We made it back safely from our vacation in Michigan. We had a great time, and there are plenty of photos to bore you to death. At least check out the Favorites.
Author: eajhnsn1
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Vacation starts….soon
Tomorrow afternoon we’ll be leaving for a relaxing vacation in Michigan. It has been a couple years since our last real vacation so it is long overdue. Unlike most of our other travels, we’ll be taking it easy and don’t have a packed agenda.
More to come as we’re on our way.
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Camping: Check.
We made it back from camping in one piece and had lots of fun while we were at it. Best line of the trip occurred at Starbucks drive-thru on Saturday morning before leaving:
Cashier (after looking in the bed of Justin’s truck): Oh, going camping?
Justin: Yep, sure are.
Cashier (and two others): With a lawnmower?!?
Justin: Yeah, we have to mow the campsite. This is serious!
Here are a few photos.
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Camping
This weekend I’ll be heading out into the local “wilderness” for some camping. For the event I’ll be getting out my telescope, something that hasn’t happened much in the last year (once actually) so I’m really looking forward to it.
Just last weekend I got the scope out and stayed up late and remembered how much I enjoyed the hobby. That evening I was able to get setup, view, and tear down in well under 2 hours so it proved that I shouldn’t use the excuse of it taking too long. Which is good, because in 7 months time will not be in my favor 🙂
I’ve purchased another filter for my camera (a neutral density one for those interested). Hopefully it’ll arrive before we leave on vacation; it sure would piss me off if it arrives 5 hours after we depart. Anyway, I wonder why my hobbies include high precision optics (astronomy and photography)…. sure isn’t cheap.
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Camera Equipment
Today I should be receiving the last shipments of my camera purchases in preparation for our trip to Michigan at the end of the month. The inventory will then be:
- Canon EOS 30D Camera Body
- Canon 28-135mm IS USM lens
- Canon 10-22mm USM UltraWide lens & Hood
- Bogen-Manfroto 3021B Tripod with 3030 pan-tilt head
- Some cleaning materials
- UV filters for the two lenses
I’ll probably (hopefully) spend the weekend outside taking pictures and playing around with this stuff. Every now and again I’ll put a picture or two in the gallery.
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Who reads this blog?
Here’s a way to find out….
Today Ana and I announced to our families that we are expecting our first child, God willing, this December. We’re very excited, to say the least!
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Canon 30D
This week I made the long sought after purchase of a digital SLR camera – the Canon 30D. I spent a few days doing some research, reading anything and everything I could find on cameras and lenses in particular.
It’s amazing how hard it is to take a “bad” picture with it. I’ll be using it in Chicago this weekend so I’ll be posting some photos soon.
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Weekend in Chicago
Ana and I are headed up to Chicago this weekend to see the Yo-Yo Ma concert I purchased tickets for back in November. We’ll be staying downtown, just a couple blocks from the Sears tower. I’ve really only spent a day in downtown Chicago in the past, so it should turn out to be a good weekend.
We’re both working full days today so we’ll be getting a relatively late start on the drive. Hopefully we won’t find ourselves sitting hours upon hours on the interstate.
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No Waste
I generated this today, and ended up not needing it. In the spirit of conservation, I’ll put it here so it doesn’t go to waste.
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