13 August
Started out a nice morning and went to hell. After about 15 minutes shooting, my camera locked up. Repeatably. A friend came by and let me use his 200-500 and everything worked just fine. Heedless to say, I went back home feeling just swell. When I got back, I emailed Tamron again, then tried things again. And, of course, everything worked perfectly. The only thing different was using a new battery.
At any rate, I got a few pictures