We Play at the ‘Bay
We returned to our room after our lunch from the Food & Wine booths.
Our plan was to head out to the pool, but first Mark wanted to download the pictures from my camera to his surface, which is Microsoft’s awesome laptop/tablet hybrid. There is no slot for an SDcard, so Mark had brought along a card reader.
Here was my second scare with my Fuji point & shoot camera- some of the pictures from the card, the ones taken before our trip, were showing up, but none of the pictures I had taken since were showing up. Mark was pretty sure he could see that there was something “there” on the card, but he couldn’t transfer anything from the card to the surface.
I was concerned about the health of my Fuji for a couple of reasons. First, I had the scare while on the plane when the camera would not power on. It seemed to be working once I charged the camera, but because of issues I have had with all of my past underwater cameras, I was concerned that this camera was dying. I was mentally kicking myself that I didn’t bring along my spare point & shoot.
But the good news was, I still had my DSLR camera and my phone, which has an excellent camera as well. The main thing I would be missing would be taking any pictures at the pool or on rides. I don’t like using my phone because of the light or the DSLR because Mark gets annoyed when I take pictures on rides and it is much easier to sneak them with my small, compact camera.
I was still optimistic that the camera was ok. Although Mark is a very talented software developer and he is my go-to on anything computer related, he doesn’t have a lot of experience with photography technology. He was skeptical when I told him I think I needed to put the card into a computer SD slot to be able to access the pictures.
I would have to wait until we got home from our trip to test that theory, but I will not leave you in suspense.
The following poolside pictures were taken with my Fuji:
We grabbed a couple of chairs near the lazy river with this view.
Mark took a couple of laps, and then I stayed in the water for a few more while he relaxed.
I got out and started to dry off.
I was intrigued with the clouds floating through the windows in the building. My Fuji doesn’t have a great zoom lens, so I couldn’t do any closeups, but here are my attempts at cropping the pictures.
This may come as a bit of a shock, but I have trouble sitting still for long periods of time. Mark and I took a walk over to Hurricane Hanna’s to purchase the official beverage of the Yacht & Beach Club FAQ thead:
Not any of these:
The Sunken Treasure:
And one special shot for a dear friend who was on my mind:
We finished our drink and went on a walkabout around the pool:
We went up the stairs to the upper deck gazebo above Hurricane Hanna’s- you can usually find some available seating up there and today we found this as well.
Continuing on…
And we ended up at the slide. I think Mark went back to the room while I went for a slide. I took a video and I am trying to upload it to Photobucket so I can post it here and on the thread, but I’m not having any luck so far.
Video???
I met up Mark back in the room and then we got dressed in our elaborate costumes for
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