Here's a list of the highlights. If you didn't know, I went to the staff retreat for the Yearbook and Newspaper staff of NC State University. It's a weekend of getting to know eachother and planning for the year. I was there to help out with the photo staff. Each photog spent the weekend shooting self-found stories. I tossed ideas and helped edit their photos.
- Being in North Carolina with my brother John... we were about 15 minutes apart but never saw eachother. Crazy
- A "road trip" with the Newspaper Staff of NC State. Felt like old times taking a college road trip with my buddies. Spending way to long deciding what to eat from gas stations, being stupid in the van even though it's way to early in the morning, and messing around with the other van of staff members. (see photo)
- Playing on HUGE sand dunes. Jocky's ridge is a state park on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It's the largest active sand dune east of the Mississippi. Pretty much just large hills of sand where people play... hang gliders, football, there was even a two mile race where the winner finished in 18 minutes. That's VERY slow for a good runner. (Any photo with sand is from Jocky's ridge.
- Going to the memorial of the Wright Brothers and throwing a boomerang... and catching it. (I had to run a little, but it came back to me) (The photos are of me and the yearbook photo editor, Austin Dowd)
- Playing in the Atlantic with waves taller than me. It's my first time losing control of my body because the waves were too powerful... and I've got the scratches and bruises to prove it. (I swam, and didn't take any photos, I have to put down my camera every now and then)
- Teaching people how to eat crabs during a crab boil and some guys house. They "steamed" their crabs and most of the people didn't know how to eat them. Who would have thought that a kid from Kansas would ever have the chance to teach someone how to eat crabs. (again, having fun with out a camera)
- Playing Cornhole with the dudes. HA! like how I said that? It's a tailgating type game where you toss bean (corn) bags back and fourth trying to get them in a little hole on a board. Like horse shoes, except with bags and holes instead of horseshoes and poles.
- Eating at a place in Durham where my buddy Rob worked for 4 years as a student at Duke. He suggested I go eat there, and when we had a few extra hours after getting back from the Outer Banks, we went there and had some good seafood. I thought it was funny when Bradley said "You can't order anything that you can get in the Gulf" Not possible. I had the dolphin and some corn. (I have a photo of me in front of this place, but it's still in my camera and I don't feel like working it up right now)
- Oh, and of course teaching the future photo journalists and all that important stuff.
I'm heading to Misty's to see the puppies... they've all opened their eyes.
