Today Michelle is having surgery so we’re asking everyone to keep her in your thoughts and prayers.
She’s had pain off and on for several years now due to various cancer side effects. We are hopeful that this surgery will get her out of pain so she can live a more normal life.
Another first for me today. I went out to Fontana Raceway(where they hold the California 500 NASCAR Race) and watched really fast motorcycles race. I’ve added the pictures to my gallery.
I have watched motorcycle races on TV many times and have always been amazed at the amount they lean in the corners. Today I found the most amazing thing was how fast they get going in the straight. These are motorcycles with the same basic engine that I have in mine in that they are 1000cc. These bikes have quite a bit more horsepower although not as much more as I would have thought. Mine has about 130 and these have 200. They hit over 175 MPH in the straight and they get there pretty fast.
One problem today was very high wind. I was hit with it on the way out(I rode my bike) and couldn’t believe they would actually race it in. They did postpone the race for about an hour and a half and when they did finally start it was still quite windy.
I have to say it was a lot of fun. I would do it again as long as I knew it wasn’t going to be so windy.
Betty and I finally decided to get out and see if we could find a geocache or two. We had to pick Michelle up at 1pm so at 12:30 we headed over to this cache.
It was in a park with lots and lots of Mugles around. We walked around and couldn’t find it. It was getting close to time to get Shell so we had to leave without success.
After we picked up Shell we decided we would look for one more and then go home. I knew one was near a Del Taco just down the street from us so I pulled in and located this one on my iPhone. I walked over to a pole and there it was sitting in a little niche on the pole. Success!
I think we’ll try it again next week and spend a bit more time but for our first try it quite satisfying.
I think the iPhone with one of the apps is plenty good enough to find any cache. Does anyone have a recommendation?
Here’s a picture I took with the new camera. I was quite amazed that you need a really fast shutter speed to take a picture of a full moon at full zoom on my 55-200 lens. I think this was taken at 1/1600th and probably 4.5 f-stop. I originally was taking them at slow shutter speeds and all I was getting was a bright disc and you couldn’t see the features. I like this one a lot.
A few months ago I made a post titled Winternationals but it was really the NHRA Finals that I went to in November. They both happen at Pomona Raceway in California but one is the end of the season and one is the beginning.
Yesterday Betty and I went to the true Winternationals and I got a lot of photos. They are all in my gallery now. I didn’t post the full size pics because it would have taken forever to upload them. The ones there are 1/4 size. If you happen to see one you would like the full size pic for just let me know.
I’ve wanted to get a REAL camera for ages. The last real camera I had was a Minolta SRT101 SLR 35mm film camera. I’ve had lots of toy cameras since then with the closest to real being my Olympus C-785 Ultra Zoom. It has a 10X Optical lens and it’s got some manual control but it isn’t SLR.
I finally decided it was time so last week I bought a Nikon D5000.
It’s not quite professional grade but it’s very close. Professionals would say it’s a great starter camera but for me it’s great.
To show the power of a real SLR I took a few pics the other night. This one is taken outside at night when it was completely dark. I used the built-in flash so you can see just how dark it was. The F-stop was 3.5 and the shutter was 1/60 second.
This next one was taken at the same time except it was on a tripod and the F stop was 3.8 with a 25 second shutter speed.
You can see some lights in the shot but you would almost swear it was daylight. Look around the middle on the left side of center and you can see some trails from a car.
Here’s a pano made with photos from the new camera and Autostitch. Richard first showed me Autostitch. Pretty cool free program to make Panoramas.
I think I’ll be happy with this camera for a long time to come.
Google has finally gotten to the Rawson Rd farm. Here’s some screen shots I just got. They also have some in Cuba but none on Hill St. They do have View Rd which goes right by the house I think although I don’t remember which one was ours.
Note: Added Cuba Cheese Shop
A friend of mine sent me this. Not sure where he found it but I’m thinking it would make my commute easier.
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