Oh, I’ll bet that’s it. I’ll bet I loaded the route backwards.

Really sorry to hear of the arythmia Scott but very pleased to hear you are considering an ablation After it being such a feature of our 2009 cycle trip I had an ablation and never again have I had even a tiny episode and no medication.

What did it register as? A gentle downhill?

Or only if your bike is equipped with pontoons, and you have heavy duty gum boots.

Beauty is everwhere, and always in the eye of the beholder. We think this hiway is actually quite beautiful.

Yes, I did experiment with that. I can’t say I had any great success with it though. I’m treating the camera as a goner and will send it back in when we return to Portland.

I’m sure. Blurry or not, we don’t want to forget.

Poor you. This has really got to hurt. We do feel your pain.

Just another thought: can you put the camera in manual focus mode and get it to work? It's kind of a PITA with mine but it does sometimes actually do my bidding when I have it set for that. Sometimes.

I think I recognize this!

I expect you use automatic ISO, which will help with zoomed shots and low light. It hasn’t got moved to something fixed and too low, has it?

Thanks, Rich. The next day was much better, but we’ll definitely plan on taking it easy where we can. Worst case we can find some bases, hang out and be glad we’re not in damp, chilly Portland.

These patterns are incredible. How many floorers in the world could construct this today? My guess, not many! Imagine the math involved!

I have to admit that I'm worrying about you. Please take it easy. Good call on replacing the camera - the frustration isn't worth it. Maybe tomorrow will be better?

I agree about the trash situation in Sicily. Such a beautiful place - it's a huge shame that they can't get the roadside trash situation under control.

Wow, what a frustrating and potentially discouraging day. As all others have said, here's hoping for rapid and positive resolutions to each of today's issues. Well, except for the trash problem of course: that's not one that's likely to be rectified anytime soon. Then again it's also the one over which you have the least control or ability to influence.

The results of my quick interweb search for LUMIX autofocus issues all had to do with its tendency to focus hunt in video mode, not the problem you're experiencing, so I've got nothing for you. It does indeed sound like replacing the thing (ship the old one home, or direct to Panasonic for evaluation and repair or replacement so you're not lugging it around to no good purpose?) is the best strategy.

Good luck on the arrythmia thing. That's by far the most worrisome.