September 24th, 2008
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An entire day in the Zion National Park, including eating at Oscar’s Cafe!
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An entire day in the Zion National Park, including eating at Oscar’s Cafe!
Scenic drive to Bryce Canyon and the park itself.
Exploring Arches National Park & Canyonlands National Park, both in Utah
Petroglyphs, Register, the Tanks, and more from Capitol Reef National Park.
Scenic drive to Moab, Utah to stay for the night.
Estes Park & Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado
Cheyenne, Wyoming - Walking around Terry Bison Farm & eating at the restaurant.
I mentioned a little while back that I wanted to step up my digital camera, so I just recently did so. I now have a Nikon D200, 10.2MP. At first I was a little overwhelmed with all of the settings, I mean after all I am used to a point and shoot, but after playing around with it a little bit and going through the guide written by Ken Rockwell I am becoming more and more familiar with it.
I bought it slightly used to save a little cash; only 365 shutter actuations. It came with alot of accessories, including Nikkor 28-80mm, 70-300mm lenses and a Nikon storage bag.
I am very much looking forward to using it on my trip next week to capture lots of pictures to share of the stops that we make. Before then, I’m hoping to go somewhere close around here and take some shots. There’s not really much that stands out to me here close by, but there is this one small Confederate Cemetery that is just a few miles away and has alot of history behind it that would probably make some nice looking photos. Either that or take some of the mountains nearby.
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Plans for the trip out west are going pretty good. My work was very cool about letting me off to go on a trip. They’ve all heard about my usual time off is to work somewhere else, so I guess knowing that I was going somewhere for some time off made it easy for them. We’re leaving Atlanta on the 20th and will be back on the 29th. So going to have roughly 9 days out there.
The picture above is a photo of what my desk looked like earlier today. A co-worker takes a trip out west every year with his family, so when I told him we were headed out that way, he came back from lunch with tons of books. He’s been very helpful with advice too and is genuinely excited for me to get to see some of the sites out there. Read the rest of this entry »
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I am horrible at putting off a few things that should be taken very serious and never put aside. It’s so easy to say you’ll do it next week or next month, and before you know it a whole year has slipped by. Yep, I managed to let an entire year pass since I was supposed to get my yearly eye exam, making it 2 years since I’ve been 
. Sadly though, I think it was a combination of being out of fresh new contacts, and waking up here and there thinking “I soo need to make an appointment” that finally made me carry through with it.
Even though I am usually very reluctant when it comes time for the dialation, after it was explained why it’s important for me to go through with it, I will probably not try to take a pass card on future exams. Apparently the shape of my eyes are that which are more prone to develop tears in the very backside of your eye. So it’s important to keep check so that if anything were to begin developing, it could be taken care of before becoming serious.
The reason I honestly hate going the most is the possiblity of my prescription changing. I don’t know why, but it’s just kind of depressing knowing that your eyes have got worse when you’re at the age that they should have leveled off by now. Thankfully, my current prescription still gives me 20/20, and I couldn’t be any more happier with that!
So I left with a clean bill of health and those goofy plastic/cardboard glasses to wear the rest of the day! 
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