Here's just a few fast lines to let one and all know that we survived our trip fine and got home Thursday night in one piece. We both had a great time, and I got some interesting photos. More on that in the days to come.
Along the way, I got the green light (via my cell phone) to go ahead and purchase a new work camera for myself. It's the same model I bought for myself back in March, with the same zoom. I'm quite happy with that. My old work camera breaking down on Monday--the day before I left on vacation--must have been a sign from the gods.
I was busy using that at football practices today and at a local festival tonight. I'll be back over there again on Saturday. The new one is so much more responsive than the other one, there's no comparison. It's a Nikon D40--a digital SLR, instead of the superzoom digitals I had been using.
My company is quite frugal (shall we say), but I was able to get the camera, zoom, flash, spare battery and memory card for a little over $900. Considering that some digital SLRs cost more than $1,000 for just the camera, I think I did OK for the company's bottom line. It's a good long-term investment for them.
The weather was just on the verge of being really hot throughout the trip, but it never quite got there. Thought we might get rained on, but the only rain we saw was as I was carrying stuff back to the car Thursday morning, and that had stopped a half hour later. Up here in the U.P., it's been terribly dry. The only things on my lawn that aren't yellow or brown are the weeds.
"A few fast lines." Yeah, you've heard that before. But I'll shut down now--I'm getting tired. More to come fairly soon.
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