tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-40779173849950051162024-03-18T19:58:04.532-07:00Trimbling RamblesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-13700195195254254942010-04-13T23:59:00.000-07:002010-04-14T00:24:30.326-07:00Creative Connect officially hits Portland!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13ZHn39VzCIukTbc9bzn-psMrKWp15-CCfa2xW0Dw1u5XEq1p7QUw15Ypi0IArC3EHW8DZFt5ctUnoB8lC9ahycjHHVxZ_4ZBcRd2DakqziQTobSdTFvvWrphbEhfLwzbvJIoBobbQL7b/s1600/IMG_0561.JPG"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj13ZHn39VzCIukTbc9bzn-psMrKWp15-CCfa2xW0Dw1u5XEq1p7QUw15Ypi0IArC3EHW8DZFt5ctUnoB8lC9ahycjHHVxZ_4ZBcRd2DakqziQTobSdTFvvWrphbEhfLwzbvJIoBobbQL7b/s320/IMG_0561.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5459889668642063522" /></a><br 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/></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">A number of years ago, a graphic designer I worked with, David Imes, invited me to a social event called <a href="http://www.creativeconnect.org/portland">Creative Connect</a>. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">It was a true inspirational recharge.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><a href="http://www.creativeconnect.org/portland">Creative Connect</a> exists simply to provide a venue for creatives, and those that like to meet creatives, to mingle. No agenda. No message. No cost. No worries.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Dan Semenchuk launched <a href="http://www.creativeconnect.org/portland">Creative Connect</a> in Phoenix, and it has grown to include Minneapolis, Salt Lake City, and now <a href="http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=105399176166272&ref=ts">Portland</a>. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">If you happen to be free the second Tuesday of the month, come check it out and be ready to relax, have fun and meet some creatives! Thanks again to Laura and <a href="http://www.23sandy.com/">23 Sandy</a> Gallery for hosting this first event!</span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-89088538839496168772010-03-19T01:17:00.000-07:002010-03-21T08:14:57.350-07:00Farewell to the vintage<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJABt2yX8DAu6AamLCZdQscvI44St_k_vsHHll_nM-azTob53_dxT6d_LA6k-CvJs_SMqd68NldNXKqMBOfnrpBFtyWEQ0f0F2iIYGU4845rkVYKJ8WmsL2d-j6hQx5YA2nEFZWCesTXDw/s1600-h/20100318antique_toys0214.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " 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/></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">As a kid, I wasn't allowed to play with toys. Well, not my granddad's anyway. They were kept behind a glass case in his bedroom and if I was forbidden to go in unescorted. When he passed away, the collection went to me. Since I never had a strong connection to them, I decided it was time to unload the 200 pieces to someone who could do more with them than I could in my garage, so today I bid them adieu, aside from three keepsakes and some photos I t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms', serif; ">ook.</span></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-25062523028543245842010-03-08T23:33:00.000-08:002010-03-09T00:05:05.555-08:00Lifestyle Portfolio<object style="width:420px;height:165px"><param name="movie" value="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf?mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100309065754-c00a14b9f7f04ca7843dc52301e88cd3&docName=nstbook&username=nstrimble&loadingInfoText=N.%20Scott%20Trimble%20Portfolio&et=1268121852716&er=57"><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"><param name="menu" value="false"><embed src="http://static.issuu.com/webembed/viewers/style1/v1/IssuuViewer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" menu="false" style="width:420px;height:165px" flashvars="mode=embed&layout=http%3A%2F%2Fskin.issuu.com%2Fv%2Flight%2Flayout.xml&showFlipBtn=true&documentId=100309065754-c00a14b9f7f04ca7843dc52301e88cd3&docName=nstbook&username=nstrimble&loadingInfoText=N.%20Scott%20Trimble%20Portfolio&et=1268121852716&er=57"></embed></object><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">Y</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">a gotta have a book.</span></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">For years, I relied on my </span></span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.nscotttrimble.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Web</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"> presence, flashy DVDs, and slideshows to show my work, but when I hired </span></span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.suzannesease.com"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Suzanne Sease</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"> to be my consultant last year, she said what had been nagging at the back of my skull.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">You gotta have a book.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">So I acquiesced and couldn't be happier. I hope you enjoy it, and if you would prefer the real deal, I am more than happy to send you a copy to review.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">This book was made narrowing down photos in </span></span></span><a href="http://www.adobe.com/products/photoshoplightroom/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Adobe Lightroom</span></span></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;"> and creating the pages with </span></span></span><a href="http://www.blogger.com/www.adobe.com/products/photoshop"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#3333FF;">Photoshop</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#C0C0C0;">.</span></span></span></a></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-32190163547391162132010-03-07T01:28:00.000-08:002010-03-07T02:02:19.176-08:00Robert McCall 1919-2010<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lHxCHqzfFwUnzGSh8YRRQXrSreK0nmXxMW0Kkl4f9tZVm684GRb42Mc14bJNwW_CYpnknVKqvq_AoLPjOgykFzlXWX51hA3GYl2Olw_t2HnTG945xHyHDQs_pXvYeaEB4IYwLuxfKmYb/s1600-h/camel+1004%2Bcover.jpg"><img style="text-align: justify;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 253px; height: 320px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lHxCHqzfFwUnzGSh8YRRQXrSreK0nmXxMW0Kkl4f9tZVm684GRb42Mc14bJNwW_CYpnknVKqvq_AoLPjOgykFzlXWX51hA3GYl2Olw_t2HnTG945xHyHDQs_pXvYeaEB4IYwLuxfKmYb/s320/camel+1004%2Bcover.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445826769246624018" /></a><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I just came across this the other day, but a terrific person and talented artist passed away over a week ago. <a href="http://www.space.com/news/space-artist-robert-mccall-obit-cs-100301.html">Bob McCall</a>'s work made an early impression o<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">n me from old </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Starlog</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> magazines, and especially the poster to 2001: A Space </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Odyssey, which I have had a copy of since college.</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I met Bob in 2004 when I photographed him for the cover of <a href="http://www.mccallstudios.com/article6.html">Camelback</a> Magazine. I spent the afternoon with him at his home studio and chatted with him and his wife, Louise, for about three hours before I actually got to work shooting him. My grandfather had passed away a few years before and Bob reminded me of him quite a bit. It was refreshing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwKOyPzCfL3frZYHwRRhDT8VQo-AB6Uv00Ol-4POcuKgMbIGMvutywu1kPNwFK40t4-JbwYeBjngIJZagmSjbBxOMSEXQM6sxAk8oQ-xEE6vxNfepOWLUB56_xGZfvmBXdfRWpil7CEi77/s320/IMG_6086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445826748858631106" style="text-align: justify;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 202px; " /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">We got together a few times after that and he was always</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> the most congenial and amazing person. I will miss him greatly, and we are bereft his amazing talent that brought to the best vision our dreams of the cosmos. How I would give anything to live in the universe he painted. Good journey Bob, you've already illustrated to me what heaven looks like.