Last Minute Trips are the Best!

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 …

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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 .

DIY Rain Barrel

This blog post contains instructions on creating your own rain barrel.

Ziplining in Costa Rica

Ziplining in the cloud forest of Monteverde, Costa Rica.

Yuki and His Chippy

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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 …

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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 …

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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 …

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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. …

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