On this day, I traveled around with my friend, doing some errands and mainly wasting the last weekend before the daily grind gets started back up...

I even updated Twitter and Facebook and referenced how it was exactly like wasting a day before we had a real grind to go to and were just college kids mooching off the parents...

However, in travels through out Long Island we ended up going down to the West Meadow Beach area, and were surprised with how much wind there was. White Capped water, sand blowing into the parking lot, it was an amazing difference from what we were experiencing in the Mall Parking Lot...

I however, left the house unprepared. Carrying only the camera and a single lens (50mm F/1.4)- it was NOT going to produce the images I wanted.

Bringing us back to the title, it reminds us that sometimes, preparing for a little excursion means going the extra step to grab the camera bag or lens case and head out... regardless... even if you don't think you will find something.

On this day I was lucky, upon being dropped off at my own house, I grabbed my items of need (300mm and 600mm) and jumped back into the car. Chasing the Afternoon light into the glowing amber and the colder weather. It was amazing to see these folks still out in the waves...



They stayed all day, because, they left the house prepared.