Hi Cal, I love my D5000 got it for Christmas so I'm still learning to use it. I'm also just really getting into photography, although I've always enjoyed taking pictures. This was my first trip to the coast in 10 years, but will going back late winter or early spring. I'd forgotten how much I loved the ocean. I want to try and photograph the lighthouse at night. I bet the pictures of the lighthouse thru the fog are very cool. I was up in Canada last summer. I have a friend that lives in Richmond and we went camping in the mountains around there. I'm hopingto get to Baniff and Casper next summer. I've heard it's great up there. now that I've figured out how to post pictures I plan to add a couple more albums from my travels this summer. Thanks for your message and feel free to add me as a friend. Barb