Winner:
I bought a lens specifically for this trip – a Rokinon 16mm fish
eye (technically 8mm for the micro-4/3 camera, but 16mm in the 35mm equivilant). The first day of driving I noticed it wasn't in my bag. I
looked for it where I thought I may have left it from its last use.
No luck. In Casper, I found it in the pool bag. I put it there when
using it at a swim meet. I was really bummed not to have it in the
Badlands, but....
Winner:
I think taking panoramic photos with the phone cameras (both
Kristin's iPhone and my HTC One) made up for not having the lens.
Plus, the phones are taking incredible pictures, and we can upload
the pictures easily. At least to Facebook and to Google+, However...
Loser:
Google+. They modified the photo section, and I can't figure out how
to create a new album, or make all of the pictures in the blog album
available from the blog. Plus, when I try to add photos directly
from the phone (running Google Android) to the blog, I only get a
listing of the older photos, not the most recent ones. It's
pointlessly complicated, particularly considering what I'm looking to
do must be just about the most commonly used feature.
Loser:
The fridge is dying. At least on propane, which we are going to need
for 4 nights in Yellowstone w/o electricity. It looks like ice is in
our future. I'm glad we brought a cooler along.
If
you read the post about the vehicle selection, you will recall some
of the things we wanted a vehicle were
- reliable
- had a bathroom
- had A/C
- had a fridge
- could go up the mountains with traffic
So
far only the top two bullets are holding strong, although the A/C
appears to have righted itself.
Edit.
OK, I'm being too hard on the old girl. She's taken us in comfort
for 2,800 miles. We've been down miles of dirt roads to explore off
the beaten path. When it was really cold we had heat. And we've
never had to sleep on the floor.
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