yea definitely a dilemna.. but luckily my friend who went with me is also a photographer of sorts and he brought his d80 along which was armed with my 80-200 f/2.8.. in hindsight we should have zoomed the 11-16 wide angle on my d300 out a wee bit. it was too 'wide angley' .. but we didnt really notice/think about that until we were many hours into the trip.. I blame my friend who setup the interval mode while I was driving

nice, yea that was my use of my d300's interval mode.. pretty neat.. and unfortunately I tore my acl recently so I have barely picked up my baby in the last few weeks. It sucks, I love photography but its tricky with crutches and work full time.. ya know?!