Last night CCC had a cookout and recognition for the seniors. We had the typical food that an American cookout would consist of, hamburgers, hot dogs, chips, fruits and vegetables, soda, etc. After eating, we played softball for a few hours. I quickly found out that my left should that I had previously dislocated 4 years ago had not completely healed. I cranked the softball in center outfield and my shoulder came out a little bit. I also took a graceful tumble to second base- I do not recommend running in Crocs in sand.

After the cookout some of the guys invited me to their “Halo House” to have a LAN party. There were around 20 people there, 16 playing Halo 2 on 4 TVs. We played until about 1 O’clock, I had a very good time. This was my first LAN party and I can see why they are so fun.

Here are a few photos I took at yesterday’s cookout. One | Two

It seems as though the January Thaw has ended. Last night we received roughly 4 inches of light, fluffy snow. When I woke up this morning I stepped outside and headed towards my car and noticed a few inches of snow on all of the tree branches with the sun peering through the crevasses of the mangled barren branches. Before work I took a few pictures of some trees and of the Penobscot River. I hope they come out alright, but I am afraid since I was in a rush that they didn’t come out as I am expecting. I’ll update this entry later tonight if they came out O.K. I would love to take a day off sometime when I know it’s going to snow like this and just take photos.

Last week I was invited to go to University of Maine in Orono’s Campus Crusade For Christ meeting. I went and had a really good time. I met a lot of people there that are close to my age. I am hoping that I can learn more about the Bible and gain some good friends out of these weekly meetings. The next night, Friday, we went to see “End of the Spear”, a movie about some missionaries that witnessed to a tribal group in South America and were killed. It was a good movie although it could have had more Scripture in it. The following Sunday we were going to go Tubing on Hermon Mountain but it was too warm so we went over to one of the member’s house and played games for the night.

Update: I have posted a few of the photos I took, these are not the full resolution- the lighting is different because of the sun and not having enough time to tweak the manual settings. Ejoy.

Today was a very nice fall day for Maine, roughly in the 50’s, cool and crisp with a bright sunshine. I got up early today… I normally sleep in. I saw that it was a nice clear day so I got ready and headed for Bar Harbor, Maine.

The Foliage on the way to Bar Harbor was very pretty, so many bright yellow and orange leaves, they gave off their own radiance as if they have a light source within. After I passed through Ellsworth, I was nearly to Bar Harbor, I could see the Ocean, the tide was out, which is just what I wanted. I stopped and took a few photos of the seaweed beach. It’s amazing to think how the moon affects so many things on this Earth. After taking photos and just sitting on a rock breathing in the salty air I got in the car and made my way to Bar Harbor. I decided to take one of the Acadia routes around Cadillac Mountain and towards Sand Beach. There were surprisingly a lot of people at the beach, not swimming of course, but just hanging out. Sand Beach is made of sand and tiny pieces of sea shells. It was great to relax on the beach and climb the salted rocks to the right of Sand Beach. I’ve seen a lot of beaches, but you can only see a beach like this in Maine or in other eastern States. You first see the Ocean, then the sandy beach and then Evergreens all in one package.

After awhile, I headed towards Thunder Hole, which is a cave in the ledge along the beach, when the tide is in, it makes a thundering canon noise, hence the name. After the sites, I just drove throughout the park and took random photos of the scenery. I kept thinking, “How can anyone say and believe that there is no God?”. Everywhere you look, you see His Glory and works in His Creation. There is no way that everything you see from the chemical makeup of metals that form from different elements to the very simplistic way of communication, mathematics, “just happened”. Everything is created to Glorify God, see Romans 11:36.

So, for all of readers out there, here are some photos for you to enjoy. They are cropped to save bandwidth, but if you’d like to have the original size, send me an e-mail.

Brrr, half-way through October and I can feel the foreshadowing of Winter. I happened to come across a site that a lady had made showing off her Lego Church. Check it out, it’s very interesting. I really enjoyed legos my self when I was younger… I used to build many things, among them my favorite was to create a vehicle of sorts, it had short walls that covered a normal man’s height, a command and control center on one side, an arcade on the other and weapons protecting each side of the vehicle. It could hold around 20 people at a time and required 4 men to drive it. I wish I had a photo of it.

I have finished the fall theme for Ogden2k.NET. Simply click on Fall 2005 on the right hand side of the blog. I have also added a new addition to the Christianity area, Different types of Christians.

Tuesday when I went grocery shopping, I decided to pickup the ingredients for whoopie pies… I had a craving for them. I made them this afternoon and they came out pretty nice for my first time! You can salivate over them. I think tonight I’m going to watch LOTR:EE on my new widescreen.

I took today off from work to enjoy the nice fall weather we are having. Low 70’s with a crisp breeze. The leaves have started to turn, but nothing to get excited about, yet. I drove up to Dexter to see my grandparents, when I arrived, they were not home. I decided to take a walk in the fields and photograph some scenery. I took quit a few photos. I have found that the photos look much clearer when I have the resolution set to 2272×1704 and have the saturation turned up a bit. I found a few things that would make a great macro image. If you want the un-cropped image, let me know. You can see them here.

After checking out the field behind my old house, the frog ponds and the woods, I ventured into the corn fields and into another part of the woods. I got a little lost tried to find the old railroad trestle, but eventually I found it. One of my favorite things to do is to walk through the woods and listen to all of the animals, feel the breeze flow over you and take in the scent of autumn.

What a nice day Saturday (today) was! ~80-85F. I went up to Dad’s camp again. On my way up, I stopped on Pushaw RD in Bangor to take some photos of the sky. The clouds are very strangely shaped at all three layers. I spent ~25 minutes taking photos. A local farmer came over and said the land is for sale for $16 million. I told him I’m just taking photos of the sky and he asked of me of what… I told him clouds and he said, “No, you’re taking pictures of UFO’s. I’ve seen an UFO up there before”. He went on for about 15 minutes about that and other stuff until I finally said I need to go.

Dad and I went 4-wheeling most of the day. We took turns driving. They have been making trails around the lakes and mountains up there, wide enough for a truck to drive on and a couple of ATV’s. The landscape is so beautiful there, anyone who say it could not deny that there is a higher being that created everything. The air is so clean and fresh up north as well… pine trees and raspberries… yum. When I was driving back, a female moose jumped out right in front of us so I put the brakes on and let her get ahead of us a bit. I picked up the pace a bit just to follow her, she kept looking back at us. Moose are so goofy looking when they run!

Later that day we just hung around the camp fire, talked, ate, etc. I left around 8 and go into Greenville and the sun was just setting. I stopped by Moosehead and took some of the most beautiful photos that I have ever taken. Everywhere I looked there were golden sun rays beaming over one of the mountains and shimmering over the lake.