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<p>Congrats on the new camera Dave. You'll enjoy using it. I've been using the Fuji's for a while now, and really like them.</p> <p>A couple of things though: <br> - As someone else noted, the X-T10 is not listed as weatherproofed. That would be the X-T1.<br> - Check out the manual with regard to the electronic shutter. It will produce banding under certain artificial light sources, and some pretty weird distortions with moving subjects. Depending on what you are shooting you may in fact find that you are going to use the mechanical shutter most of the time. I do find the electronic shutter to be very handy though in places where silence is good to have.</p> <p>Try one of the smaller Fuji primes when you have a chance. The 18 and 35 are particularly nice.</p>

<p>November through January is my favorite time to visit San Francisco.</p> <p>Shun's idea to go to the Marin Headlands is a good one. While you are up that way be sure to check out the Point Bonita Lighthouse. Visiting hours are rather short, and only certain days, so check the Park Service website in advance. I think it is worth the trouble though. This was taken in late November a couple of years ago.<br /> <br /> <img src="https://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/CA-Coast-Nov-2012/Marin-Head-Pt-Bonita/i-n2wwGxn/1/L/51FB8621-L.jpg" alt="" /></p> <p>Point Reyes Lighthouse is fun too, and a beautiful drive up there. Same late November trip.</p> <p><img src="https://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/CA-Coast-Nov-2012/Muir-Woods-Point-Reyes/i-QhvFK3k/0/L/51FB9642-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="530" /></p> <p> </p>

<p>There is a lot to see and photograph in Anza Borrego, especially if you have a 4WD vehicle that can take you off the paved roads. I spend a lot of time out there in the winter, since it's fairly close to San Diego. Smugmug is running a bit slow tonight or I would post some pictures.</p> <p>If you want to check out some of what's there, you can look at some of the galleries in this smugmug folder: https://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/So-Cal-Explorations-Day</p> <p>You can also check my blog and look for posts about Anza Borrego: http://frankbaiamonte.com</p> <p>Most of the best views in Anza Borrego seem to be away from the paved roads, although there are lots of scenic spots you can get to in a 2WD if you are careful (or don't care about the car). If the vehicle you'll be driving is such that you'll be sticking to pavement then Joshua Tree might be the better choice. </p>

<p>Enrique,</p> <p>The White Mountains are great, there is a lot to see there. I like to stay at the Thayer Inn in Littleton. It's been around for a few hundred years, and has real character. Nice little town to wander around in too. You can easily fill three or four days in the White Mountains and not get bored.</p> <p>Nearby there is Franconia Notch State Park, with The Flume. Not to be missed. We hit a lot of rain, but it was still fun.<br> <img src="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/New-England-October-2008/i-bmCqf2g/0/L/IMGP5230-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="535" /></p> <p>Someone else mentioned The Cog, the railway that takes you to the top of Mt. Washington. Definitely worth the time. We were there in early October of 2008, on what turned out to be one of the last days of the season that they ran the train. We rode up about an hour after I shot this picture, and it was almost white-out at the top. Lots of fun.<br> <img src="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/New-England-October-2008/i-6FHqbT5/0/L/IMGP5430-L.jpg" alt="" width="800" height="535" /></p> <p>We had almost 2 weeks, a big circle drive from Boston that took us to Grafton in southern Vermont, then Lyme, NH and Littleton, NH. From there we drove out to Bar Harbor and Acadia NP, with an overnight in Wilton, Maine to break up the drive. Nice little town. After Bar Harbor we spent a couple nights in Freeport, then Rockport and then flew home to San Diego from Boston. You can see more pictures from that trip <a href="http://frankbaiamonte.smugmug.com/Travel/New-England-October-2008/">here</a>.</p>