We have our motorcycle trip planned for tomorrow through Monday, I realized this week that it had been a while since I'd changed the oil, 4,000 miles, in fact. I run Mobil 1 Synthetic, so that is not an inordinate amount of miles on this oil, but I prefer 3k between changes. So I am changing the oil tonight. I got the idea of shooting a reflection off the drain pan while I was on the floor watching the pan fill. I set up the camera on the tripod and gave it a whirl. It is kind of a cheap Filter (so to speak). There is still some oil dripping at a rate of once every 2 seconds or so, for this 5 second exposure, there were two drips. I planned this trip months ago, and we just came off two weeks of summer weather, as I type this, I am listening to the grand daddy of thunderstorms approaching. It is supposed to rain through into the morning and we are supposed to leave bright and early tomorrow. Once this clears up, we have the beginnings of Hurricane Bill to contend with. We're going though, there's no changing plans at this point. There is a 650 mile trip through 4 states on the plan. We have no firm plans though, no motels booked, we will play our stops by ear. I am introducing my 11 year old to getting out on the open road and riding. We've got the gear, we've got the time, oh yeah, I gotta go pack. Oh, and put some oil in the bike!