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="http://blog.makezine.com/rm002.jpg" style="-webkit-user-select: none; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5oXqak62diL2gDmYKTtp5h9WOiP8TBlbY_PzUc_oacsYuc5L14t2fYP9k56XuZ40yTajbGsPLeHQnnid57eOVk2cXtRevECk3n-lOaM0kzvPgDoDeSiCLLNTC7YOPN1WHIGj0JM6PVYd/s320/mccall.bob.lightchild.nst.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445826760248894066" style="text-align: justify;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_DQ5TeFbywNbd-Yggrt-7iqxuNPzG2fMZakNec1AeE_XziDBSWBo5hamkvzgUaqm9aSon8_Rs5qCldVMNjI2r5A3LkCCs39sQX9zfa9-YeO3_TnbUnK4pz94GZLfA1xnae43Cl73eUWt/s320/IMG_5998.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445826734014639266" style="text-align: justify;float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 234px; height: 320px; " /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-65531148711422603502010-02-08T16:34:00.000-08:002010-02-08T16:51:58.735-08:00A big thanks<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S-xnEtYszyUIm8GV_4m9vqsdnQg3DxbdTbFTeAQVXNaK-SVaW8qy3NnpwKnxapoaACp5IGSu2mf_oku411p9dHJ6CIC38yG-Vtn3pN2P7Pmxqb-KfVr3-Qt9c0m29JXtne9b845veuBS/s1600-h/Mail+Attachment.jpeg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 48px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8S-xnEtYszyUIm8GV_4m9vqsdnQg3DxbdTbFTeAQVXNaK-SVaW8qy3NnpwKnxapoaACp5IGSu2mf_oku411p9dHJ6CIC38yG-Vtn3pN2P7Pmxqb-KfVr3-Qt9c0m29JXtne9b845veuBS/s320/Mail+Attachment.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436039114771448082" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkf1aOfTr7GcQUVlDmcj9N_5qo-kqKniFZJ9ChpHRmqXMuQQ0-88u7SvASBVIUmZDm0k0qQ2VZoOUYosKOA3JE81mXVNf4rm2UccxBx7kZlfvXliTGBclgtUdG_J5iDWu_8letVSNS2Ps/s1600-h/CSC_Bug_Columbia_Comp%23E1526.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwkf1aOfTr7GcQUVlDmcj9N_5qo-kqKniFZJ9ChpHRmqXMuQQ0-88u7SvASBVIUmZDm0k0qQ2VZoOUYosKOA3JE81mXVNf4rm2UccxBx7kZlfvXliTGBclgtUdG_J5iDWu_8letVSNS2Ps/s320/CSC_Bug_Columbia_Comp%23E1526.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436039110683199154" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlaRrzroCUUU-aAL4ZF1rwKdxTsT9bf_ixNnzz3XK5AE76NARvc95A5Fat43qARn7ApO9FS5q6odSePle0O-h5PN3ARmIs2_r9ZdCEh5zfVwUyIDgyRVjXy-Zc179LoCmPMOWc3hqK80I/s1600-h/PPS-4C-LOGO.gif"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 292px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJlaRrzroCUUU-aAL4ZF1rwKdxTsT9bf_ixNnzz3XK5AE76NARvc95A5Fat43qARn7ApO9FS5q6odSePle0O-h5PN3ARmIs2_r9ZdCEh5zfVwUyIDgyRVjXy-Zc179LoCmPMOWc3hqK80I/s320/PPS-4C-LOGO.gif" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5436039104306125394" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'lucida grande', serif; font-size: small; ">It's not easy planning a trip like this one to Peru. The logistics, the materials, the convincing the spouse there is a payoff to abandoning the family for 10 days, the equipment wrangling, and, of course, money and materials.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The last three things came about from helpful connections. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I have a pretty good selection of equipment of my own with 16 years of professional photography behind me, but you can always use that one thing–or several–that you don't have, and can't really see affording to buy right now. Canon and <a href="http://www.prophotosupply.com/">Pro Photo Supply</a> eased the pain on that for me. <a href="http://www.usa.canon.com/consumer/controller?act=ModelInfoAct&fcategoryid=139&modelid=19356">Canon</a> rushed out a 7D, their state of the art </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">prosumer</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> 18 MP body with an ISO that racks up to 12800, more than enough for me in tricky lighting. <a href="http://www.prophotosupply.com/">Pro Photo Supply</a> helped out with providing me extra cards, hard drives, a video light that proved instrumental in surgeries when the power went out during the floods, a fluid tripod head and a several other items that made my job so much easier. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a href="http://www.columbia.com/">Columbia Sportswea</a>r also swooped in to aid me by providing me that swell blue jacket that adapted to all the weather conditions that </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">fluctuated</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> so quickly while I was there, and really helped lighten my clothing burden.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I also want to give a shout out to my investors who believed in my mission, fueled by their desire to simply see something amazing in my photography.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Thanks again, you all helped make this a success for me!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-16314799436060531152010-02-06T13:03:00.001-08:002010-02-06T13:09:27.153-08:00HomeboundThe trip back home is a daunting one. The layovers are the killer, with an overnight stay in Lima's wonderful airport (yes, we stayed away from Mama Morena's) but I did catch up on some editing and a few shopping items for the girls. <div><br /></div><div>I couldn't help but reflect on the 10 day trip, which seemed to age me far more. We forget what the rest of the world goes through when we are insulated with our TV's, our water heaters, and our crappy, but still far superior health care in the U.S. I hope some big changes can happen here so we can have better access to the talents of people like Dr. Shaw and his team, but having seen what Peru has to face on a day to day basis when teams aren't there giving of their free time, we should count ourselves lucky.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-36036772901052884612010-02-05T15:42:00.000-08:002010-02-06T16:10:31.995-08:00Friday-the long(er) road to Qos'qo<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx1PNgOxvkbn_UG8pc_vcO1lqycrRX4tGkP6i6qYKMrWsGS8n_vO51mu8mbJlsKziCYm5h44dcqd66w-07to_00dgMbxSnOLHh2heOLeZJoJ4idYouHtZqKZLBsxAc9vvbQKcJP_XHg3y/s1600-h/IMG_0309.JPG"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24Rkj5UhkMxQ2GNR8Y9SMHCiJqZhXso0llbHxCa8SGxQ8z7DnRsUY3dwCYGh4uhOzlQH-YlA8s0Moy_j_iSkrfD8LJtHGpZ_Ej8WI1r6gB052r6Q9Ht8N0ubKcERTV8wrI7pY6mWFYVwk/s1600-h/20100127missionperu4734.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Our last day at the clinic. Once again, a beautiful morning beamed through my window and I jumped in the shower to have my last trickle of a very crummy shower. I made the mistake of stretching this morning, grazing my hand across the shower head and completing the circuit that formed from the bare wires connecting it to warm the water, and my wet feet. Needless to say, I didn't need coffee this morning!</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMx1PNgOxvkbn_UG8pc_vcO1lqycrRX4tGkP6i6qYKMrWsGS8n_vO51mu8mbJlsKziCYm5h44dcqd66w-07to_00dgMbxSnOLHh2heOLeZJoJ4idYouHtZqKZLBsxAc9vvbQKcJP_XHg3y/s320/IMG_0309.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435286768294361042" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Martha met me downstairs and offered me in the most </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">English</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> words she has managed to string together since I met her, "Would you like to see my cuy?"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Huh?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcKo-lx7xADExovRAj8jRlF60wPQyRGH20HBqpTNC_4OMNR69pcl8YnCgodhK_eUnc4OxeSLKIrK5p5b_N_cnDRotO0c0gdrLTUI45Bzx76Bx3jzZ1RZq0QImab2hBuBrnFVa_mEJKZ0oh/s320/20100129missionperu6616.