Polar Bear Club!

These were all taken yesterday near the small town of Ashford, WA just outside of Mt. Rainier National Park. If you haven't visited Heidi's blog, please be sure to check it out here.. She got some great images of the kids and dogs, as well as some stunning landscape shots that she's holding off (at my suggestion!) until her next post. I may be somewhat biased, but they really turned out very, very well. Be sure to check them out if you haven't!
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Okay, the only thing more difficult for me than coming up with a photo to post is coming up with a Title! Anyone else struggle mightily in this department?!

I learned a valuable lesson yesterday with regards to new gear. Don't leave home without the manual! I somehow got my camera into a 9 shot bracketing mode and the exposures, obviously, were wildly varying as expected. Unfortunately, not realizing how I got into it, I was unable to get out of it! Needless to say, I lost several exposures due to the wide variance in exposure! Let that be a lesson to you! =)

No, unlike my title suggests, I did NOT join any kind of Polar Bear Club by jumping into any of these icy rivers wearing only my Speedo! =) Not that I have one, mind you ...