A Glamour Outing in Patapsco State Park

A couple years ago, I got it into my head that I really needed to do something with some old bridesmaid’s dresses I had lying around in my closet. The solution? Drown them in the river.

A few pals of mine liked the idea so much, they asked me to do it with them. Of course, I had to oblige! Megan and I took an x-acto knife to her dress and tore away wildly at the fringes.

Stephanie brought along this old fur coat and decided to do some splashing.

Each of these gorgeous women braved the dangers of Patapsco State Park–the muddy river, in addition to the coarse vegetation that threatened to hide poison ivy and other critters.

Megan impressively floated downstream while I tried my darndest to follow her with my camera, and Stephanie decided to put a slug on her nose. I might have had the guts to float, but the slug? I’m not so sure…

Of course, we had a lovely assistant along for the ride, Jenny, whose portrait I took earlier this year. She did a fabulous job carrying towels and other accessories while we sluggishly made our way through the river. Oh, and she also took lots of video:

Yes, it really was that slippery out there… here are some outtakes to prove it!

See how muddy it was? I made Stephanie take a picture of my dirtied-up feet to prove that we gave it our all for the sake of taking some awesome photos.