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435211381345025234" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 169px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Turns out, </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">cuy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> is the regional delicacy here: Guinea pigs! Martha took me to the storage room where 50 0r so guinea pigs huddled in the corner, waiting to become fried cuy on a stick!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#0000EE;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd3vTWuyLwI9CCvtRIFg1aX-aDu8xPUpJgYO-y9WaEWLfDXCEaMELtBtzlh5Fap2g-PrBfzPg8K_2YG6xHWD7dSexKyYk-BTNUcFNkq5XS7RfrYQs91CMbDot4Sw3bSiJOIeFGfSZnNAzm/s320/20100126missionperu3790.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435240998354348418" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 270px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Vicki was back to her sparkly self, and Luis Elvis, a young boy who had to have a triple lateral club foot correction, was in good spirits.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi24Rkj5UhkMxQ2GNR8Y9SMHCiJqZhXso0llbHxCa8SGxQ8z7DnRsUY3dwCYGh4uhOzlQH-YlA8s0Moy_j_iSkrfD8LJtHGpZ_Ej8WI1r6gB052r6Q9Ht8N0ubKcERTV8wrI7pY6mWFYVwk/s320/20100127missionperu4734.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435241181838017842" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Today was the day they get to go home. In the other room, Roosevelt bravely gave a smile, hiding the pain he felt from his </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">shish-</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">kabob leg procedure. I interviewed Roosevelt and his dad about why he wanted the surgery so bad. Roosevelt simply stated he just wants to be able to cross a room without bumping into things and being laughed at by the other kids. Wow. If there ever was a statement to bring home why these doctors do what they do, it was right there.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZp3n1CAE1Ypum6mMSCPTjCn74c7XNKulWYMYUnmpNN7nfqGvQ6RBzuY3W2vkuzJz-E3qJQl3CMTpRWa7RHiTx6TGc2Pu-UVv6HH7hyphenhyphenp9dwx-WtZ6AkKmjopy_0GqzQXrawmEkn0dAdqs6/s320/20100129missionperu6704.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435211378406300674" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibWdA0seyFx1ROcflMkXI0GxqFZ9-J8qRFKt5ek7O934oLRL12h05R4vuOmUd_ChlEyLsbIWA3sd-tAusch0mV216tnXnclCDCZLL7X4bOdli9P___VL9U4dOFVP-xYvl02U_TzziLx07X/s320/20100129missionperu6103.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435211370617857490" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_UhqXSPeradi3VGwUqSsRrvaFGSEUm8kzme1amB_K1bL2qGV_eQl5p_Bdu_kOZtXOmMPCU6yvvnksf1StUjywHrVZqz7v4y6c82HRo5bIXRpMBjMPhsbeqr7xf74EAmPbdwp8Xa5KTU5K/s320/20100129missionperu6740.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435212213780378882" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Everyone packed up their things. Surgical instruments, packing supplies, unused orthopedic hips. It was time to go. We packed up three vans of people and bags and left </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Coya</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> behind us, well, except for the parts that will always stay with us. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">We went to Pisaq for lunch, but Cassie, Todd, Maddie and I opted to see the Pisaq Ruins, a massive Incan city that rivals in size Machu Picchu. We didn't have time to see the whole thing, so we broke out the Griswald Family rush-and-see energy to probe as far in as we can and rush back–not an easy thing with something this beautiful and high up, you'd think we were chain smokers who just finished a bacon buffet the way were gasping from a 50 yd jog–downhill!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnG0kG4mQGHvgwSxqzCk2OfftxIJCTc603vZQXcm7gRlOqfwWCuZncKrexIMJBnhTN2jcEeW-6z1UHkqPh9bVjvXxii8Yr6LZxBmtIRq6LvmqhpKFWeYI3FQvSh4UmQcsGkmFxtQy4STN/s320/20100129missionperu6781.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435216045432037122" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 130px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> Since the </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Pisaq</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> bridge was washed out, the 40 </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfp7WovXi_q9e4wYTekUL0AJ20sL20hB9Bz3q1HN6vuXozDkq97KQl0wBs2CxhHwQU0HxJVlvEVNOhUWme7eCnffYYg_sBztlYlmhYOHZogW9Yz0npsLkdufQKWuJ43wLC-VSu4GmzN1Zk/s320/20100129missionperu6784.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435216039872358338" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">minute drive to </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Cuszco (Qos'qo in Quechuan)</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> will now stretch to about two or more hours. The landscape was beautiful. </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Billowy</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> clouds floated above, and the sun ignited the velvety green carpet that draped the hillsides. We rose above the terraced mountains to grassland meadows, the higher, jagged, snow covered Andes tops now revealed.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX1d0eJRHFvP7MVr0GspmP7K2-Bll8SffdIC-_eF9gJhneKYr3jPJ5RgiR4dLypmhtXSBZj4knr8h7b1dckv_t86LrMO-UnTXr9g8PNwMmhqLIwETUVnSaNK-eUUxnz8lawjJw-jYPaYDV/s320/20100129missionperu6906.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435211371719277202" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">At first impression, Cuzco seemed like a </span></span><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Baroque</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> inspired, crowded, polluted city. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhANkd8Tg27jJK0k661y3ZoPnldePldICYvqpkcT-Yq-yHlczJGoiSK3x7cPLRWKEuKWAkPj2iJ8uHHCmYJ1HrB3xR1Qvim8mElsFkv-JYyJEmmv_OVC192CJ0-hc8pTiGD4Mw9zcs7qPp2/s320/20100129missionperu6909.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435213455235616322" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 183px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">But as you peel past the outer layers, the Inca ancestry of the architecture (Theirs are the masterfully cut stone walls, the Spanish built the mortared ones) and the beautiful Plaza del Armas reveal why it is considered one of the most beautiful cities in the Americas. At night, as you stand in the plaza, its hard to look straight up at the constellation Orion and drop your gaze to focus on the cityscape, as the pinpoints of light that dot the hillsides are almost indistinguishable from the stars above. </span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS_pCYBJcj9qMRk4y1XhuC_DNbz5SEK1YrYaeOcobmvyaYZazpfwgMEmavxLypg0X3-D9n84cP4rmM7gyN9tv9UWYda1mIYLTwHskuoiDwZhtzSo6JfYvZaWJpZfUtkTRbh2oiGPYFalQ_/s320/20100129missionperu6303.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435211388137971426" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Several of us went to one of the tourist favorite pubs and downed the coldest beer I think I have ever had. Maybe it was just weariness from having warm drinks and cold eats, but this was definitely a degree away from ice crystals, and my palate was very pleased! We ate traditional Andean food that served everything from cuy to alpaca (tastes like steak!)</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiR_cKc8AH5uYN8vLkkcy76JK4N5u_dK_0DpsdeFhTQ_DkMlEimmTfsLmr3jnrO-v4hQz4wuqzdY9xrRvciEi7NvvaSdcgH-25ewxJtLeTPF-SzF3AFZihtoiWYRg1UO7Dkcg4nNOYM0cK/s320/20100129missionperu6319.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435212206251244642" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 163px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"> and a traditional dance display which...I got pulled up to show off my unflattering dance moves, and my ass set on fire. Apparently some courting ritual dance. Oh well, at least it entertained the team! </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIGCd3bcL4ZBAwoty3BEWbBFpJwbfxauvNPJAwTYudoSk6MJTjSMLKA295RBEmUUczjDuucsFAIumLghPJutf3lk2UTFShjmG04clKWh-Y4q-IyZRvmXjO49qMEUNz18aU5lxYu8tWFVRt/s320/20100129missionperu6244.