While Mister Husband was busy at a conference at North Dakota State, I wandered around downtown Fargo with the new Nikon D80, which was made possible by a generous grant from my parents. I still haven’t got the exposures quite right on these, but I’ll learn. One of the best things about Fargo is that the inhabitants have mostly held on to their old storefront signs and side-of-building advertisements.

Full set here, which includes quite a few smaller towns along the way. Some photos are with the D80 and some are with my trusty standby Lumix. I have no plans to abandon it — it’s so small that people don’t really take it seriously, whereas the D80 makes most folks a little shy. I also shot with the Nikomat, but it’ll take me awhile to get around to having those processed.

When did I become a person who hits the road with at least three cameras on hand? It turned out not to be enough, because the long stretches of prairie made me want to dig out Mister Husband’s 4x5 Speed Graphic and figure it out.