2008 Trip Archive

Okay, this blog is going into archive mode. Below are links to the 5 major slideshows. On the right are links to the individual posts. I won't be updating this unless we take another Utah motorcycle trip (and I hope we do!).

• Arches National Park
• Casto Canyon
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Zion National Park
• Road Photos
  

Office Tribute to the Utah Trip

Recently, I printed a very nice photo I took of Delicate Arch in Moab, UT. In front of it, you see a 1:18 scale model of the motorcycle I rented for the 2008 trip: a denim silver Harley Streetglide. I was able to find this on Overstock.com for $30, which is about 1/3 what they cost new.

My dad loves brick-a-brack in general, and office chachkies in particular. He has several minature V-Rod motorcycles in honor of his 2-wheel ride in DC.

Gotta Learn Photoshop

Photoshop is a powerful tool, and it has always intimidated me. I made the above photo a million times better in about 10 minutes. Here's what I did:

• I "erased" two people that were in the picture. Really, I just erased them. They used to be in the lower left corner in the distance, but now you can't tell.
• I cropped the photo to panoramic dimensions. This is easy.
• I used the "magic healing tool" to clean up some bird poop. Yes, that's right. I literally erased three giant plops of white ugly guano.

I might work on this photo and blow it up for my wall. Pretty cool.

Slideshows & Rainbows

Dad stops to put on rain gear between Heber and Price. Check out the cool rainbow!

Well, we are back in Park City and I am organizing all the photos. I have created individual blog posts below with a slideshow embedded in each. Text and descriptions to come.

There are 5 separate slideshows below. Click twice on any image to go to the entire album.

Between my Dad and me, we took 583 photos. I have put them in the following folders:

• Road Photos
• Arches National Park
• Bryce Canyon National Park
• Casto Canyon
• Zion National Park

As I write this, I am uploading those photos into Picasa slideshows to embed in this blog. I plan to do a blog entry for each of these as well. I also took a few movies; I'll put those on YouTube when I get home.

I miss Kathy and the kids.

UPDATE: To avoid confusion between my Dad's photos and mine, I have added a "-d" tag at the end of his file names. Because we have very similar cameras, the last time I consolidated photos with him there were duplicate file names and confusion. I think this will solve the problem.

Zion

Zion was a fantastic surprise. We stayed in Springdale, which is right inside Zion Canyon. When coming from the east, you must enter and leave Zion NP to get to Springdale. It's a cool town, very upscale, with plenty of Obama yard signs. Great food, especially at The Spotted Dog.

Casto Canyon

We only did one day of mountain biking, and I had selected Casto Canyon Trail. A good chunk of it is sandy and rocky--Marti and Dad didn't really like it and went on to bike around the corner. I ventured forward and managed about 8 mph on the way in and 15-16 mph on the way back. I took lots of pictures. The ride back down was really fun.

Bryce Canyon