Do the collapse/Raleigh f/4.5 @ 1/250 sec

Time lapse

I managed to almost oversleep this morning but did get down to Crabtree Valley Mall about 7 a.m. Unfortunately, the meeting spot we'd chosen was barricaded off as after a certain point, Raleigh PD closed off the mall parking lot and decks. Some folks made it in. I wasn't one of them. So, the greenway at the underpass beneath the Creedmoor Road Extension was next best available.

aklikins called and had vantage point at Circuit City, which apparently went well. Not long after, I spotted jason0x21 and Cindy. Another Flickr user was up in the Steak and Ale lot, but as with a lot of potential vantage points that were not the Crabtree parking deck, the view was obscured by trees. Apologies for missing maegwynn if she came out... We didn't see her.

It was pretty spiffy, but I'm happy I didn't go through a lot of effort to be in place at dark thirty. It wasn't that good. Post implosion breakfast at IHOP was tasty.

Now, to figure out the rest of my day knowing that rain makes cycling not as fun. Edit: Movie w/ Jeannie sounds like fun.

badger may not have a line of site view, but I imagine he and the freshly birthdayed maegwynn will hear the pending implosion of the old Clarion across from Crabtree Valley Mall Sunday at 7:30 a.m. to make way for Soleil. [1]

Raleigh Flickr is discussing being there. The added bonus is it will not be below freezing for this one.

1. Disclosure