Hi! Here we are at the beginning of August----and I'm wondering where the summer went....
Of course, you know part of it went to Lake Okonee, Georgia...San Diego...and most recently
TEXAS. We flew into Houston & headed north toward San Antonio, but the rain followed us there.
It kept storming on & off for the next two days, delaying our plans to go to Schlitterbahn & Fiesta Texas
with the three grandkids. Then everyone in the entire state went on Thursday & Friday.

Wednesday we went to a once price all inclusive small park/arcade/rides named ZDT's. Since I didn't want
to get my Nikon D300 wet, I was relegated to phone photography again. That's okay because I learned more
about it's capabilities....and non-capabilities, you might say.
Rock climbing was easy because it was outside with plenty of light even though it was very cloudy.
Clouds are your friend when taking pix because they diffuse the sunlight & get rid of harsh shadows.
The silos on the property looked pretty cool & photographed well with the overcast skies.

The sit in a circle with your feet hanging down, twirl around, swing out & try not to throw up ride
was kind of a challenge. The trick here is to focus on something close to the subject & "snap the picture"
BEFORE it gets into position. It may take a few tries, so hope for a long ride. (Or make the kids get back
in line.) I pre-focused on the green/yellow post just in front of the seats and it worked well.
Indoor bungee jumping---no so much. The phone camera is quite slow...and the fake shutter sound
even slower. The sound on mine comes while the photo is being processed---totally unnecessary.
The pix at the beginning while they were being strapped in are not in very good focus because of
the low light and the slow shutter speed. The jumping is kinda, (okay very) smeary.
But it does shows action---and some people pay big bucks for that kind of ART.
It is kinda weird that her legs disappeared.....
It was hilarious to watch as the guy launched the kids off like it was a gigantic sling shot.
One little kid started bawling after a couple of bounces----as he hung in midair waiting to be lowered
down & removed from the horrible bouncing boing-er. You couldn't help laughing at the little spike-y
haired guy....just hanging there...just crying....hanging there...crying....but I did manage to refrain