Hello Anchor House riders, family & friends! I want to thank veteran rider and photographer Martin Griff for his introduction and express my humble appreciation that I will have the honor of documenting this year's ride. Until I get my act together, I am posting my photos leading up to your departure from Waterfont Park, right here on this blog for now, even without captions, but after today, I expect to post regularly on The Times blog myself, or with Tim Quinn and/or somewhere else where the images can be viewed in a slideshow format, somewhere where it will be easy and intuitive for you & your families and friends to view them... I hope.

Friday 7-11-2008 Support van loading...

Saturday 7-12-2008 Departure from Waterfront Park...

Mikai Barnes,8, of Trenton gets help with her backstroke from Njeri Grubbs, at the pool at Hetzel Field, one of five city pools open this summer. I made this photo using one of my favorite tricks, putting the camera on a monopod (a stick) and holding it out to get an angle I couldn't reach otherwise, so until I master the art of floating over a pool, this will have to do.