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Birthday Camping

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Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/6.4, 1/680 sec, ISO640
 “Car Camp” Lake Somerville, 2021

Today we did an overnight camp at Lake Somerville State Park to celebrate our friend’s birthday. I haven’t been car-camping in a while so it was extra fun. Not worrying about pack weight like you do when you are backpacking felt like a luxury, and we took advantage of it by bringing a huge tent, cooler filled with beverages, my big tripod, as well as two bicycles and fishing gear.

It was a lot of fun hanging out around the grill (we made burgers!), eating and drinking, and even taking photos of the stars. Definitely a great evening!

Photo info: FUJIFILM X-E4, 18mm, f/2.8, 13 sec, ISO3200
 “Milky Way” Lake Somerville, 2021

Already October?

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 “Fall Fruit” Cedar Park, 2021

It’s already October 8th… What happened to September? And August? The months are just flying by…

Tonight on the way back from the stadium where we watched the marching band perform, we took a detour to look at some of the incredible Halloween decorations. So fun! In comparison, all we have so far is a couple of small pumpkins inside… sad! 😆

Malala Yousafzai at the Texas Conference for Women

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 “Malala” Cedar Park, 2021

My company is a sponsor of the Texas Conference for Women and I got to attend (virtually) today. I was particularly excited to hear Malala Yousafzai speak. She’s such an inspiration! The entire conference was excellent, and I enjoyed listening to all the speakers, especially the other keynote speakers, Ali Wong and Indra Nooyi. A really wonderful day.