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Posted on August 29, 2005 By Tom No Comments on GSP2DC
Travel

Laura has a conference in DC, so I decided to tag along for the weekend to visit our friends John and Kate.  At four on a Friday we boarded a flight at GSP straight to Reagan International.

The flight was uneventful, which is just the way I like a flight to be.  The air was clear, and as I looked at the passing landscape I was immediately reminded of Google Earth.  A Brainstorm!  I grabbed my digital camera and started snapping pictures out the window.  The idea is to try to match the real aerial views with Google Earth when I get home.

We took a low sweeping turn around Arlington, and the pilot requested that all electronic devices should be turned off.  This left me wondering.  Is a digital camera considered an electronic device in the airline sense of the phrase?  I kept snapping until Laura made me stop.

As we made a low pass over the upper Potomac I noticed several rapids.  At one, a group of kayaks had gathered to surf and play in the standing waves.  I’ve never had a direct overhead view of such and activity.  Made me want to get down there, too.

Speaking of electronic devices, Laura has restricted my gadgetry this trip.  I only have my tiny Nikon S1 and the LifeDrive with its keyboard – no laptop and no GPS.  While our hotel has wireless, it’s limited, and I apparently can’t update Flickr from this.

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