Sorry to say but, I don’t like being unplugged. It was pure torture. I know I lived in a time when we left our phone home and didn’t worry about calls coming in. I know we didn’t have to have constant contact and we wold actually go to a library to look something up. But I like, no I love having a computer in my hand at all times. I love being able to contact anyone at any time. I don’t ever want to live off grid. Keep me plugged. Life is better than ever!

We also learned you just can’t plan for everything. But, when things go wrong don’t panic, spring into action. Luckily I live with McGiver so the broken window wasn’t a big deal. In fact it probably wouldn’t be a real problem for just about anyone–let’s face it–we had to clean up and cover up.

When you have a check list–use it. We have a check list for setting up and tearing down camp but, we thought we had this down pat. We left one time with the stairs down and the door unlocked. One time we stopped for lunch and just left our cups on the counter in the trailer. Luckily they were empty. And one time we forgot to plug the trailer into the truck–of course that was when we had to fix the window and we forgot we actually unplugged it. So it really wasn’t a “camping” stop. So use your check list

Lesson learned. NEVER think you can be a minimalist when packing photography equipment. I always take 2 camera bodies but smarty pants here thought she could work with just one. Take less clothes, less food, less anything but NOT photography equipment. For those who don’t understand, you need a long lens on one and a short lens on another. I always had the wrong lens on the camera when we came upon a “great shot.” I miss a few because of that. This is going to be a long trip with just one camera. My bad.

Today I learned that you should always view the site before posting. It looked fine to me but once I posted my first slideshow didn’t appear. I literally had to remove it and reload it. So, if you received notification and you saw a big white gap, you might want to refresh to see the pictures. It’s true, you learn something new everyday. Sorry about that.