Mirror Lake in Lake Placid. After finding out that Denise and I both had a Friday off, we decided to take a last minute to trip up to Lake Placid for the weekend. We were able to find a nice apartment downtown and ended up having a great weekend. We took our dog, Yuki, along …
Nov 29
Romanesco Broccoli
Cool find by my wife on the last week of the Emmaus Farmers Market. More info on this vegetable can be found here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanesco_broccoli .
Nov 21
Yuki joins “The Pack” at Priority Dog
Yuki and the Pack at Priority. Susan at Priority Dog(http://www.prioritydog.com) has a “balanced” pack of around 9 dogs which help to train other dogs by them seeing how dogs are supposed to behave. We have only taken Yuki there 3 times and we already see a difference in his behavior. He also is totally exhausted …
Nov 06
Checking For Sensor Dust on your DSLR
I always seem to forget these steps so I am summarizing them here… Set focus on lens to infinity. Set aperature to smallest opening(largest # e.g. f/22) Set exposure compensation to +1 stop Take picture of a uniformly lit wall or the sky. Exposure may take a bit, but it does not really matter. Check …
Jun 20
18 Things You Don’t Need on Your Packing List : TravelBlogs.com
Windows Live Tags: travel , packing light , pack Some helpful packing tips. Although I don’t agree with the suggestion on jackets and towels. I usually bring a good breathable rain jacket, which serves as rain gear as well a windbreaking shell. Couple this with a good fleece and you are good to go down …
May 01
Costa Rica Volcanoes & Surf 2009 – Trip Recap
Every time we go on a trip somewhere, people always ask me “would you go back there again?” and my reply is usually always that there are so many other places I want to visit that I may not get back around to go there again. Well, I guess Costa Rica has become the exception. …