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435212196787804034" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;">The Quechua word of the day:Tupananchiscama-Goodbye, until we meet again.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-10642773767264655882010-02-05T14:25:00.000-08:002010-02-22T20:49:21.357-08:00Thursday-All in the family<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IWOcKxcg_rcZFcTLrCIL9ECGwtrkd1Vsts9ob7_1LjY2pmrnp96VnVfLTSRjoO36FL8ck4OiuT-M0JQNdktkR_j-EmbRZJZD3C713A92Ba1rWf5IPmCW5bZCs7g_kp_Lz1-sdE4XaGwA/s1600-h/20100128missionperu5850.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hNucsm-NUaGeqZWFhd5WSaDghvWJnCkV_g_lU3qbnAhFApO01gSMTkpDPqdKa9PmC-RCgSnguYLzSxE0QTWWir49P4ngOglTjYNT5NZm7q4NlZyQdoHmiISy9Fqv_vrRiMudweIJvxn-/s1600-h/20100124perumission1698.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0hNucsm-NUaGeqZWFhd5WSaDghvWJnCkV_g_lU3qbnAhFApO01gSMTkpDPqdKa9PmC-RCgSnguYLzSxE0QTWWir49P4ngOglTjYNT5NZm7q4NlZyQdoHmiISy9Fqv_vrRiMudweIJvxn-/s320/20100124perumission1698.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435221194601038130" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAmLehxj96b53Rp29s2WoAKbzqdT4ALG0pYwgoDTnD6Lx9O2_gH55AOlMB5JFE_iloiKXWbqVRDi2eCJoArZt3mBKwvlO7JqkFchyphenhyphen42zIzVaKTnU15d5f8SLb1Mr7IjvvIBsk9WOJ8T6m/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3687.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglAmLehxj96b53Rp29s2WoAKbzqdT4ALG0pYwgoDTnD6Lx9O2_gH55AOlMB5JFE_iloiKXWbqVRDi2eCJoArZt3mBKwvlO7JqkFchyphenhyphen42zIzVaKTnU15d5f8SLb1Mr7IjvvIBsk9WOJ8T6m/s320/20100125Missionperu3687.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435221186712423586" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">High above Coya sits a cross overlooking the town. Since we got there, I have been eager to hike up there, but the rains in the morning, and pitch dark when we finally finished at night, has kept me at bay.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Well this morning the clouds were absent, except for foggy </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmremKNd3RaUsrJ6x9sE3TIgzmeHKGxlov8749A6zw9oxHjR860-t23CAeQQEz7xqrrj42UoRODLNdRlU8qOTzJNM2xDH2KVJLuBzd3BsVbJtYYlZcWwa74yi9hnYEuuL29SUe1EgWYJj/s320/20100128missionperu5301.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435221207518760962" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">wisps rising up from the terraced mountain tops. Deep golden arcs were starting to stream up in the east and I knew it was now or never to try. Martha, my house mom, told me when it dried up enough, she would show me where the trail was to get there. It was still too rough to go by her accounts, but she pointed the finger where, and I met with Todd, Cassie, and Jennifer to find the cross.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbhLgkwaAwGQFbdouTaRifs2KA90UFoYhxPM1OSyEPbujVQazOjU9Beng9BfcVKRPcr-LIA5WPIq8sAge121BKfPcV-QPA44YRrNY21sdmJsnSpxQjwg68Lc3JZY6-aQmdlYOOVBNBw58e/s320/20100128missionperu5333.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435221218566394962" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijtdKGMKXZNIjf8o58mWm1Syy-PpeeZOJXzdbadAnzDxqUqLm1hIgIBOqqyQA3-ZO4K5W4wgjb47g8Qxzp5xx287hlA4AqWUFuEKDuAkymrgABRs4xUgk-ILQfj25qshzPyP9OHgG2_sgZ/s320/20100128missionperu5322.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435221204910041714" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">We followed a trail leading up past a smaller more primitive community up the hill from Coya. the washout from the river that cuts through town revealed how tumultuous it had been. As we climbed up, the path melted into the river bed and we found ourselves sinking almost up to our knees in mud. We came to an amazingly beautiful home with a fortified wall and turned towards the cross, still out of sight, and found a huge chasm that the river blasted out, cutting off our chance to get up there, especially with the sun now out, and the need to be at the clinic in 45 minutes. Covered in mud, I got back to my place defeated and to add insult, the water line to the house had been ruptured by the heavy rain last night. I grabbed a bite to eat, thinking of how great I am going to smell today at the clinic, and viola! The water cut back on. So I'll be a little late going in this morning!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTx8FaIdd-nWdJkO5_7pvF8xz7QHKnMwk0wjtsXDE70wgpbMDCya46m7uQ1a5ck_mawIoxQRYspM9CnkKZZfk-QRNjmdflOTptKMp3CY0yQ7PQ1XMZC-QnlUySP709Z2u1SQiOQUxbpV3_/s320/20100128missionperu5375.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435221948983669010" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The rounds were delayed as well since Dr. Shaw wanted to take some time this morning taking pictures with the group. As the rounds were concluded, I said good morning to Vicki, the three year-old double hip dysplasia patient, and she immediately snapped her fingers for me to come over and kiss her good morning. I don't know what it is, but she reminds me so much of a three year old version of Stella. She's plucky, and very smart behind those dark wells of eyes, and the smile, when you are lucky enough to get it (the nurses got pinched and yelled at her more than smiled at, I think) is thankfully the most infectious thing in the clinic.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKfNt5ObRmMGncfohVMU6uv3RKPXOOYwVeR760rA5EwOyo-U6sk3yezn7ohetfm3yLum6RuKuT9zkbZ2qCRBMoFxCsHb8WRFdiqIVRTMWijJhoj3LUp7BFvBpbWyTdvY3rWh3t-VCortR/s320/20100129missionperu6751.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435216052100730930" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> She lies in bed with her legs cast in a wide V, which looks to be the most uncomfortable position to be in, especially if you are stuck that way for 6 weeks. I asked her father how long a journey they expect on the way back, and replied they have a six hour bus ride, and two hour walk. He'll have to carry her–V'd legs and all–for two hours.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAsQQOq4rbcwbIHHCHCLVFOwiUMynJ5Tms01eR8H0OhHVMC5uNnjixZ2ooBo5lrNNPjyLgoDP17zmZsMLbbMS6OjJmmjpuVv0Iljt2zNfv40Vh3E0bxUCPRrDCBAdCK9k6r9CpLDMW0RmV/s320/20100128missionperu5429.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435222421925160274" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I did some rounds shooting a cast change and passed through the recovery room where Vicki was, who had some additional guests, their village caseworker and a translator. They wanted to ask me, if I would be interested in becoming Vicki's godfather!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I was floored! As a journalist, you try and overcome the Observer Effect, whereby the environment is changed by the existence of the observer who is supposed to be committed to little or no interaction with the environment he is observing. Obviously, my homesickness for my family on this trip swayed my actions to take Vicki and her father under my wing so to speak. Every morning I would come in and check on them, play with her, practice my Quechuan on them, and form a bond. Now they want me as her godfather. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I was honored, but technically, since I am not Catholic, I probably couldn't truly be her </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">compadre</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">. And when she is scheduled to be baptized next year, the chances I can get back there, and my Protestant background, the priest would probably protest.</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">But it was one of the most touching moments of my life to be asked.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">We had another half day and piled up to go way past Urubamba to the Mares Salt Mines an hour away. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYO4SI7IP_prrz6Zh-K9t9AWfoCr0De0ZwYa3rOrZbMLH-YAv4Xakwqakd-nEMtAlsUY01w7_Ofag4MakOlIpxlziFDcw-j8KClLovG7Q82FQKqbNswSzIIGooJSKROK2GQqwK6a_doW_u/s320/20100128missionperu5524.