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Jun 24

As promised, here are images from the trip — start to finish. These are all hosted on Flickr and on my iWeb space as well.

Just because, the images actually start in Chicago. The opportunity wasn’t all that good for shots on the train from Washington to Chicago. But, I did shoot on the train from Chicago back to D.C. Everything else is pretty much in the order it happened.

UPDATE: See Donna’s pictures here!

There are a bunch of other pictures that are not posted as part of the trip — namely, the vacation Bible school where my mother-in-law helps out, and the pictures from my in-laws 50th anniversary party. They’ll be posted elsewhere, separately. I didn’t think they needed to be part of the travelogue.

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Jun 23

We’re back home. A little tired, and a little bummed. Got right back in to people being stupid. Bah! Pictures from the return trip will be posted when I get the energy and time.

On a more sobering note, our train took us right alongside the wreck of the two trains on the Metro Red Line. What a mess. I was amazed at how crappily built the Metro cars are. One of the cars had its body shell ripped off the frame, and its construction was plainly visible. I was not impressed, and am surprised the things aren’t literally disintegrating from use.

Jun 19

Then a video’s worth … what, a small pamphlet?

MacDonald Creek
(click the link to view video – sorry, it was too big to embed and takes a long time to download)

This video, along with all of the pictures I’ve been taking on this trip, are made with the little Canon DX110IS camera. I edited the video and reduced it to 320×240 at 24fps using Final Cut Express on my little MacBook.

Of course, I took lots of stills as well. Here are a few from the day…

The stills were all edited using iPhoto, so there’s not a lot of heavy manipulation (none’s available in iPhoto, aside from basic imaging tools). There are a couple that look like HDR images, but they really aren’t – I swear! And, all I’ve been shooting is JPEG files. I’ve not been messing with the CHDK hack I mentioned the other day.

As usual, all of the images I’ve taken so far are available by clicking here.

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Jun 17
Stopping in Minneapolis

Stopping in Minneapolis

As promised, more from the road…

We’ve made it to Montana. We actually arrived right on time on Monday night. I’ve finally gotten into town to a little cafe with WiFi to catch up on e-mail, upload more pictures and update my iPhone.

All of my worthwhile pictures from the trip are here. Actually there will be more. The ones uploaded either here or to my .Me gallery are the only ones I’ve had time to edit so far.

Tomorrow, we’ll be motoring around Glacier National Park, and I’m sure I’ll have a few great views to share. I continue to be amazed by the little Canon camera. And, Donna’s shooting with her XTi instead of her 40D while we’re here. We’re now both really seriously re-thinking just what it is we need in the way of photo gear.

All for now. The iPhone’s updated, and it’s time to see what geeky new wonders they’ve added!

Jun 14

We’re on the (rail)road! And here’s a smattering of shot from the train. These snaps were taken through the train window with the new little camera, edited in iPhoto and then posted using my iPhone. What a geek I am!

We’ll have more to follow.

Chicago

Chicago

Milwaukee

Milwaukee

Milwaukee

Milwaukee

Wisconsin ... somewhere

Wisconsin ... somewhere

Not my idea of miniature golf!

Not my idea of miniature golf!

On the Strip - Wisconsin Dells

On the Strip - Wisconsin Dells

A complete gallery may be found here.

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