Videos & Photos of Backroads with GPS
We bought a new Blazer in 1972 and my goal was to try to get to the end of every road in New Mexico. That never happened of course, but the dream hasn't died and it still sounds like fun. However, with the coming of the internet, digital photography, and GPS navigation the potential value of such an accomplishment is much different that it was in 1972!
In spite of reaching 300 million people in the USA there are still parts of the country where people are VERY scarce. I am lucky enough to live in New Mexico and there are thousands of square miles where almost no one every visits. Our family has spent the fourth of July weekend camped out in places where we saw no other cars or people the whole weekend.
In March 2010 we are taking a trip to Arizona with my new Canon EOS Rebel T2i camera and GPS. The camera will take 18 megapixel still pictures plus high definition videos. I should be able to make a video of an area of the countryside to establish an overall "feel" for the ecology and geology and then take a lot of still pictures to bring out the details.
We picked Arizona because they have had a lot of rain this winter and the desert wildflowers should be out in force. We were there many years ago under similiar circumstances and still remember the fields filled with yellow poppies.