This trip web site would not have been possible without the following toys tools:
Photographic Equipment
I took the bare minimum, since I had to pack it all into my luggage.
- Epson PhotoPC 550 digital camera
- Toshiba 8 meg SmartMedia card
- Canon EOS Rebel G 35mm SLR with 35-80 and 75-300 zoom lenses
- Canon Elph APS (the Double-Naught Spycam
- Bogen tripod with small ball head
- AR2 custom radio-controlled remote shutter release
- 44 rolls of Fuji Superia ISO 400 35mm film and two rolls of Fuji ISO 400 APS film
Computer Hardware and Software
- Compaq Presario 1210 computer
- Microsoft Word for text composition
- Allaire Homesite 3 for HTML composition
- Corel Photo-Paint 8 for picture editing
- Digimarc for embedding a digital signature in the photos
Internet Services
- Mindspring for Internet connectivity
- pair networks for domain hosting
Reference sites and books
If I had checked these things more closely I wouldn't have missed stuff.
- Roadside America is the ultimate source for information about the kinds of thing I visit. Both the web site and the book are essential.
Road Trip USA : Cross-Country Adventures on America's Two-Lane Highways by Jamie Jensen is somewhere between a straight travel guide and an off-beat book like Roadside America. It has practical information, but it isn't stuffy like Frommer's or pretentious like Let's Go.