Smoke,
I have been really pleased with my Canon PowerShot SX 280 HS.
It shoots nice snap shot and wide angle zoom and goes to 20x optical zoom. Here are a few photos I have taken hand held.
Some Bighorn Rams:
A Red Fox:
Cranes:
Arrowleaf's:
I've gone from packing 35mm Nikons with a big assortment of lenses, tripods etc to this point and shoot and for where I am today this fit my style very well.