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Adventures in Road Tripping, Part One
My vacation itinerary may have been a bit too ambitious.  This was not entirely unintentional-- I specifically plotted a course I had never taken before so that I could see new places.  I hope to one day move to some place in that block of northwestern states, so I want to learn as much as I can about them.

Our route took us to Lake Tahoe by route 395, with a side trip to Virginia City, Nevada; then through northern Nevada to Twin Falls, Idaho.  From there, north through western Montana's Bitterroot Valley to Glacier National Park on the Canadian border.  South and east from Glacier to Bozeman, Montana and Yellowstone and Grand Teton National Parks.  South again to Provo, Utah, and from there to Cedar Breaks National Monument and Zion National Park.  Then Las Vegas, and home.

It turned out all to be fairly exhausting.  Not to say I didn't enjoy it.  I love road trips.

I experienced Portable Electronics Fail, though.  From the very first day my small, easy-to-carry camera stopped accepting memory cards because of a faulty sensor, so I sharedsdskuld 's camera for most of the trip.  I did bring my Canon digital SLR, but it's a pain to haul around everywhere with its massive telephoto lens.  As it turns out, Skuld's little overstock Kodak Z1275 was the overall best camera on the trip:  higher resolution than the SLR, video, better color balance, adequate zoom and low-light capability, and surprisingly adept in-camera panorama stitching.  Current cheap tech trumps five-year-old top of the line.  If only we had remembered to turn off the obnoxious time stamp.  It did go through batteries like a goat through kudzu, but I had brought rechargables so it wasn't much of a problem.

Next I discovered that I had forgotten the rather specialized charging cable for my hand-held GPS, so no geocaching for me.

I'll post more details as I sort and post photos on my Flickr account.