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435222421436006642" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The mines are remnants of the Incan Empire, massive terraces of carved salt plots that supplied the Incans for centuries. Now, thousands of families own plots that provide them with their needs, and even a source for high end restaurants around the world. Oh yeah, they are stunning to behold!</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg69shy-9ELzuI8V0X_7wFF37DbZUPsGGShpmRuZ0uGuSyRTgLB5nJ7ji_bSeyQdcBQ8EkwT63zWyHgcAQ3V0O5MEO6dU8lvvhIGpjaccmpie2oJ_S53Zdy2ADwmZOJ_M6Bc71MimKx08d/s320/20100128missionperu5733.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435222430583801458" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9KOkUEHji54Szptn3cpkKa_FmCY0tlM81isEhbKSuyRF6QVP5w5k4-fH6cFTg_kc9MtdOT2zugEL1jkTSY-OrJoD0Qd3MOvxl2N4tADZ9m5YDycRx0U8RrXa-xknJBY6zyqo1hXGWC80y/s320/20100128missionperu5805.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435222431657337330" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 91px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7tnKixV5cd6p7OHhL9F0bGzubDMlzscsX3IAv9uCllVEMCuSZa_6O7PsdInHcuTnSU7wNAsaNSTt5rhRGe7D8lEDvhc-c9wYHbgwnq4XuJOotoCRvwBwogoJpwcS-lk_he7BjQSXB7-nO/s320/20100128missionperu5470.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435222410108732530" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">That night Guido and Sandy invited us to their home in Calca for dinner and drinks. Pisco sours painted the night (a corn mash beverage mixed with lemon juice, egg whites foamed on top and garnished with bitters.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5IWOcKxcg_rcZFcTLrCIL9ECGwtrkd1Vsts9ob7_1LjY2pmrnp96VnVfLTSRjoO36FL8ck4OiuT-M0JQNdktkR_j-EmbRZJZD3C713A92Ba1rWf5IPmCW5bZCs7g_kp_Lz1-sdE4XaGwA/s320/20100128missionperu5850.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435222620584984706" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">To say their house was swell doesn't even begin to cover it. Casa Grande would be more like it. A beautiful property with stunning backdrops. It's the first place I have ever been I could live at and NOT miss having a TV nearby. Just give me a hammock in the backyard, or a comfy spot next to one of the many fireplaces in everyroom, and a good book (don't forget the pisco sour!!) and I am goooooooooddd.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I nailed Guido down for an interview with the jagged peaks as a backdrop and you really have to respect a man who holds nothing back. Guido is really passionate about the work his clinic does, and little tolerance to whatever might impede it. Afterwards, we had the best meal on the trip, a roasted chicken with a delicious seasoning I couldn't even place-which is pretty hard to stump me–and mmm–mmm-french fries!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The Quechua word of the day is: Titanchise Kanwan-good luck.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-55976080098328940392010-02-04T16:49:00.000-08:002010-02-22T20:46:14.641-08:00Wednesday-Saying goodbye to Maria<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4luK0Lyf1QBS7IklKfFOoWOTwQGhS5d2TJdoSjvPFJuD2gywul8jddh27zcRxOxw_PoDnbgqI-MvMZVf7fUFDV5QhW_WwD0VHAT84bL0MKWoXWLwqqT_3_dl4AurqSGzV75Ti2WFzTGS/s1600-h/20100127missionperu5117.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SdX0xyeFh8m58bse6SW1FHaBkiOllxCq9Vy-Ztxfm7MO4gsLsu16hSKoT42JVRal2rYdxbXWTqsZNFQm5JwdCSbvW5uKqzdg2c3LclWb5sWRMJN9KQt9pq8rf803VMqp9P3tIdJ5SFil/s1600-h/20100125perumission2378.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0SdX0xyeFh8m58bse6SW1FHaBkiOllxCq9Vy-Ztxfm7MO4gsLsu16hSKoT42JVRal2rYdxbXWTqsZNFQm5JwdCSbvW5uKqzdg2c3LclWb5sWRMJN9KQt9pq8rf803VMqp9P3tIdJ5SFil/s320/20100125perumission2378.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435231923757861794" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maria walked out of the hospital today. </span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Sadly, I wasn't there to see it, and I felt really bad about it. Maria had originally been scheduled to leave yesterday, but the floods prevented any taxi's from her home city of Cuzco from coming then. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I did meet her this morning just after she woke up. Her mom was there with her traditional top white hat that reflected her </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Quechua</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> background. Maria was a little more contemporary, a trendy red sweater and knit beanie.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span style="letter-spacing: 0px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">It was 10:30 am and Maria Elena was scheduled to leave, but her taxi </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">didn</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">’t show up. One thirty rolled around and still no show. “it will be here in few moments,” she said–it was becoming a joke since every time I checked on her, "It will be here in a few moments," was the normal response. But now the team was heading to the cabs, we had a scheduled trip to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Urubamba</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> to see the market and famed potter Pablo Seminario, known worldwide for his earthenware, and I had to do an interview with two docs for the day. As much as I hated to do it, because I wanted shots of her leaving in the cab, I had to ax it. I had footage of her walking out for a breath of fresh air a couple hours before as she was exercising, that would have to do . Via con Dios, Maria, we wish you very well. Thanks for teaching me Qu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">echua</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">.</span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzC5ahNTQUTVbUNmtZFPT_jsjloBfOyv1bNYv1h3IhtbRLI-SNb8p0mnFd85Di36jl4oyrcaliKHbHo3OhCK_uSAcb0T8r8kNWCeV424M1MO1tC2vQbh9knf_LXgVhdXCrN2ECXTV_x4Wi/s320/20100125perumission2569.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435231928125380850" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Andy,one of the physical therapists, gave Maria a strong workout, a 40 ft walker stroll and a hike up the stairs and down. Her knee was a little swollen on the operated leg, mostly because of the exercise before.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Maria Elena is a special case for Dr. Shaw and Dr.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Vigeland</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">. She is the first replacement hip surgery they ever had for a mission like this, and I think they are still sweating bullets no infections manifest. It’s one of the most sensitive surgeries to undertake because if infection does occur, it is very difficult to fight. Typically, such an operation is performed by them using level IV environment suits in a super sterile environment, but they took every precaution they could since that wasn't available. And in a country where the government doctors don’t appreciate visiting talent, she could find herself a leper among the ill, and that is a warrant for death.</span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3U3HKKV_owiPrRPMpXAoAZAFziXp7TotT9i6lu_snp4QghT_DjLiEe2s4mYIRhfCdzvkwr9FMop5YGBPP6or0b3VCNzt9LTWuu2Mp4ST_QXj-d12Kw_Vdn9BPWsJEn3UcXZ2L-TQ6OOci/s320/20100127missionperu4496.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435231939545143586" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The patient schedule opened the door for only a half day work load today, since the floods prevented many children from coming for treatment, and a few kids that would need complicated surgeries wouldn't have the followup from the doctors needed because their operations had been delayed by the power outages the two days prior. So the workload consisted of some cast changes, including Vicki, whose other hip </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">dysplasia</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> would be approached with cutting some muscle and connective tissue in hopes of relaxing the ball joint back into the hip instead of the more gruelling procedure of forcing it back in like the first hip since it caused more blood loss; physical therapy work, and a few prosthetic and brace modifications.