Video Premieres...

 

I've edited and uploaded videos from the last several days in the Tucson area.  The first is from the trip up Mount Lemon on Monday...

 

The second is from Tuesdays trip through Tucson Mountain Park and into Saguaro National Park (West), including the rough gravel "scenic loop"...

 

No issue getting through the editing, but on a slow(ish) internet connection, it took a while to upload so I could post it.  Yes, I understand that the typical YouTube viewer will watch the first couple minutes, then move on to the next video, but I enjoy looking back at these now and again.

Thanks for checking them out.

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Home again...

I'm going with "Joan and Murphy missed me"... I know for sure, I missed them.

Before heading out, I cleaned up, then picked up in the van.  It is compact in there, so you can't leave things laying around.  Know that I would be unloading as soon as I got home, I packed accordingly.

It was in the 80s at my departure time around 8:00.  I sure like being able to turn the roof air conditioning on while driving (thanks to the lithium batteries and that big ol' inverter) - it keeps the whole van very comfortable.  Traffic was light when I left Tucson...

 It is hard to see (because the field of view on the Go 3s is SO wide), but traffic was very heavy on the opposite side of the Interstate, and very light in my direction.  Not sure what my usage will be with this camera - this is the first time I tried any stills with it (typical action camera view).

A view looking up my nose...

 Yep, that is really wide angle.  ;-)  I texted Joan a couple times (hands-free, of course) on the way north - traffic was completely stopped on the westbound lanes of I-10.  No idea why, but there was "a lot of red" on the Maps app on the dash screen.

 After sitting for a few minutes, traffic started moving slowly.  "How slow?" you ask...

 And then stopped again...

 Yeah, that lens makes it look like there was plenty of space between vehicles - not the case.  And, if you look close, there is a motorcycle that blew between the lanes of traffic...

 

Filtering (some mistakenly call it "lane splitting") is now legal in Arizona; when traffic is stopped.  This was moving slowly, and people trying to jump lanes... not a good situation for that guy on the bike, but for as long as I saw him, he was unscathed.

The next traffic stop was right at an exit to a rest area... "Might as well pull in," I thought.  A line at the men's room; that's rare.  I guess a lot of people thought it would be a good idea to pull in while the traffic was so slow-moving. 

Back on the road, the speed picked up to 50 mph or so, but I couldn't drive the speed limit until I turned off I-10 and got on the Loop 202.  Close to home, now.

I pulled into the driveway, came inside and gave my Honey a hug and smooch, and some petting for the furry boy.  Less than 45 minutes later, I had everything out of the van and put away.  Easy when you don't take much.  Although, in hind-sight, I did take way more camera gear than I needed... this was a good opportunity to sort through all that gear.  For anyone wondering, I was fine on socks and underwear... you weren't wondering?  Fine.

I had a good outing.  The van is great for an impromptu get-away like this.

I got to take my Honey to lunch.  :-)