Patience at the Gate: Heading Home to Florida

 Heading down to Orlando this weekend for the 25th anniversary celebration of the Charles Millican Society at UCF. Naturally, modern air travel had a familiar surprise waiting for me at the concourse—a departure delay. Watching our United jet maneuver across the ramp offers plenty of time to reflect on old college memories while waiting for the boarding doors to finally open. With a bit of luck and clear skies ahead, I should still make it to the Sunshine State in time for the festivities.

Watching my delayed ride taxi toward the gate in Denver.

Wherever your travels take you today, may your delays be short and your flights be smooth. 

Don Bergquist – 30 April 2026 – Denver, Colorado, USA

An Evening on the Patio in Colorado Springs

There is nothing quite like gathering the family together for dinner outdoors on a pleasant Colorado evening.

Liz, Tim, and Dennis enjoying dinner on the sunny patio.

Putting My Nikon on the Map

 Sometimes an afternoon drive isn't about chasing breathtaking vistas, but rather about dialing in the gear. The Nikon Z5 is a reliable workhorse, but its lack of onboard GPS has always meant an extra chore when organizing photo archives. Today’s mission was simple: take a drive south of Denver to field-test a new hot-shoe geo-tagger designed to inject live location coordinates straight into the image EXIF data. This rugged, sunlit hillside served as the test subject—and the camera finally knows exactly where it was standing.

Testing EXIF geotag coordinates on a quiet hill south of Denver.

Wherever your travels take you today, may you always know exactly where you are on the map. 

Don Bergquist – 04 April 2026 – Littleton, Colorado, USA