KODAK COMOTION!

  MONDAY, APRIL 16TH., 2018
         KODAK COMOTION!  

     We were in the middle of my wife's
family reunion in Florida. Lots of
activities, action, and plenty of photo
opportunities.
      Imagine the feeling then when my
wife suddenly said "Where's my
camera?" She had been taking
pictures all along but right then and
there the camera was no where in
sight!
     It's always in her purse except when
she pulls it out to snap a picture. It's
always there. Except this time it wasn't!
      We combed the obvious spots. Chairs
when she had been sitting. The floor
around those chairs. The basket of a
bicycle she had tried to ride. No camera.
      While mentally tracing her movements
she mentioned tossing the recyclables into
a bin so, just in case, I went out and
checked the trash.
       There, about two layers deep, was
her trusted Kodak!
        It's reunion photos had all been
saved and printed by this past weekend
when we took our short walk along the
Lehigh Gorge Trail.
        We left there bound for our
favorite ice cream stand in Nescopeck
when, just out of the community of
Freeland, my wife asked  "Where's my
camera?"
         Keep in mind we were in my
tiny sports car. There's little room to
misplace anything there. Still we
looked and, of course, found nothing.
         Last she remembered she had
placed it on the trunk while she
changed out of her walking shoes.
Apparently it stayed there, at least
for awhile, as we traveled!
         There was little option but to
retrace our route. That involved about
ten miles of highway curves, hills, and
pot holes ever scanning the berm of the
road looking for a small black bag
about 3 inches wide and an inch and a
half high.
          Sort of like finding a needle in
a very large haystack.
           But some seven miles into our
backtrack there it was, just along
side the highway not 10 inches from
the paved surface! Seems it simply
slid off and didn't even bounce!
            It's fine. It's protective case
did its job and there's not a scratch
on the camera. The photos on its
memory card are just fine and the
Kodak is still taking pictures.
             If my wife wants a new
camera I'd rather she just ask. It
would be a lot easier than playing
"Where's Waldo" or "Kodak Hide
and Seek" after our trips!
             Hope she holds on tighter
next time out and that all your NEWS
is good.