In reply to Pete Gossett (Forum Supporter) :
I will admit that I had some trouble lapping the [ Griswald wagon ] at Road Atlanta, two years later in my TL. It definitely has some stones down the straights, and handled turn 1 faster than I expected it to. Ended up getting the pass in the short shute between two and three... iirc.
yeah, the whole reminiscing thing is going to take a bit of time. there's a lot to do, to keep up with the sleepykids at home... plus, things are going towards 'step 1 of normal' are here, and now I have to share this device with everyone else to perform telepresence events.
Also, I ended up slamming the shutter button a bunch as the week wore on, and I haven't quite figured out how to mix those surplus of pictures with words.
I will say, the first transit in the CTS-V was eventful. I got some pics of another team, and we had a car spin out and slam the center concrete wall just ahead of us as we were going around a downhall left hander in the highway.
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I also started spending some time trying to figure out the right way to capture the V... as compensation for the free seat to hang out in for the week...
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The pandemic, and some other things have caused this thread to wither a fair amount.
Of late, I've been having to sit and put pen to paper as a method of encouraging sleepykid#1 to finish assignments. Yesterday, that meant I took a circle the kid drew too big for a head, and just started filling it... and in the course of that realized I'd never drawn waves before.
Fast forward to today, I made an attempt at them on their own, and did some digital additions...
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nothing earth shattering or ground breaking, but still a worthwhile exercise.
Duke
MegaDork
1/14/21 9:25 a.m.
In reply to sleepyhead the buffalo :
I don't really sketch at all any more. I used to keep sketchbooks in college. DW got me a little Strathmore sketchbook and some pens for Yuletide. I need to start keeping a sketch journal and make myself draw a little something every day.
Covid has caused me to stop sketching. I do portraits at the watering hole(s) I hang at. The very last one on March 8th was of a young couple together. They bought it. Damn I want to go wandering again.
6 months, apparently is about the time for another update to this slow thread. Thus, some more deep thoughts about photography... but these aren't my own:
The adventure changes again soon; who knows if that is going to lead to more time to tug at the strings of this thread and develop it into something.