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBrDBIYYuKyjEMJOiWhnK8oa2issBZytpLbIqby0aHQ5xQvh7UR7Xn10A9bTSp25eVZ5yt64ng6JB4t2Mkabzwk7S759UIXlQxV-i3yPjOznT-oNmpYE-CJOaWUsA1_uYxGDJ_r8F3Q-2g/s320/20100127missionperu5027.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435233326367879074" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The drive to </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Urubamba</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> was a slow one. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Rock slides</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> completely covered the roads in some spots, and the river flowed over others. When we got there, several homes had been washed away, businesses destroyed. People were still working to fortify some areas with soil, building levies to help if the namesake river continues to swell. The pottery gallery was fantastic. My mother is a potter, and I think I have some small appreciation for the craft, and Pablo and his wife truly made some beautiful work. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA4luK0Lyf1QBS7IklKfFOoWOTwQGhS5d2TJdoSjvPFJuD2gywul8jddh27zcRxOxw_PoDnbgqI-MvMZVf7fUFDV5QhW_WwD0VHAT84bL0MKWoXWLwqqT_3_dl4AurqSGzV75Ti2WFzTGS/s320/20100127missionperu5117.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435233339783471650" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; 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-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgujLfvJ4gyKYkfTqhp5m8ktogM5dgSqDHe7TFu-SA7rM6NQpIi4ojM6fBiMkNtAk_Izz9xzTOD03HOs7LRMvClGCBrfiTUWDn89t0Jqo2zRmOt4cr2bDJCpmTpxMDOczbihkB27lEO_PaB/s320/20100127missionperu5054.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435233333023385986" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; 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margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">We sampled food up and down the narrow market square, indulging in the boiled corn on the cob with grape sized kernels. This is the corn that the U.S. usually experiences as corn nuts. I have never been a particular fan of corn nuts myself, but as corn on the cob, supremely delicious!</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 12px/normal Helvetica; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The drivers hastened us back since they didn't want to be caught after dark on the hazardous roads, so we ended up heading back early. It was 7pm when we arrived, and I found out Maria had just left an hour before. She had been waiting nine hours for her taxi, and expected a four hour drive back home.</span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Todd, his daughter Maddie and I hiked up above the village at sunset since we got back so early. It was nice the finally get some nature in!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBUw1S76yIoIt9gwiM1hRn31RM1LTG7S1yL88Oyblwh-mexHweFAbnAik3znMoIUfDuxLRWpsNB_jS3_i_HP2jGLjCfqlsH557GD8G_3uDJnHXUzBjG9zcLdx_kKAtaHCRPdq-RzwU-zQK/s320/20100127missionperu5260.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5435231946524636722" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 287px; height: 320px; " /></span></div></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); 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font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Quechua word of the day is : Iman su tiki? What is your name?</span></span></p></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-23219401191904083782010-01-31T11:58:00.000-08:002010-02-06T13:31:00.127-08:00Tuesday-Have a Coca-Cola and a smile<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxd8MWLAoZjWWIa1Pp_WkyhyWixzNADGhJng66bFbsxjC2-0drOXInwuET-GqytwLvRJgADrbk5z2ZdlzN5PnNDBnKUgHAbVXZ0aHfoRtbWdGdDYN5zgMPuYJnJU1BNOiSx7eOfDPCvt0F/s1600-h/20100127missionperu4488.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdxywO7iwD1qQIuw2rGhbHDkJDVtQfIX6_ErlP7iCIL10Z94fORJekndB4zDh59xfwBvMVe-Tb-gtdaqraNzHnH_4k5m7lbIALNVVHbhoTfyXfc5K9-4jJXe7PyBzQdKU9Eag3EAwPOAc_/s1600-h/20100126missionperu4032.jpg"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm7iaM89eZ4MPxAjet5l4WYumuA1MWfeo-3AMtoHJYy9q2UqeGMk20mw4oDFxCRXXmxJMHD1OaaAGgNZOEjIvjHwQ8j_3hKOogErn6sgJ3dGD7acp1_9NaxvxVjPRjMarI5GZy1FuSuDDf/s1600-h/20100126missionperu4460.jpg"></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">As a kid, I loved staying outside after dark playing with friends. In Indiana, I would sometimes stay out running full tilt amongst the neighborhood tracks, chasing make believe phantoms and hide-and-seek. In North Carolina, I played until I almost had to crawl home. Play. Outside. A concept sadly lost on most kids today in the U.S., where TV, Wii, Facebook and the danger of abduction or injury lawsuits barely let kids even see the sunset anymore, or exercise the heart.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Because of the weather, and the possibility of evacuating to another, higher and larger hospital if the rain continues and the river pours down into Coya, Guido and Dr. Shaw discussed abandoning the rest of the surgeries, about five of them, for fear that they wouldn’t get the proper rehabilitation in time. When Dr. Shaw went to the families to discuss the situation, the eyes of the parents grew wet. Shaw turned around and told the team all surgeries are on.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">I watched a boy today walk for the first time in two years. He had been wheelchair bound since a bicycle accident made him a paraplegic. He has the slightest of sensation in his legs, but only a hint. Todd and Jennifer, prosthetic specialist and physical therapist fashioned a lower body articulated brace with counter lever action and custom fitting. With some help, he was able to stand straight up again and even walked a short distance almost on his own. In the coming months and years, that brace will grow with him and allow him to stand up and read a book, look out a window, motivate short distances-on his own.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimsafgi63K7YoCJEBPvLq-cVDYEgNNoWyF4UKG9gxHQYE2Iv4ii_kIkX-AXTwP-4ow9i8kpy-wcPRajm1w0jR264ArKYKMiCjrIk8rVDpJT4BW2n5EyyByXtSJjwQ1sAkm-JaErrebcoJH/s320/20100126missionperu3947.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432996422347422738" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; 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font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Coca-Cola. That's what we called him since it was just about all he would say, and light up when he said it. He had spina bifida (incomplete closing of the vertabra over the spinal cord) and needed some hip work. He quickly became a team favorite with his repeated beverage of choice. I did almost get him to say Dr. Pepper, too.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Roosevelt, 14, was born with a congenial disorder that misshaped his lower legs to bow like rainbows –leaving them useless. Doctors Shaw, Vigeland, and Gallagher sawed and chiseled his tibias like chunks of shish kabob and rearranged them to form a straight leg, and used metal plates that looked like erector set pieces to drill them into the diced bones, giving him straight legs to perhaps one day run with. When his father saw him, he cried pure joy, so did Dr. Shaw.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Xx33CBPADQeNsxXc9h8mIwbP0x2UYThXY1DG2OH42TNTSy66TNhapw5Hnf8Fr9VJwHtZpX1z4DE-wS007ybj5i5rGswx0iIdI1wSK7v_Mt94fbaHu6oygFf9J77Vk3V55n-EZjavYGCr/s320/legs.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433005647925090562" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 194px; " /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; 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font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">A little girl named Nicole came to the clinic and waited days for a corrective hip </span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">operation she will now never have since she was discovered to have a possible heart murmur as well.Since the clinic doesn’t have the appropriate monitoring device to say for certain if she did, she and her mother now have to make the arduous day long journey back home, unfixed. Her mother was heartbroken.