First 25 (1980) Raft Race slide scans back from Walgreens.

Aug 30

Just received the first 25 scanned slides back from the local Walgreens. Although it's great to see these ole '80's pics, the quality of the results was less than impressive. Low res, washed out pics, and obviously I was/am much better looking than then. I'm seeing lots of friends in here. -- Jogging any 30+ year memories?

Looks like we'll be sending the entire lot of 250 or so slides to ScanCafe, which seems to be the scanning service getting the best reviews. If you have slide scanning experience, please share!

Robin Wade

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First 25 (1980) Raft Race slide scans back from Walgreens.

Shark Diving/whale watching in Cape Town

Museum of Alabama - meeting yesterday.