So I settled on the D80 with a 18-70mm lens

[Nikklaus]

Got it yesterday! Been mucking around with it constantly. Put some of my photos on my Flickr account.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/9011080@N03/

Any tips?

 

[The_Traveler]

18-70 is a great glass and terrific for the price.
Camera seems to be working well.
You have a good start.
For specific response, I suggest pinking a specific picture and hot-linking a larger version to this site.