This weekend was all about being outdoors. It started Friday after work, with 9 holes of golf at Hermon Country club. Followed by some light whitewater paddling at The Piscatiquis River Canoe Race and another 9 holes of golf at Rocky Knoll on Saturday. On Sunday a 16 mile bike ride followed by a BBQ on Pushaw Lake for lunch, and then a little more canoeing. This time at a more leisurely pace, casting spin rods.
Now is a great time to get outside in Maine, the bugs aren’t out yet and everything is drying up and coming into bloom. Here are some popular hiking trails in different areas of Maine. Get out there!http://maineoutdoors.com/hiking/hike_info_trails.shtml
IMPORTANT: To watch in HQ, click the link above, it takes you to the YouTube page, then just click on the link immediately below the video on the right side that says “Watch in High Quality”.
Recorded with my Flip Mino HD camera. Edited in iMovie and uploaded to YouTube.
If you compare this video to the Catch Phrase video below, even when viewed in High Quality on YouTube, there’s no comparison, the Vimeo video quality is far superior. Even considering that the lighting is much poorer in this video, making the overall quality lower to begin with, YouTube compresses it to hell and it looks like ass. YouTube High Quality certainly helps, but I Vimeo is the way to go.
So I got myself a Christmas present this year, a Flip Mino HD video camera. It’s a pretty sweet little gizmo, and I’m very impressed so far with the quality. I think I’ll start posting a random, weekly, HD video. I’ve signed up for a Vimeo account and that let’s me upload 1 HD video a week (for free) but I can’t embed them in my blog HD. To see the video in HD you’ll need to go here. I’ll probably upgrade to a paid account so that I can upload and embed as many HD videos as I want. But for now, here’s my first Flip Mino HD / Vimeo upload. Watch it below or watch it in HD on my Vimeo page.
