BAYA Learns to Flickr

I am glad to say that I have infected most the group with the Flickr bug (there are still a few hold outs... you will be dealt with soon enough). Flickr is a photo hosting site that makes it very easy for people to stay connected and share photos. Ryan Carver is the one who got me started, and now I am spreading the word (it is much more fun the more friends that are involved). Anyone who is interested can go to Flickr and check it out (it is very easy to sign up and get started), or e-mail me with questions. If you want to get connected quickly with the BAYA crew (and many other people that I know and you might know too) go to my profile page TreeBed and you will find all of my contacts there (which then you can make them your contacts as well). Now go Flickr. Oh, also Flickr makes it very easy to Blog photos... so most of the photos that you see on this blog, if you click on them, will take you to the Flickr page of the one who took the photo... neat huh?

2nd Annual BAYA Smith Rock Hike

Smithrockgroup
Originally uploaded by ginelledds.

For BAYA's 2nd Thanksgiving hike, we went to Smith Rock State Park in Terrebonne, OR and home of world class rock climbing. Needless to say we left the big walls to the experts and hiked 3 mi. up Crooked River towards Burma (road, that is). It was great to get out and see a little nature in the cool crisp November air. Here is our group photo, pre-hike.

Turkey time !

Get out the map !

The Boys On the Road...

The Boys..., originally uploaded by TreeBed.

Milah and Cupcake survived the road trip... not without some battles though. There was $1500 spent to get us out of Vancouver, a missed show, a small show, a loud show... and some good music played in between.

Bon Voyage Cupcake... oh, and Happy Halloween!

Bon Voyage Cupcake... oh, and Happy Halloween!, originally uploaded by TreeBed.

It was a surprise meeting at Downtown Joe's... aka the Hammac Hostle, to send off Cupcake in style. There was good food, good laughs and plenty of BAYA mayhem ;-) It will be sad to have a BAYA member 2000 miles away, but hopefully tools like this will keep us all on the same page. We look forward to your first return visit already...