Above, Julie Corsoniti, (my boss) checking in for her race. We all got up around 5am this freezing cold sunday morning, October 12, 2008.
Elaine Devereaux, another nurse I work with and a marathon fanatic brought yummy chocolate chip cookies to share.
I was unprepared for the beauty that I would encounter in Fulton this fall day. I didn't even know they had a lake there.
But...as this sign shows, they do...Lake Neatahawanta...who knew?
More of the pretty lake as the sun rose.
Here's Missy, Social Worker (in the white), Ruthie center, and Annette, Social Worker (in red). They are always that smiley, though it may be hard to believe.
Dr. Skopek, the Ironman himself. It takes a real man to be able to wear pink with pride. He wore it in honor of Ruthie's Breast Cancer fight.
Diane Goode,RN lacing up for the big run.
Kate, Social Worker. BRrrrrr...it was like 30 outside. Let's get running!
Diane Traver's is a nurse and friend of mine #1540 with arm around Ruthie. Not sure who the man in the way-too-short red shorts is, but...yikes!
On your marks! Get set!
And I'm gone...completely distracted by the beautiful scenery around me....that was the last of the race pictures I took (oops).
More natural fall beauty.
See the fog rolling on the lake and the ducks....sooo peaceful.
ahhhhhh.....
Some of the dew-kissed foliage up close...
So, now, once I caught the photographing bug, I just couldn't stop. This was along the side of Rt 481. The fog in the field with the sun rays...couldn't resist.
More rays of sunshine burning through the fog.
This too is along Rt 481...Oneida Lake, maybe?
Check out this picture, I didn't retouch it or anything. You can see the fog just rolling up and the foliage reflecting on the water. Who knew Rt481 had so much beauty?
Train Tracks run out to the horizon...
Well then I just kept going...I reached Syracuse, and it was only 8:30 so I still had a couple hours before church was going to start. So, I kept photographing. 
Downtown Syracuse.
And more...of Downtown Syracuse in the fall.
I just couldn't get enough.
To some they're just dead leaves...but to others they are beautiful works of art. (usually they're just dead leaves to me)
Continuing down James Street.
Into my back yard. The Poison Ivy turning colors amid the lush green English Ivy.
The jungle of my backyard...ahhhh such beauty. So that's all...hope you enjoyed seeing these as much as I did taking them. 
