Here are a few random pictures from Danbury that didn’t make the other galleries.
Random Danbury Pictures
Christmas at the Fort
The day after putting Crystal on the plane for her conference in DC we bundled up and headed over to Fort Folle Avoine for “Santa at the Fort.”  Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs met us there. We had a nice meal of wild rice soup, Kai and Nora did a little shopping in the elves shop and we listened to the story on the people-eating elk from the Ojibwe storyteller.  Of course a visit with Santa was on the list as well.
Willa’s Visit
Willa (a sweet tempered Dachshund owned by Julie and Eric but on load to Grandma and Grandpa Jacobs) came to spend the night last week. Kai and Nora were beside themselves with excitement and Willa was a wonderful guest!
Cold in Danbury
Last night it got down to -15 degrees and the moon was as big and full as I’ve ever seen. With the snow cover it was bright as twilight outside.
The pictures below are from shortly after we arrived. There had already been a little bit of snow on the ground so we bundled up and went outside to play and take some pictures.
Thanksgiving Day 2008
The Wiemanns, Posts, and Jacobs all converged on our cabin in Danbury for a Turkey dinner. A few pictures are below.
The Day Before Thanksgiving
The flight over was uneventful (except a little airsickness from Kai as we landed in MSP) and Ellen and Art picked us up at the airport. We made it to Danbury by the time it was getting dark on Tuesday night which gave us one jet lagged day to get ready for Thanksgiving.
Summer 08 – Panoramas and HRD
This summer I took a number of panorama and HDR (High Dynamic Range) shots. Panorama shots I get by taking multiple pictures from the exact same vantage point and then stick them together into a single seamless (If it is done right) image on the computer. The HDR ones can be a bit more fun but requires multiple images taken at different exposures of the exact same scene (which is why there are no action HDR shots).  Normally I use a tripod to keep the camera steady between shots but I left a critical piece back in Saudi so that was no good. I ended up taking these by taking three images in rapid succession hoping the camera didn’t move too much between them.  You can learn more about HDR photography here.
Leaving Danbury
We’ve been back in the Kingdom for about two weeks now so we are fully adjusted to the time zone but not yet the heat. We’ve actually had a good run of weather for the last week–it was plenty warm but dry and with a breeze. Starting yesterday the humidity rolled in though; the heat index hit the mid 140’s with an actual high of only about 104. Today the high is supposed to get to 111 and the humidity is still here as the windows are already raining ((When it gets very humid the water condenses on the cool windows of the house and completely fogs them over. When it gets really humid rivulets of water will actually be running off of them. Kai calls this “raining windows.”))
Today’s gallery contains a few pictures of our last couple of days in Danbury, Wisconsin. Enjoy!
Fooling Around at Bass Lake
Kai and Nora are still too small to spend time down at the lake unsupervised but we did enjoy going down as a group to check out the frogs. Last year the lake was way down (leading to about 30 feet of sandy beach) but this year it came back up a bit. Still, the part that was exposed lake bottom that was sandy last year is now sprouted with weeds as tall as Nora.
Random Vacation Pictures
Here are a couple of pictures that didn’t make it into the other galleries but I think are still worth seeing.
