Great Scott! Joke intended. Thanks Scott, that's great info. I'll try what you did and I'll borrow a 7 MP camera with a big memory card too. I don't think the beach'll be that bad because there's enough stuff around it to break up the horizon (at least near the shore). It can't be much different from doing a big grass field in Illinois. I'm in the pacific nw too, so the chances of a cloudless sky are slim! We'll see what happens.

Thanks again,
Dave