Saturday, February 20, 2010
It’s amazing how fast time goes by. It was only a few months ago that I was at Walt Disney World touring each of the parks and engaging in some quality time with my Mom and Grandparents. Now, tomorrow I will be whisked away to Disneyland where I will spend a week relaxing in the very Oregon like weather of Anaheim, California, where we will be walking several miles a day and getting back to the hotel exhausted. I will take this opportunity to remind you that my Mom and I love going to Disneyland and Walt Disney World; you might call it an obsession; my Mom doesn’t care for the term, but when you go 2-3 times a year… It really is one of the only places where I feel I get so much experience for the money spent. What places do you go where you think you get the most experience for your money?
We will be there for a total of seven days, leaving Sunday and arriving the following Saturday. I expect this trip to be spectacular and I’m doing something that I don’t ever remember doing before; I’m not bringing my primary video camera. Instead, I will be bringing my Nikon D90, a camera I bought a couple months ago and have been awaiting an opportunity to really try it out. I am nervous about using it because it will solidify my suspicion that I can’t take a picture to save my life. It’s one thing to take bad photos with a point-and-shoot, you expect a low quality of picture and all you ever think is just how much better your pictures would be if only you had a better camera. Well, I bought one, and now I have no excuses, other than finding out once and for all I have no talent. Do you prefer video or still cameras when on vacation? Why?
Even though I’m not bringing my primary video camera, I will be using a Flip MinoHD to do some sort of video trip report. I did this a couple of years ago when I went to Disneyland with most of the family and it worked well, though, with a lot of people in the group it’s a little more dynamic of a report than with only one other. I’ll try it out, but I’m pretty sure there isn’t going to be as much camera interaction as there was when I had five people to record rather than just one.
Packing is always an interesting aspect of traveling. If I really set my mind to it, I could probably pull things together within 15 minutes. It’s, of course, never that way; I have a tendency to clean when I should be packing. This only makes packing last hours longer than it should. In addition to cleaning, I also attempt to do a myriad of other activities that in some really loose sense pertain to getting ready to go on the trip, but are in no way as important as throwing a weeks worth of clothes in a suitcase and calling it good. It’s always more important that I transfer movies onto my iPod, or make playlists or even begin a trip report. Are you a procrastinator like me? What do you do instead of pack?
Ahh, the trip report. For some this is a wonderful way to relive the vacation, and maybe for those reading they will learn a cool new tip or fact. For others, the trip report is an act of sheer will and possibly dread. I typically don’t write trip reports because I get into the habit of drowning myself in detail. The whole experience becomes so overwhelming, recounting and writing about ever minute detail that I literally bore myself to sleep. I find that if I’m bored writing it, then there is no way that someone would enjoy reading it. That’s probably why I want to focus more on a video trip report rather than a written one. What are you thoughts on trip reports? Do you write/read them?
Questions to Answer
What places do you go where you think you get the most experience for your money?
Do you prefer video or still cameras when on vacation? Why?
Are you a procrastinator like me? What do you do instead of pack?
What are you thoughts on trip reports? Do you write/read them?
