Just got back from a 3 day trip to Saint Simon's Island, Jekyl Island and Savannah with my wife. I so excited for the opportunities to take such wonderful photos. Everything was planned carefully, so I thought for my equipment. I even took my 35mm Nikon with a 50 mm lens loaded with 100 Ektar. Had extra, spare SD cards, batteries, battery charger, filters, etc. etc.

First thing that happened was that the cover to the battery compartment on the SLR broke. I had to use electrical tape to try and keep it closed. In the humid weather, the tape would not really cling to the camera and keep the compartment closed.

Of course I knew it would be hot and humid but didn't realize how long it would take for my lenses to acclimate and stop fogging up when I took them out of the camera bag. The larger the lens, wide angles, the more glass to fog up.

And it poured on two of the days; not just rain, but rain so hard we couldn't even run from our motel room to the car. So, trying to take the camera out in the wet weather wasn't possible.

Now, if I would have have taken my little Panasonic Lumix that I usually always carry with me, I might have had the opportunity for more photos. Oh, and last week I dropped and broke the screen on my Samsung Edge smartphone, so all I had was my old Blackberry!

I did manage to get some terrific photos during the trip, but next time I will be really prepared.
Food and beverages were good and we had a safe trip.

We now raise chickens and expect eggs any day. Our chickens are fed only none GMO feeds, hand cut grasses, fresh leaves from trimmed branches, nothing with steroids, hormones, or antibiotics. Our free range chickens are outside all day long in a fenced area. Most companies that advertise free range eggs come from chickens that never leave a closed building. Ours get as much sun light as they want.
Since I grew up on a farm, I know the difference between what we will get vs what production egg plants produce. There is a difference in taste, consistency, shell thickness, and healthy food. So we will be providing eggs to our family and friends this year from our 35 hens and 8 ducks. If we so chose, we will try for 200 laying birds by next year. So far we have had a lot of people stopping in and asking to buy our eggs when the ladies start laying.