Weekend Update, Arkansas style

I tried to blog a crappy cellphone photo from the Arkansas Sportshow yesterday morning, but the upload failed, so here's some stuff Maria and I shot with her Nikon D200.

I'm hanging out with a stuffed black bear in the top photo and going nose-to-nose with some kind of pointy-nosed fish in the second.

I spent almost two full days at the Sportshow last year because I was shooting for The Sun.

We met some interesting people and made contact with a guy who runs an instructional program for concealed carry permits. Maria also chatted with the guy who runs the motorcycle/scooter shop down the road from us and sat on one of his 250cc Chinese-made cruisers.

The big entertainment at this year's Sportshow is a black bear show that we watched from the safety of the upper level of the ASU Convocation Center.

The trainer feeds the bears Skittles from his mouth to get them to simulate a kiss.

We were up early this morning hacking away at fallen trees and limbs with one of our chainsaws and stacking the bigger pieces for firewood. We're going to be a long time clearing all of this debris to the point where I ran safely run a lawnmower over the yard.