Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Another week at Rock Creek and new camera


I decided to stay here for another week at Rock Creek RV Park in Twin Falls, ID.  I was in the lower site area of the campground, and when I woke up this morning, there was no one at all in my row, and only two RVs in the row behind me.  I knew one family was going to leave, and I don't like to be that "alone" in a campground.  Since today was my last day paid, I decided to move to the upper area where the camp host is.  We were the only two RVs in this area, but a couple just came in for a one-night stay and parked a few sites from me. 

When we moved from our campsite, I decided to run into town and see if Costco had the camera I wanted.  I filled up the gas tank at Costco, and then went to the camera department.  As it turned out, they had only one left of the Nikon model I wanted, and it was the floor model.  It's a Nikon Coolpix S9100, and it was on sale for $120 off.  It retails for $339, but this was $220.  Even though it's the floor model, it has the same warranty as a new camera and seems to work just fine, so I'm pretty happy.

I took a few photos this afternoon.  This is of a small tree outside my window using a setting where you can highlight just one color:

Black and white tree with red berries

This is a small branch of the same tree in full color

 Nikon Coolpix S9100

Here are Katie's toys on her quilt:

 This one picked up the orange and the red

I love that feature.  It also does panoramic photos, and has lots of other features, including an 18x zoom lens, which I'm really going to love. 

Here's another one with the green tree enhanced - the trees behind it were more of a grey-green, and the green wasn't picked up.  I put it in a little frame:
That's the start of a good Christmas Card!



View of the hill across the creek
 

Katie on our walk - ahead is a storage room made of rock

 Our new site-it's actually prettier in this area

And finally, some great clouds from this afternoon.  We had intermittent showers.  I love it; Katie isn't sure about the rain, but we're working on it.

 

From Me and My Dog, have a great Tuesday night, everyone!  :)