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUN-nbbwpyqMRwRmo3raV_TwXjtHB7Awiu3QZvElYr0dcor35f4h2DrXSaRC7pA5zi2ORxnk9KE1mj9KbqCOZg98aX5rxfifNGZgF8DOX6AAF7rdvrHzAcEQwh_Uun11sB_9picJ-e2M8y/s320/20100126missionperu4439.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432996416469856610" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 200px; " /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; 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font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This is such a hard place. We forget how bountiful we are in the states until you come here. There is a fierce beauty matched with a savage wretchedness. Yet, deep green hillsides drape around the region, providing amazing play opportunities for the healthy kids–and perhaps the ones recovering from their injuries. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">When I left dinner tonight at 9pm, the courtyard was alive. Children played and yelled and laughed. Tag seemed to be the game of choice tonight. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The Quchuea word of the day is Ama whakaichoo– Don’t cry.</span></span></span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-46889407330488512232010-01-31T11:29:00.000-08:002010-02-22T20:41:39.345-08:00Monday-Humanitarian mission becomes more urgent<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX95A5eu_7BmuSSv2H9KQ6INoAVFN1eF9QXT_bzXrEPHo4cMSKfE7UbwV9a6PB6TcHp-FxeFnm15sm6nOcYa3wuL9cvcwrmpkQDZ82hfJIY1WRftjeuQZa_mKcL5Kcu5DjmoV9yCXD_lD/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3617.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS1CWOhORa19uYfKoKSEayhy-L2Op2du8xrWKApKHuRQS3txclF5j0Uk8kvkBOLMIrdxT6H3yi39RTbyf1zskj2FeCDyipPfARKkun5k4ICzYvOzNzuZjGeKnVNse_zgzFqqghPiuYW6B/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3238.jpg"></a><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzX4AffPxyQXdUqsbMOgUWlaJA8XnHk-M0Rs9-JXssmOXtmCL484P5DO8s4EBzwv73VcC-k8_BAeW7fE4r4Z2gNat_J9FT9K_0ngwCfmHs0KFBXKUnDBvpy2HrwL-WjUqrLGTJPnZS4Xj/s320/20100125Missionperu3110.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432991653145741922" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9oGBCiU-ViMnEU_-lmJvxMg5ODGeeMIPz83k6VO4JSaBHCHmumDOSQoNnPnShgQvyRDYgmPCEVqiD3aTppw5JveqAUAaxJypBG1Eh7geDerHpTf_T1aNJgR7praEm_OeMbUmoXGRMnHx/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3226.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJbM26MbrUoqTfzbTbNN9mZtX8T3QsZq9tC06cAx9XahcMDrlxghk5vi6eKZU0d-09o4lGteniib9n-SpseGAjmjDPgIX93griqxyrc26wGgxjQbMc1ZGEkbqR3-PtbPxPCZ6aZmZy8qp/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3223.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tnYBM9e6lSUf9c2GLzHTlreJb4f5RHK-ItZOVId67lmHMBUMyAHGQD88Ut6-eoybfeTaiCQwvuDkiQo1haqDeZ7O1eD_yU_klPXTVHniUdT3PCh3rb78Z__t2XNq4cfhTNV5ahtyYp-s/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3400.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGzX4AffPxyQXdUqsbMOgUWlaJA8XnHk-M0Rs9-JXssmOXtmCL484P5DO8s4EBzwv73VcC-k8_BAeW7fE4r4Z2gNat_J9FT9K_0ngwCfmHs0KFBXKUnDBvpy2HrwL-WjUqrLGTJPnZS4Xj/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3110.jpg"></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Continued rains swelled the river past dangerous levels destroying the Pisaq bridge and stranding us in Coya. The water level reached the power station and shut it down, right in the middle of an operation. The generator was kicked on,but Guido and I went to Calca to get more gas and batteries for the clinic. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">We got back and found out the government clinics were closed, so that meant Clinica Kausay Wasi was now the only hospital in the region functioning. No sooner had we gotten back, we found out a truck full of people tumbled down a hillside, killing one and injuring 20. We were no longer a medical team helping kids, we were an ER providing first line care. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfJbM26MbrUoqTfzbTbNN9mZtX8T3QsZq9tC06cAx9XahcMDrlxghk5vi6eKZU0d-09o4lGteniib9n-SpseGAjmjDPgIX93griqxyrc26wGgxjQbMc1ZGEkbqR3-PtbPxPCZ6aZmZy8qp/s320/20100125Missionperu3223.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432991662670305986" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 210px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Patients rolled in hours after the crash, one man with a life threatening fractured femur and another with a crushed hip. That man screamed out in pain as the doctors attended to him, while his pregnant wife, who luckily was in another vehicle on their way to her scheduled maternity exam, watched helplessly. A woman with her scalp torn off and fractured ribs shook uncontrollably, and a another endured the torture of having her lips and gums sewed in the lobby after being sewed up in the lobby. The serious ones were then sent to a vehicle exchange point at a footbridge to get them to Cuzco. We later found out that they got there, but waited hours, if ever, to be seen from the last report. The way government hospitals work, if you have money, you get seen. If not, maybe never.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-9oGBCiU-ViMnEU_-lmJvxMg5ODGeeMIPz83k6VO4JSaBHCHmumDOSQoNnPnShgQvyRDYgmPCEVqiD3aTppw5JveqAUAaxJypBG1Eh7geDerHpTf_T1aNJgR7praEm_OeMbUmoXGRMnHx/s320/20100125Missionperu3226.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432991671495518562" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 213px; height: 320px; " /></span> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica">Some of us took off to see what the Vilcanota(Urubamba) River was doing. People were digging up soil to fortify the levy protecting their homes from the river, which was above the home level already.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_tnYBM9e6lSUf9c2GLzHTlreJb4f5RHK-ItZOVId67lmHMBUMyAHGQD88Ut6-eoybfeTaiCQwvuDkiQo1haqDeZ7O1eD_yU_klPXTVHniUdT3PCh3rb78Z__t2XNq4cfhTNV5ahtyYp-s/s320/20100125Missionperu3400.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432991657886561618" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibX95A5eu_7BmuSSv2H9KQ6INoAVFN1eF9QXT_bzXrEPHo4cMSKfE7UbwV9a6PB6TcHp-FxeFnm15sm6nOcYa3wuL9cvcwrmpkQDZ82hfJIY1WRftjeuQZa_mKcL5Kcu5DjmoV9yCXD_lD/s320/20100125Missionperu3617.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432991809557418322" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">It was amazing to see these doctors drop their mission and switch to a mode not in their playbook. The clinic had an able staff, but the onslaught of medical expertise at hand to help these unfortunate people made a real difference. Today, lives weren’t simply changed, lives were saved by their presence here. Heck, even I got to pitch in. When the lights went off, there was nothing in the OR to see by, so I brought in the Light Panel Micro Pro Photo Supply loaned me last minute to illuminate the room, aiding a critical procedure until the generator started.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOS1CWOhORa19uYfKoKSEayhy-L2Op2du8xrWKApKHuRQS3txclF5j0Uk8kvkBOLMIrdxT6H3yi39RTbyf1zskj2FeCDyipPfARKkun5k4ICzYvOzNzuZjGeKnVNse_zgzFqqghPiuYW6B/s320/20100125Missionperu3238.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432991669214052210" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 262px; height: 320px; " /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; 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font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">The Qechuea word of the day is Oohspoli- thank you.</span></p><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Helvetica, serif;font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-13295631981595808812010-01-31T11:00:00.000-08:002010-02-22T20:47:51.709-08:00Sunday-the floods begin<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mXwTRYSTlo2WuFrulFdaVzGdYfTl-u6MSJg316rIj6H1DTgjozLiV2dQkvxmFRHNj4obH5Bkz_8LLRyzemCDq7_RYRxFh4tUfP-SNrChy6vYxOfg26DDh3TcJ23pe6XGYonAtoOvzsJZ/s1600-h/20100122missionperu0687.