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was even more well- hidden but true photographers are never deterred

from trying. See Kay's picture of

this lovely creature!

When the skies darkened, we were
all optimistic about the night show!

We had all familiarized ourselves

with the steep paths through the

snowbanks that we would be

negotiating in the dark when we

were awakened to make our way
down the hillside. Flashlights

would be helpful but no

photographer wanted to see those

lights flashing into his camera lens,

so care had to be taken to use that
light appropriately.

After our tasty supper, we went to bed filled with visions of dancing

green lights in our heads. SURPRISE! We slept through the whole

night. Gordon and Cathy had been on the alert every hour to see if the
aurora would reveal itself. No such luck for us first-timers!

The next day we spent some time in seeing some of Gordon & Cathy's

super pictures of their travels through the world. Then some of the

guests had brought examples of their own work because Gordon had
said he would be glad to give pointers about improving shots if we

wanted to hear his ideas. Several folks did and we all liked seeing those

as well. Kay showed her pictures of our recent gorilla trekking in

Rwanda and they were well-received as were our stories about the

experience!