps sending me teaser pics, this is supposedly where we will be, pic taken yesterday or today.

It was 85° here today I drove with the AC on in the Mini taking my son home, the AC is on in my house and in my office.

This is hard to comprehend.  How do you pack for this in 85° weather?

Trust me, 3 pairs of thermals, and a bevy of items from LL Bean all ready to go but still.......

[towjoe]

Its going to be fun!
Regards
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[John Gervais]

It sure does!

"How do you pack for this in 85° weather?"

Wool, lots of wool...

[Jims5543]

It sure does!

"How do you pack for this in 85° weather?"

Wool, lots of wool...

"Bevy of items from LL Bean"   ;D

I have it covered.

[Merlin]

I don't  have the 360 camera, but I abuse the pano mode on my phone alot. Heres a few 360s from my last trip to Ecuador. Conveniently made a business trip into an extended date.

This is us paddling in a volcanoe lake...  at 12K ft



This is a 160 shot of the capital city from the top of a mountain 14Kft.


here is us in the steeple of one of the cathedrals in downtown Quito. Something you can only do in a 3rd world. Sketchy AF.


Haha, Photobucket sucks the D.

[tsumini]

In exactly one week from now I will be sitting in a cabin in Island Park Utah, which is near the west gate of Yellowstone.

My buddy who organized this trip keeps sending me teaser pics, this is supposedly where we will be, pic taken yesterday or today.

It was 85° here today I drove with the AC on in the Mini taking my son home, the AC is on in my house and in my office.

This is hard to comprehend.  How do you pack for this in 85° weather?

Trust me, 3 pairs of thermals, and a bevy of items from LL Bean all ready to go but still.......

Don't get sucked into buying a timeshare. ...Island Park Utah...   They are EVIL

[Jims5543]

Don't get sucked into buying a timeshare. ...Island Park Utah...   They are EVIL

LOL!! Nope already own a Timeshare in Atlantis Paradise Island Bahamas.  It took us a while but we finally figured out how to make it work for us. Last year we used it, this year we cash it in for enough Starwood points that we can book about 7-10 hotel nigh stays with the points. Or use them towards plane tickets.

The cabin we are staying in is actually a timeshare, my buddy Kevin traded his for it, I am on the hood to him for 1/5 of the maintenance fees and any transfer fees he incurred.  His timeshare is a cheap Cocoa Beach one so it does not have thee trading power my Atlantis one has.

We have traded for Palm Springs, Phoenix and we love the Bahamas so we use our unit a lot too.  I am not in the market for any more.


We were trespassing yesterday on Florida East coat Railroad right of way in order to get a job completed. They have no sense of humor when they find you on their right of way. Even though Florida Statues give Land Surveyors the right to go on their land, they still will give you a lot of grief if they see you.





Had to locate some property corners and push the line further north, previous customer purchased the land to the north of him.  I will post a pic later, the land is so old the legal description is in Chains and links not feet.

[Jims5543]

I don't  have the 360 camera, but I abuse the pano mode on my phone alot. Heres a few 360s from my last trip to Ecuador. Conveniently made a business trip into an extended date.

This is us paddling in a volcanoe lake...  at 12K ft



This is a 160 shot of the capital city from the top of a mountain 14Kft.


here is us in the steeple of one of the cathedrals in downtown Quito. Something you can only do in a 3rd world. Sketchy AF.


Haha, Photobucket sucks the D.

I need to pick your brain at a future junction, I would love to visit Ecuador.  I was toying with that or Costa Rica. Cool pics, I wish I could make them bigger trying getting a Flickr account, it seems to be set up to handle formats like that.

[Jims5543]

Mother Nature is being cute today. No rain anywhere in Florida except for where I am. Gonna be a fun day.

[John Gervais]

Hahahahhaa - typical...

Merlin, I love the lake picture! 

I checked the weather forecast last night.  Expecting today to be somewhat decent, I packed the mini with my waders, fishing pole & net and headed up to the estate for a couple hours work with the chainsaw and planned on walking down to the beach after lunch to catch dinner.  It drizzled the entire drive up to the estate, cleared up just enough to chip a small pile of branches I'd left last time I was up there, then started to rain again.  Biblical rain, and windy as 'ell.  So, put the woodchipper away and drove further up the coast where it was only drizzling.  No fish biting, so drove home 90 miles in apocalyptic rain and extremely strong cross-winds. 

Crappy day, looking forward to doing it again soon when the weather gets better.

[Merlin]

I need to pick your brain at a future junction, I would love to visit Ecuador.  I was toying with that or Costa Rica. Cool pics, I wish I could make them bigger trying getting a Flickr account, it seems to be set up to handle formats like that.

Costa Rica is cool and all, but nothing beats Ecuador. There is nowhere in the world where you can stand at the middle of the world, hang out in a hot spring at the top of the Andes in the morning and be in the Amazon basin by the evening. Don't forget the Galapagos! Since their economy is basically Oil and Tourism, you can bet that a lack of spanish skills will still get you around.

[Jims5543]

I need to pick your brain at a future junction, I would love to visit Ecuador.  I was toying with that or Costa Rica. Cool pics, I wish I could make them bigger trying getting a Flickr account, it seems to be set up to handle formats like that.

Costa Rica is cool and all, but nothing beats Ecuador. There is nowhere in the world where you can stand at the middle of the world, hang out in a hot spring at the top of the Andes in the morning and be in the Amazon basin by the evening. Don't forget the Galapagos! Since their economy is basically Oil and Tourism, you can bet that a lack of spanish skills will still get you around.

Everyone does Costa Rica it is becoming the next Hawaii = Not interesting to me. I like to get off the beaten path but not get killed.

I am going to explore Ecuador for summer 2018.

[Merlin]

If you are into food, Peru is a place to explore as well. Get the same type of cultural experience, but you also get all of the Aztec shit and food for days.

[Jims5543]

Merlin, thank you for the info we are foodies so now you have me rethinking. We have plenty of time to plan so, to be continued.


View from Jackson Hole Wy. terminal after 6 hours of flying.



Then another 2 hours of driving:



A little snow on the ground here in Island Park Utah






Shenanigans are afoot:


Why am I posting? Because my clients and their problems have me working this evening so I can have fun all weekend. They afford me this opportunity so no complaining.

[John Gervais]

I can't help but wonder if Jim & family are enjoying the snow.