FOCUS ON TEXAS

Vacation Photos
By Ashley Clary

It’s not very often that we allow a photo on this page that isn’t shot within our great state’s borders—this month is definitely an exception. From familiar Texas, down south to Costa Rica and over the big, blue Atlantic Ocean to Africa, your entries made us all wistful for that great getaway.

We loved this picture of Fayette Electric Cooperative member George Jasek in a “poor man’s umbrella.” His wife, Diana Jasek, snapped the shot during their vacation in Costa Rica.

Cherokee County Electric Cooperative member Elaine Cannon sent us this picture of her husband, Joe Cannon, on Fairfield Lake. “The fish weren’t biting, but it was a gorgeous sunset,” she said.

Can you spot the baby in this picture? Try as he might, then 16-month-old Logan Kainer couldn’t hide in a New York City Walt Disney store from his parents, Brian and Stephanie Kainer, who are Fayette Electric Cooperative members.

The Mitchell family and friends sure had a good time cooling off during their annual camping trip to the Frio River/Garner State Park area. Thanks to Sam Houston Electric Cooperative member Rachel Mitchell for sending us this fun, summertime photo of their pit stop at the nearby, scenic Lost Maples State Natural Area.

April Stewart of Bluebonnet Electric Cooperative sent us this spectacular shot of silhouetted giraffes taken during an African safari in July 2008.

                                     
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TEXAS SKYSCAPES is the topic for our SEPTEMBER 2009 issue. Send your photo—along with your name, address, daytime phone, co-op affiliation and a brief description—Texas Skyscapes, Focus on Texas, 1122 Colorado St., 24th Floor, Austin, TX 78701, before JULY 10. A stamped, self-addressed envelope must be included if you want your entry returned (approximately six weeks). Please do not submit irreplaceable photographs—send a copy or duplicate. We regret that Texas Co-op Power cannot be responsible for photos that are lost in the mail or not received by the deadline. Please note that we cannot provide individual critiques of submitted photos. If you use a digital camera, e-mail your highest-resolution images to focus@texas-ec.org or submit on our website at www.texascooppower.com. (If you have questions about your camera’s capabilities and settings, please refer to the operating manual.)

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