P.S.
While on my ride today, I was thinking about cameras-again!

You might also want to consider how the instruction manual for the camera you purchase is formatted. The Canon X130 and the G-12 's operating manuals come on CDs. Unless you are a lot better than I am at remembering all XXX pages, having something to download it to on the trip is nice. This summer I thought I downloaded the G-12's manual to our netbook. That was until I accidentally changed the language over to arabic. It took me half a day to figure out how to fix it because I created the folder, but forgot to download the manual. Fortunately, the operating manuals can be obtained online if you can get an internet connection