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rolls good
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![]() We attended the "world famous" swamp buggy races in Naples, FL yesterday. Although they call these machines "buggies" that's really a rather quaint and accommodative term, maybe even facetious. In reality, certain classes of these high-powered machines are more like swamp rockets.
If you want to see my additional race pics, they are here in a flickr set. If you want to know more about the race venue, visit swampbuggy.com First they enter the track and get set on the starting line... ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Then, they race once around the Mile O' Mud track... ![]() ![]() ...and head for the finish line ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
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has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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it was a lot of fun.
fun with beer and things that go vroom. if that ain't Amurrica then I don't know what is. ![]()
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Please touch this.
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Location: Manhattan
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Floriduh is good for something, I guess.
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has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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yes, that is the key to living the good life in Florida...stay at home
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce |
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has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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and here I reveal the secret to thirdsun's fabulous swamp buggy pictures...
his big...long....hard....uh, lens. ![]()
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Most people go through life dreading they'll have a traumatic experience. Freaks were born with their trauma. They've already passed their test in life. They're aristocrats. - Diane Arbus PESSIMISM, n. A philosophy forced upon the convictions of the observer by the disheartening prevalence of the optimist with his scarecrow hope and his unsightly smile. - Ambrose Bierce Last edited by mixedmedia; 10-28-2009 at 02:58 AM.. |
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has all her shots.
Location: Florida
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while thirdsun, with his fancy telephoto lens, caught some great shots of the actual swamp buggies in action, I concentrated on the Swamp Buggees...if you will.
Sorry if there are too many but I took almost 600 pics that day. This is my favorite kind of photography, though, the candid street-type...I get carried away. ![]() here is the Swamp Buggy Queen and her fancy dress court ![]() ![]() this little girl sang her heart out on The Star-Spangled Banner (she really did), but note the rather intense Woody Harrelson-on-crack-looking fella on the right...he was the minister (hopped up on swamp buggy fever, I suppose) who said the opening prayer before the races started - he actually said, 'jesus, I love you soo much' at the end of it. Afterwards I leaned over and whispered to thirdsun 'i bet he slept with a hooker last night.' I'm not sure if he found that to be funny or not. ![]() ![]() I stood there during it all much like Swampy there. ![]() i have several pictures of this guy, mostly because he stood around in front of my seat a lot...smoking... ![]() ![]() this was his girlfriend ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() my favorite shot of the day ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() this girl was really cute, but she was wearing some ridiculous sunglasses (the big sunglasses thing is getting a little out of hand) ![]() ![]() ![]() mean girls? ![]() thirdsun and the guy who seemed to have a man crush on him...he went on and on about his lens ![]() ![]() this woman was adorable - and her lens was bigger than both of ours put together! ![]() oh yeah, he sure as fuck did... ![]()
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Psycho
Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia
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These are great fun...love mm's first one with the chips falling off the heaping plate! These remind me of when my son raced go-karts, except there was no water, no beauty queens, and the crowds were smaller. I'm sure it was just as loud though.
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2009, buggy, races, swamp |
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