What Camera to take....

My favorite travel Camera...

Cannon Digital Camera SD1200 IS
Recommended by everyone from the NY Times to Cnet. Every year Cannon is the leader in the point-and-shoot cameras. If you want a point-and-shoot, easy-to-use, digital camera, just order this now from Amazon. Under $179

Canon PowerShot SD1200IS 10 MP Digital Camera with 3x Optical Image Stabilized Zoom and 2.5-inch LCD (Silver)

Have a micromave in your room at the Hotel?

The perfect sweet to make when on a trip. The ingreedients are simple to assemble. A nice treat with MILK.

5 minute Chocolate Mug Cake

(mix into plastic ziplock bag
4 Tablespoons flour
4 Tablespoons Sugar
4 Tablespoons cocoa
3 Tablespoons chocolate Chips (optional)

Mix into plastic tupperware small container
1 egg
3 Tablespoons milk
3 Tablespoons oil
small splash of vanilla extract

1 large coffee mug - microwave safe

Add dry ingreedients to mug (can be split into two smaller mugs
Add wet ingredients from plastic container

Put mug in microwave and cook for 3 minutes at 1000 watts

The cake will rise up over the top of the mug, but don't be allarmed.

Allow to cool, then tip out onto a plate

Yield: Makes 2 servings

To see this done go to Youtube and search
5-Minute chocolate cake in a mug
2 min 20 sec
www.youtube.com

Don't forget a scarf

Three things to help you pack

A scarf for the plane to keep you warm

A weight to weigh your luggage so you don't pay over weight charges.

Mini Pocket Umbrella -- You need to get this ultra compact umbrella that fits into your back pocket. They are especially useful if you’re heading to the unpredictable weather of the UK.

Converters for your cell phone or curling iron.

Take your technology with you

Watch iPod Video in Widescreen when Traveling

Apple iPhone (iTouch) Big-Screen Video Glasses - Myvu is made for the Apple iPhone, iTouch, including the iPod nano, iPod touch, iPod classic and the newer video iPod line. This viewer comes complete with a specially designed cable to plug-in directly, allowing a seamless connection. $299

Myvu Glasses transform your portable media player into a hands-free, full-screen private viewing experience. Crystal also boasts full VGA quality — their highest resolution available and widest field of view.

VGA Quality (640x480) resolution
Pendant for picture and audio control
Earbuds from Ultimate Ears®
USB cable for charging
Up to 4 hours of battery life
Connect Myvu to your Apple iPhone or iTouch and experience video like never before!

NOTE: The Myvu Connection Cable (extra accessory $29) – Works with iPhone® allows you to easily connect your Myvu Personal Media Viewer to iPhone, iPhone 3G, and any iPod that supports video. Compatible with both Myvu Standard/Universal and Myvu Made for iPod® versions.

For more tips and tech information and recomendations go to: http://www.lovetoeatandtravel.com/site/Tips/Travel/travel_gadgets.htm

WITI - Selling a Business and Designing a New Life: 10 Questions to Your Best Future

WITI - Selling a Business and Designing a New Life: 10 Questions to Your Best Future

Historic Walking Tour in Chico -- so fun!

Historic Downtown Walking Tour:
A great chance to enjoy the history and interesting architecture of Chico. It will give you the opportunity to get acquainted with some of the more interesting aspects of Chico life. Visit the 26-room mansion of John and Annie Bidwell, now a State Historic Park; or cruise through the nearby Bidwell Bowl Amphitheater, built by Work Projects of America in 1938; or enjoy a burger at Madison Bear Garden, a home built by a prominent Chico lawyer in 1883.

http://www.downtownchico.net/

Feeling Blue? Try focusing on the Daily 10

Develop your "Daily 10". Have a regular pattern of 10 wonderful things you do every day for your own vibrant personal foundation. Find your own little rituals that just make you feel good! Every day, do 10 simple things that remind you how special, powerful, alive and wonderful you are!

Here are my 10!

* Sip a cup of tea in a real china cup (not plastic or paper to go cups)
* Read socially for 15-30 minutes – magazine or a chapter of a good book
* Social networking to keep in touch
* Take time to add accessories to what I am wearing
* Smile more
* Be creative. Work on ongoing creative projects. Jewelry, sewing, crafts, writing
* Walk Oliver even if I don’t have time and it is to the end of the driveway only
* Slow down and enjoy the drive, learn to STOP rushing
* Tell those close to me that I love and appreciate them, even Raley the cat
* Sit ups every day, even when I don’t feel like it.

What are your daily 10?

Vote for Tahoe!

Do you LOVE Tahoe? Then you better step up and cast your vote. Voting closes at 12pm EST tomorrow and the race is impossibly close! Utah has 51,451 votes so far, but Tahoe is just squeaking ahead with 51,795. Will Utah step it up? Will Tahoe continue to gain? I'm on the edge of my seat, chaps! Vote while you can! http://tvly.com/cabinfever

Break in the Rain? Take a Hike!

Activity Type: Hiking
Nearby City: Georgetown
Length: 5.74 total miles
Elevation Gain: 1,100 feet
Trail Type: Out-and-back
Skill Level: Moderate to Difficult
Duration: 3 to 5 hours
Season: Best: Year-round
Other Uses: Horses, Biking, Dogs
Local Contacts: Auburn State Recreation Area
Local Maps: USGS Greenwood
Topo Map: American Canyon Trail: Auburn State Recreation Area Topographic Map

This is one of the best all-around hikes in the Auburn State Recreation Area, which provides outdoor recreation for more than a million visitors annually. The well-graded route includes segments of the Western States National Recreation Trail and descends 1100 feet down American Canyon, which contains a small tributary of the Middle Fork American River. American Canyon’s northeast facing slopes are clothed in a dense oak forest, and the canyon bottom is covered with lush riparian vegetation. This almost tropical habitat contrasts sharply with the much drier and brushy southwest-facing slopes found later in the hike. Alert visitors may observe examples of our Gold Rush heritage. Hikers will also enjoy the canyon’s inner gorge, which is filled with scenic cascades and waterfalls as they make their way to the Middle Fork

Auburn State Recreation Area California State Parks
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The Auburn State Recreation Area (park) office is located on ... Auburn State Recreation Area. 501 El Dorado St. Auburn, CA 95603-4949 ...
www.parks.ca.gov/pages/502/files/ASRANews111503.pdf