Oct 21, 2018 - camera & bad grass

Somewhere in Alabama yesterday, near the mass plantings of horribly invasive Pampas grass along Route 80, between Pratt & Whitney and Tuskegee, my camera came up with the "Lens Error" message of doom then ceased to cooperate.  Last night, Randy went on You Tube and found out how to fix it, yippee it is fixable, and my photos were salvageable. The fix involves removing many, many, tiny screws and blowing in some canned air. So we will be setting that camera aside for now, and waiting for the best in-house IT guy and computer repairman to practice his skills when we get home. What do you say, Reed?



Note: Pampas grass is a South American import with razor-sharp long leaf blades and huge plumes of seeds which spread everywhere. It has been battled in the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area and other wild lands where people, who live nearby and are ignorant of the problem, use it for landscaping. Please look at other native grasses as alternates instead of planting this.
https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Conservation/Plants/Dont-Plant-Me/Pampas-Grass


In the meantime, I must admit, and now do so publicly, that you were right, Randy, Reed and Bret for insisting that I upgrade to a smartphone. Thank you for getting me one. Now I am dependent on it for my photos for the rest of this trip. And yes, it has been very handy for texting sons, cousins, and friends along the route.

Now...onwards to Biloxi for lunch!