If there’s a lag between blog updates, it’s because we are boondocking in Yellowstone National Park. Internet access? Forget about it. Park management is considering an upgrade from Vic-20 to Commodore 64, but they don’t want to rush things. Even cell phones don’t work in the Promised Land.
I’m happy to report that--thanks to Home Depot-- we found a solution to our Airstream woes. We bought a roof vent intended for use on a HOUSE. But it just happens to fit over the hole in our Airstream’s roof. We drove all the way from Casper to Yellowstone through several rain storms. Works like a charm! And thanks to my advanced degree in DTE (Duct Tape Engineering), it doesn’t look half-bad.
Since we’ve had trouble getting online, we're going to include a whopping THREE blog videos. First, a brief look at our journey from Nebraska into Yellowstone, including our first night in the Park:
If you haven’t been to Yellowstone, you really owe it to yourself to visit. This is a spectacular place. The world’s oldest national park, it’s larger than Rhode Island. (Of course, so is our truck, but that's besides the point.) People live here for years and barely scratch the surface of the incredible hiking trails and camping sites. Pictures and videos really don’t do it justice. Most visitors just stick to the heavily traveled main roads, but even these are guaranteed to provide memorable sights. Yellowstone is famous for its geothermal activity, but we’re particularly fond of the wildlife. As Kristy explains...
So, you want MAJOR BISON (geeks please note the obscure Street Fighter 2 reference)? Here’s our bonus video. Kristy and I once happened across a pretty spectacular bison viewing. Back in the early 1990s, I worked an entire summer in the Park (flipping hamburgers and scooping ice cream) but this is the ONLY time I’ve found myself in the middle of a herd. This video was shot before we were married, but right here in Yellowstone.
We are having a great time in Yellowstone. We will stay here a while longer, and then venture down to Jackson and the Grand Tetons. Note that we’ve already surpassed 2000 miles on SEEMORE’s trip meter.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
A Big Heapin’ Hunk of Blog
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Looks like you guys are having fun! We had a Buffalo come close to our trailer in 2002 and here are some photos of that. Never did see a wolf there though. You are making me want to get back there soon.
Great shots, Roger! Bison are really impressive animals. We saw many, though none in the Fishing Bridge "parking lot!"
hi, i came upon your weblog through the canon hv20 forums... i watched the video on here where your talking about the roof getting a vent duct taped on and such... i was watching closley for when the camera whip panned or just panned and noriced a bit of jitter. it didnt seem to bad though. my big dilemma is choosing between the camera with 24fps(the canon hv20) or the one with normal 60i (the sony hdrsr7), and then just converting the footage to 24fps with software. im just wondering, how have you found the 24fps to work out for you so far?
Okay, confession time -- although I'm shooting with an HV20, I'm shooting at 60i instead of 24p. Why, you ask? Because (1) it matches well with my 60i Sony HC3 (2) ease of editing, because the HV20 firmware lacks the flags required to remove pulldown. I LOVE the HV20 and intended to shoot 24p, but ease of editing wins the day. Watch the blog video in which Kristy talks about departure...that's the only vid I've shot in 24p. I lacked confidence in the results, so I switched back to 60i for the suration of our trip. Even in 60i the HV20 is capable of a STUNNING image -- too bad we can't see it via YouTube!
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