Trip to Wisconsin (July 4th)

On the weekend of July 4th, the family flew to visit our extended family in Wisconsin. Cara's cousins, aunt & uncle were so hospitable and showed us a wonderful time. It was fun, relaxing and full of cheese, brats, and custard. I know I gained 10 lbs and even brought back some more cheese to keep us fat and happy.

We did a ton of stuff, from going to a small town parade, July 4th fireworks, swimming, parks, beautiful gardens and lots of walks. Driving around, we saw the sad effects from the flooding damage all over. I'm sure a lot of work will need to be done to clean all that up. Otherwise, the weather was terrific and a nice break from the NC heat.

Finally, it was really the first extended time using my new camera and getting used to its button placement. I'm really enjoying the fast reaction from the shutter, larger view finder, huge screen and the wheel on the back and finally the amazing number of ISO settings. I haven't noticed a huge difference in image quality, just that the RAW files are around 8-12mb apiece, which is chewing up my 4gb cards fast! I do think it's a bit more sensitive in low light situations than my Rebel XT, but not a major difference. I took 1300 pictures, and narrowed it down to a more manageable 71, so enjoy!