Morraine View

Just before my brief, aborted trip earlier this week, I got a Nikon D60 camera. Someone at work had called my attention to the fact that SLR cameras had now come down in price. The D60 was within the range I was authorized to spend, and it’s a small enough camera that it can work in my handlebar bag. A few other things had to go to make room for it, though.

Now I have to get used to using an SLR again, and learn how to take advantage of digital SLR. The above photo was not quite the effect I was trying for. On this and other photos, I wanted a little more depth of field than I got. But it turned out OK here in that the farm building in the background seems not to have had any connection with settlement-era history, anyway. From the plat maps it looks like the place wasn’t even a farmstead site until some time well into the 20th century.

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I suppose it doesn’t look much like prairie. We had camped at Morraine View State Park. From old maps, it looks like the route along the south of the park more or less followed an old tree line. There was a big grove of trees to the north, and prairie to the south. You can still see a difference on the satellite view.

My route for the day is shown in red. YTD mileage: 791.5

My bike is looking almost human again, though I don’t have the fenders back on it yet. I think I’ll leave them off for a while, even though some rain is forecast for later this week when I hope to be riding again.