The Hitch'n Post

Life has been a bit hectick while trying to get caught up following our trip to Australia. We finally had a chance to take Koibito out on the Sunday before Labor Day, it was a great day for it. We were in the Possession Sound just off of Whidbey and Hat Islands. No whales today but great weather and very relaxing. Another boater took a picture of Koibito in action and was nice enough to send it to us - thank you! Lots of smoke in the air from the forest fires in the Northwest but still a nice day for the two of us: And the wind and the waves all cooperated:

I didn't really have time to prepare for solar eclipse as I had just returned from Australia and we celebrated Matthew's 21st birthday the day before. So I just threw my film camera's the car along with a couple of tripods in hopes of having a moment to take a few pictures. I had a 35mm Pentax ME loaded with Kodak Portra 400 color negative film attached to a 300mm zoom lens and a 35mm Nikon FM loaded with Kodak Tmax 400 B&W film attached to a 110mm Zoom lens. I haven't developed the B&W film yet but here a some of the shots I toom with the Pentax: