New Year's Resolution

One of my goals next year is to plan at least one photo trip, meaning choosing a destination solely based on something that I want to photograph. More than likely, these will be road trips as I don't have it in my budget to do a whole lot of air transportation, hotel, rental car, etc. I am looking for some road trip ideas to cool old towns with interesting things to see. Any ideas?

One place on my list is Olivia, MN. Yes, there is a city named Olivia in Minnesota! It is only about 2 hours west. It is in fact, the corn capital of the world! I first discovered it when I was about 13 or so and I saw it in an atlas. I always thought it would be fun to get my picture taken in front of the sign! Back in our first summer dating, Andy took me there and I did indeed get my picture taken in front of the sign... with one of my old crappy film cameras. I wonder where that photo is? I would love to go back and do some real photography there. I remember there being a cute old downtown and everything was named after the town. For instance, "Olivia Bowl," "Olivia Drug Store," etc. I think I could get some pretty cool art shots there!

As for any other places, I will have to do some research. Another goal is to block off weekends to do this sort of thing, plan trips, and actually take them! I am notorious for saying things like, "Someday, I'd like to go camping up in Gooseberry Falls..." I have actually been saying that one for the past two years. We've all been there, life just gets busy and things never happen. My New Year's resolution for 2008 is to "Make things happen!" I would love to start going to the gym. I have had a membership since January 2007 and have gone... once! I just love handing them over my money every month for nothing! I know, it's terrible. At least my husband goes every day so we're not paying for absolutely nothing. I don't want to have weight loss goals or start some crazy dieting plan. I just want to incorporate exercise into my life, that's a realistic goal, right? So, what am I going to do? Make things happen!

What's your New Year's Resolution?