Got a new camera and tried looking at things up close and with the cool "fish-eye" setting.
Tried geo-caching and after several attempts over several months finally found one! Came in the wrong way, got really wet and muddy, but the feeling of finally find a cache in Oregon's heavy tree canopy...priceless! Got some help from a passing muggle, Tony the fisherman, to make it back to the road with a "short-cut".
Not everyone is as excited by my new camera.
So that is my update to this point.