In Transit: Salt Lake City
This is my first time in the Salt Lake City airport, and my first time in Utah, for that matter. Based on limited exposure, and benefiting entirely by comparison to Atlanta, this is a very nice airport. It's spacious, easy to get around in, and has huge windows with nice views of the nearby snow-capped mountains.
That said, the flight here was a bit of a grind. I was lucky to get the seat I did, but 3:45 spent in the middle seat is tough. We'll see how the flight is from here to Spokane.
It's been a long year already, travel-wise: Lexington, KY; Secaucus, NJ; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA (those last three all in one trip); Chicago, IL; and now I'm on my way to Walla Walla, Washington, by way of Salt Lake City and Spokane. These have not, for the most part, been "fun" trips (though I did make sure to have dinner at Mandoo a couple of times while in the city). In fact, it's been more like one damn thing after another.
Lexington was boring and difficult. Secaucus was an emergency trip where I got the call Thursday night and flew out Friday morning--no pressure. New York was one of those trips where I was playing production tech and building the equipment on-site. In Philadelphia, I had a rare and unfortunate experience with the difficulties one has when one lets the Magic Smoke out of electronic equipment. Chicago was a simple but difficult two-day slog, in blizzard conditions. Fortunately, I'm awesome, but it doesn't leave much time or energy for things like photography and blogging. This trip is going to be cake, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing a part of the country I've never visited before.
As I mentioned before, I've bought a Pentax K10D digital SLR camera. It's my first SLR-type camera, and I'm still getting used to having far more flexibility than ever before. That, and I have to fight the temptation to buy more lenses without even having taken many pictures with the one I've got. With good luck, the weather will stay nice enough that I can give it a proper workout this week.
That said, the flight here was a bit of a grind. I was lucky to get the seat I did, but 3:45 spent in the middle seat is tough. We'll see how the flight is from here to Spokane.
It's been a long year already, travel-wise: Lexington, KY; Secaucus, NJ; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA (those last three all in one trip); Chicago, IL; and now I'm on my way to Walla Walla, Washington, by way of Salt Lake City and Spokane. These have not, for the most part, been "fun" trips (though I did make sure to have dinner at Mandoo a couple of times while in the city). In fact, it's been more like one damn thing after another.
Lexington was boring and difficult. Secaucus was an emergency trip where I got the call Thursday night and flew out Friday morning--no pressure. New York was one of those trips where I was playing production tech and building the equipment on-site. In Philadelphia, I had a rare and unfortunate experience with the difficulties one has when one lets the Magic Smoke out of electronic equipment. Chicago was a simple but difficult two-day slog, in blizzard conditions. Fortunately, I'm awesome, but it doesn't leave much time or energy for things like photography and blogging. This trip is going to be cake, though, and I'm looking forward to seeing a part of the country I've never visited before.
As I mentioned before, I've bought a Pentax K10D digital SLR camera. It's my first SLR-type camera, and I'm still getting used to having far more flexibility than ever before. That, and I have to fight the temptation to buy more lenses without even having taken many pictures with the one I've got. With good luck, the weather will stay nice enough that I can give it a proper workout this week.
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