On Tuesday I got lots of work done very early, did my shoulder stretching\/exercises early as well, and was in the pool for my easy 3\/4 mile swim by 10am. After lunch, Jim drove me up to Orlando Airport for my Global Entry interview. As I never knew that the darn thing expired after five years–they do not let you know either by e-mail or letter–I needed to re-apply and have a second interview \ud83d\ude41 Tip: try to remember to renew yours after four years and ten months \ud83d\ude42 Doing so will save a lot of hassles. Why Global Entry? The main reason is that it–fingers crossed–should keep you from getting busted when returning to the US with your expensive photo gear. That happened to me many years ago in Miami; it was a big-time hassle. <\/p>\n
Here is a good one on my swim. As my pulse rate is usually only in the high 80s when I get out of the pool, I say often that my swims are more about meditation than exercise. I generally do 4 lengths of breast stroke and alternate those with two lengths of kick-boarding, two lengths of sidestroke, and two different kinds of backstroke (with one length of each of those). Yesterday morning I was sort of daydreaming about being in a blind in Finland on the first morning waiting for the male Ruffs to arrive and start displaying. I was lost deep in thought while back-stroking to the far end of the pool when suddenly I was rudely interrupted when my head solidly struck the wall of the pool. I do not swim fast but I was going fast enough for a really good jolt and a nice bump on the very top of my head. The pool was not damaged… You gotta love being in the moment. <\/p>\n
In a way, it is ironic that today’s blog post is being published on Day 300 of the streak… <\/p>\n
Too many folks attending IPTs and dozens of the folks whom I see in the field, and on BPN, are–out of ignorance–using the wrong gear, especially when it comes to tripods and more especially, tripod heads… Please know that I am always glad to answer your gear questions via e-mail<\/a>. <\/p>\n