The sad truth...

... is that these are the best shots I got of Nate. )-:









The ironic twist is that he's one of the most personable, photogenic kids I've met in a while. Maybe that worked against him somehow, if my mind was cataloguing him under "picture taken" when it ought to have been saying "take his picture." Though in my defense his propensity to chew gum with his mouth open and to hide behind cell phones made my job more challenging (despite being the "meanest teacher" the kids have ever met, I'm not mean enough to put those less-flattering shots of him up on this official record of our journey, but you can hunt for them here).

Hopefully you can help me out; I want copies of your photos, not just of Nate (and Trevor, another one who sneaked under the photographic-radar far too often), but of ALL of us. If you've got an entertaining, illuminating, or just plain good photo from the trip, share it with me. Depending on the size, try emailing them to acowells@yahoo.com. Or you could do what I've done and open a Flickr account, then upload them (be sure to let me know if you do). Another option is to save them on a CD and drop it off for me at the junior high. And if you know how to send the photos via MySpace you can find my account and do it there, but you might have to tell me how to retrieve them, since I don't use MySpace very much.

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