"Worried about getting away, Jim?"
No, I am looking forward to it. Joan picked this destination, southern California, on the coast. We're looking forward to the change of scenery, and just being out in the van. The angst comes from my inner photographer. I have a lot of small photography gear; action cameras, mostly. Wireless microphones. 360 cameras. Etc. A lot of etc. Decisions on what gear to bring along.
I have gone back and forth over the last couple days, thinking about what I might want to shoot. Stills? Video? There is a lot of editing time involved with any video I shoot... but, I enjoy looking back at the video. Of course, even these small video cameras can shoot stills. And how much video do I want to "look back on"?
In the end, for this trip, I am leaning towards shooting stills. So much of my video gear is based around getting video from a moving conveyance: motorcycle, scooters, bicycles, van. Yes, we will be covering some miles with the van, but I'm not feeling the need to have a running video of that.
As Joan has already said: "Whatever gear you take, you'll be thinking about what you missed by leaving other gear behind." ;-) Yeah, probably. But, as I have mentioned before, the RoadTrek has finite storage capacity. And we need to make room for the important stuff... like shoes and cat stuff.
:-)
We be loading.
Looking at the Estrella Mountains from our house...
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Rolling...
We did the last bit of loading with a light sprinkle. Put Murphy in his carrier, and carried the carrier (and the cat) to the van. One of us did a few minutes of low pitch howling... it was not Joan, nor me. As soon as we let him out of his carrier, Murph burrowed under a blanket and settled in.
Joan and I settled in, too...
The roads were wet as we headed north on the 202, then west on I-10...
We stopped at Tonopah, AZ, to top off our gas tank. The price was less expensive than in Phoenix... we should have waited another 40 miles: gas was $2.75 at several stations in that area; about a dollar per gallon less than the going rate in Phoenix. (Grumble)
There are mountains in western AZ...
And, as we got closer to California, blue sky...
We stopped for the night at a nice RV resort in Coachella, CA - it looks new; nice sites and amenities...
Great pool area and hot tubs...
We checked out the showers...
Insert your own smart ass comment here - I have nothing to add; that's as neutral as I can be.
Our site is close to the pool and hot tubs - I plan to head there later. After it cools down a bit.
We'll be moving on tomorrow, for some time on the coast. I have the feeling that this next RV park isn't as new or upscale. Well, except in price... location, location, location (supposedly, just steps from the beach). And, cooler weather at the coast with... yep, a chance of rain during our stay there.
2 comments:
Bon voyage. It was a big step when I went to Hawaii without a camera for the first time (before every phone was also a camera). That 12 f-stop program really worked!!
We had a few nice warm days (approaching 80°) this week and I took advantage by playing on the back porch swing daily. But fall seems to have arrived. Our neighborhood trike rides will now involve a jacket and sweatpants instead of shorts and t-shirt. The irrigation water is also shut off, so no more watering the lawn.
One interesting side effect of the cataract surgery: my distance vision is 20/20 on both sides, but I apparently stare at my left hand a LOT when practicing anything intricate. Close up vision fatigues my new eyes quickly. Hard to believe that I may need to wear readers to play seriously [yikes].
12 f-stop program - LOL! The weather in coastal CA is going to be around 30º cooler than we've had in AZ. We packed long pants and sweatshirts... I was beginning to think I wouldn't be able to wear those again. Shutting off the irrigation means no more yard work, right? Sounds good to me!
So... your eyes may tire before your fingers do? Exercise - all those years as a photographer, manually focusing kept my eyes good. Getting close for needing glasses for reading, though. Keep at it!
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