Your exposure was spot-on with this example, Dave. Just keep in mind this truism, which is the case with print film in general: it can handle overexposure much better than underexposure. So, when shooting in the shade, keep this in mind. If shutter speeds got too slow and you don't have a tripod handy, you can use a flash to open up the shadows and get the shutter speed back up to a decent hand-holdable speed.
So, now that you've had some success with B&W, the next step for you will be to do your own developing -- of course. Developing B&W is just about easier than falling off a log. You don't need a lot of gear to do it and you can scan your negs and take the scans down to most any place for prints -- if your printer can't handle photo paper, that is. Or you can do the whole wet darkroom thing and get yourself an enlarger -- but that's starting to go off the deep end, requiring a commitment that not everyone is willing to go for.