‘Twas the night before Urban

And all through the house… anyone have a good rhyme here? Without further ado, here’s the official Urban checklist. Check it twice and make sure you have everything ready to go. We’ll meetup at 9:00 a.m. sharp (I should be there a little early). If you haven’t met me yet and are a little intimidated to go, no worries. I’m the dude with long-ish hair and I’ll have some camera gear sitting on the table. I’ll also be wearing last year’s Urban t-shirt to make it all official like. Just need to sign in, go out and shoot and make sure you show-up back at Homer’s at 1:00 p.m. to get your images downloaded. Hope to see you there!

Wallet. Check. Keys. Check. Batteries. Batteries. Dang! Forgot to charge the batteries! Believe it or not, I’ve done that one in the past. To make sure you don’t forget anything, here’s a list that may help.

1. Batteries.
   Seems obvious but, make sure you have fully charged batteries. Might even help to bring one or two extra.
2. Camera.
   Okay, way too obvious but, it’s a checklist.
3. Good walking shoes.
4. Sunscreen.
5. Cell Phone.
   I could date myself and say bring a dime for the pay phone but, I digress.
6. Extra memory cards.
   Pretty cheap these days. Head over to Target or Wal-mart and get an extra one if you can.
7. Gas up the car.
8. USB cable or card reader.
   As mentioned elsewhere on this blog, we will have alot of different card readers to download images. There has however been a few cases where we didn’t have the latest. If your camera came with a USB cable or you have a specific card reader, bring it with you just in case.
9. Water & something to munch on.
   Please patronize our meet-up spot, Homer’s. This isn’t an official Homer’s event so, we’ll be using the tables and hanging out in their building. Be great if we could all throw some business their way and buy a few drinks. The Latte’s are pretty dang good. Heck, there are also lot’s of great restaurants in town. Take a break and have some lunch. Don’t forget about the Overland Park farmer’s market as well.
10. Your friends, family etc.
    Don’t leave them at home, bring them along! In fact, if you didn’t “sign up” using the evite, don’t worry about it. Just show up. The more the merrier.

Have anything to add to the list? Let us know in the comments.

On another note, one thing I’ve been missing over the past couple of years are event photos. Photos of people signing in, taking photos while on the safari, goofing around while on the safari etc. Be cool if you could fit some of those in while you are taking the other images as well. Be great to have more images to show people what the event is like for next year.

See you tomorrow!