Chico and vicinity, May 14-19, 2003

A bizarre sight: A lake with a giant concrete drain!  I shot these for Erica:

Enav practicing capoeira in a parking lot:

Natural Highlight of the Weekend:  This snake swam into the river, grabbed a fish by the head, dragged it to shore, held it until it stopped kicking, and attempted to eat it.  After about 40 minutes it gave up, since the fish was too big.  Valiant effort, though!

At the river:

cool lava rock EVERYWHERE:

wall detail, Chico:

Pat in Shaheen's apartment:

First runner up for Natural Highlight of the Weekend:  total lunar eclipse!  These were shot after totality.  Don't get your hopes up for stunning images.