Daily Post #1
Posted on September 15, 2010
Filed under Daily Writing
I am going to try something new. Aside from class assignments, I will try to write something every day. The topics here will run from school,to photography, to my business, to travels, to my hobby, or none of the above. (Comments and critiques are welcome, including yours, Ross!)
My first post here will be a picture from “my summer vacation”.
In June, my family and I took the first summer vacation, where it was just us, in almost 20 years. Being a small business owner, vacations have been pretty limited to a weekend in Omaha or Sioux Falls. Not always because of money, but more because of time. Before I was ‘full time’ self employed, we did do a week here and there, but we usually tagged along with my mom and sister, aunts and uncles. This would be the first time we would do a ‘biggie’ just by ourselves.
By ‘biggie’, I mean this: Two weeks. On the road. In a car. No planes, airports, busses, etc. Just like the old days, when my wife and I were kids. There is something to be said regarding a vacation by car vs. flying. I will admit that the convenience and speed of commercial aviation (hassles aside) have their advantages in this day and age, but there is something to be said for going the car way.
Which leaves me to my first photo. This is where being ‘on vacation’ hit me the first time. This was around noon on the second day out. I’d been in St. Louis several times. Once through the airport and several times blowing through on I-70. This was the first time I had stopped, and we took the opportunity to visit the Arch. More properly known as the Gateway Arch (part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial), I had never been up in the Arch. Fascinating, and a good time. Being a photographer, I took a selection of gear with me on the trip. (I almost also took my newest HD camera, but space was a limiting factor, as well as the thought of a ‘smash and grab’ leaving me without one of my primary sources of income). As it was, I took a small HD camcorder, Nikon D-40 DSLR and two lenses. This was taken with the D-40 and a 18-55 VR zoom.
As I said, this was about the time I felt ‘on vacation’ for the first time. The tour of the arch and the memorial around it was really neat.
Well, that’s all for now. Hopefully I will post again tomorrow.
Chris