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 203px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8mXwTRYSTlo2WuFrulFdaVzGdYfTl-u6MSJg316rIj6H1DTgjozLiV2dQkvxmFRHNj4obH5Bkz_8LLRyzemCDq7_RYRxFh4tUfP-SNrChy6vYxOfg26DDh3TcJ23pe6XGYonAtoOvzsJZ/s320/20100122missionperu0687.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432986294166711314" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGdnJosxzhCOqFf-_sDVBydOcADpcynqSRRSJf2LI2ihU3eJj1rUp6SWaS1NEykqj5USCWVXruPfTJ7pfG8sRfbQTQOLBt0jrbEixaMoFxM5aNNdGU9ZbUK3HgSJE39KUG3BTb_-vxM-Y/s1600-h/20100124perumission1883.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRigfnr812L9ylDUlXPEbbQD1fX3WfDQsJ1OJtDXKxC-SSdz6RQdNsG7PoxaIfLDVEAznsHrlh7oBwHlBqmbBrgoNEiOjTrX1NpAACxp9oOzgZeyDsePKYfR74YeS4CUYcPJ7ctnEpXpAG/s1600-h/20100125Missionperu3084.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6C4YjIne15N4gtBX_AaJNlGojVMYodlo6C_K_mkScqCE21WJnEyIAg9qrARDOKeO7o2GoYSqTKZ0kgT9smNltCmu0NuxrzeZhNAXiZy2hTOQfZ86TEh-OCmEu-vsGzWTSaYKfgbZOxqN/s1600-h/20100124perumission1922.jpg"></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I’ve been trying to wake early to catch the sunrise with these magnificent terraced mountains around us, but its been an act of futility, as each morning has been met with rain showers. Now, this IS the rainy season, so I shouldn’t be too surprised, but what is typically a sunny day, followed by afternoon clouds and evening drizzle, has become an onslaught of showers that threaten the entire region. Since the sky was closed this Sunday morning, I photographed the town plaza which included a 300 year old Catholic church.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">At the clinic, two children from the Cuzco orphanage were late. The road to Cuzco was blocked by a landslide and threatened all travel to and from Coya. I got a taxi driver and drove to see the blockage, and the rain-swelled river that carves the Sacred Valley of the Inca. My driver, { } took me to the mud hut community his father and cousins live in in the hills f on the way to Pisaq to get a better view of the river, which was threatening to cut us off from the main route to Cuzco entirely.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">A strong river flows down from the mountain into the main river cutting now in between his father’s home and a another. His young cousins were fascinated with my cameras and what I was shooting up their hill, offering me endless advice.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEio6C4YjIne15N4gtBX_AaJNlGojVMYodlo6C_K_mkScqCE21WJnEyIAg9qrARDOKeO7o2GoYSqTKZ0kgT9smNltCmu0NuxrzeZhNAXiZy2hTOQfZ86TEh-OCmEu-vsGzWTSaYKfgbZOxqN/s320/20100124perumission1922.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432984363566104338" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">We took off to Pisaq and saw the water already nearly cresting the banks in town, already flooding many houses and businesses.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">On the way back, we maneuvered around rockslides that swallowed the highway. In Calca, homes were being evacuated. I photographed two boys wading the dangerous river to retrieve home items. In the next day, that house would be gone.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyGdnJosxzhCOqFf-_sDVBydOcADpcynqSRRSJf2LI2ihU3eJj1rUp6SWaS1NEykqj5USCWVXruPfTJ7pfG8sRfbQTQOLBt0jrbEixaMoFxM5aNNdGU9ZbUK3HgSJE39KUG3BTb_-vxM-Y/s320/20100124perumission1883.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432985228334638498" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 155px; " /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-69237989911065760542010-01-31T10:32:00.001-08:002010-01-31T11:00:23.727-08:00Saturday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPGVHqX-9qKmgb_54KzNzN8dyXiGpJjoOZs-HrJKbj15eFnOX8_YWwdFoYCRwzwZR7oN3TPr1JvkVeY054IX8S1Xhrn8UdrG-m0hVKNttYN1Ta0mw0liEqih5hv9utkhnX3WVRb6kio_4/s1600-h/20100123perumission0856.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9h6ZnUVvM-evtJ8r_QtuQ3cVtOjs0qtX02940-AD1Ggog247NoAvBAR_v-Y5D_FbLWMpBvrIfK1gp5IlomuZYty467YM9wCbebwWK_oHJaH5z1EwA4HMldoxrERQGkezaqIUxrutnYwc1/s1600-h/20100123perumission1588.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4vcF9_eY4ZIzE5usRKiZcdVSHe8WeK108O0V9bbsa4YsUCBybsdWrG1oM6XSpxKQAFkchIsGy9-9LzNaA81TuWgiDn-dPIGAmkEICt1bpTctht6rrc2BD0lXiEkPB-W-2ERD1_ERX1C4/s1600-h/20100123perumission1409.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9ajmWzdQAjvDk6HIaS85t6vfAY-HNyZADM3UtZPRQwdKuxnMlrTpQLyxRQBZIksc2AaRJa3ASZJ5oIqIWlG7pOGTSse8ouyamtD3wJPpu28z8VtLwdY-1sapFtJ4O-gSg6XNZc6s7xUI/s1600-h/20100123perumission0885.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k_20rooaBUzK6vstG1aaK0sJpxvKypbagc3j548u_5zLzyFsNDx4P5ZOPADc-MgauCZzRXX7G0U95-ZmeC4b9NZ880uvbiHFsg2gE6I_9Vo7B9cSOhZ0gj3MNONpshSgow-jIWpb37wl/s1600-h/20100123perumission0874.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1k_20rooaBUzK6vstG1aaK0sJpxvKypbagc3j548u_5zLzyFsNDx4P5ZOPADc-MgauCZzRXX7G0U95-ZmeC4b9NZ880uvbiHFsg2gE6I_9Vo7B9cSOhZ0gj3MNONpshSgow-jIWpb37wl/s320/20100123perumission0874.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432979491858605762" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">With everyone, including myself finally caught up with sleep (I went to bed at 8:15pm! A record!) the team hit the day with a whopping 8 surgeries. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA9ajmWzdQAjvDk6HIaS85t6vfAY-HNyZADM3UtZPRQwdKuxnMlrTpQLyxRQBZIksc2AaRJa3ASZJ5oIqIWlG7pOGTSse8ouyamtD3wJPpu28z8VtLwdY-1sapFtJ4O-gSg6XNZc6s7xUI/s320/20100123perumission0885.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432979497388030306" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 197px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">-</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Maria Elena is a 23 year old girl who marked a critical benchmark for all the previous missions of this team’s long record. She went in for a hip replacement, a delicate surgery under normal circumstances, where infection can easily kill, and surgeons often wear environment suits to perform it. But here in Coya, the doctors had to operate with what minimal supplies they had–and forego the desired sterilization process, which unfortunately meant me NOT being in the OR. I set up a remote camera that I could control with Pocket Wizards, but had problems with interference on the frequency. I finally had to rely on a wired remote cord that would shoot video clips at regular intervals. I got the footage, but a camera bump, and lousy life battery on the 7D killed the camera before the orthotic was placed. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhp4vcF9_eY4ZIzE5usRKiZcdVSHe8WeK108O0V9bbsa4YsUCBybsdWrG1oM6XSpxKQAFkchIsGy9-9LzNaA81TuWgiDn-dPIGAmkEICt1bpTctht6rrc2BD0lXiEkPB-W-2ERD1_ERX1C4/s320/20100123perumission1409.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432979508678422770" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 227px; height: 320px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><br /></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">–Kiara is a 4 year-old girl born with a club foot. She had had a previous surgery to normalize it somewhat, but today’s surgery would give her pretty much a correct looking foot, and most importantly, one that she can use normally. It’s amazing to me watching the surgery. The first cuts you can distinctly see the intricate contents of the foot, and make sense of the architecture of bone, vein muscle, etc. But after 30 minutes, to me, after rearranging, flushing the tissue, it becomes indiscernible, and the true talent of a surgeon is realized as toneless matter can only be deciphered by them.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">–Roger is a sweet, happy nine month-old born with 12 toes and fingers, and got surgery to remove the extra four. In just a matter of hours, he is happy and and bubbly, like nothing ever happened. Babies are absolutely amazing.</span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsPGVHqX-9qKmgb_54KzNzN8dyXiGpJjoOZs-HrJKbj15eFnOX8_YWwdFoYCRwzwZR7oN3TPr1JvkVeY054IX8S1Xhrn8UdrG-m0hVKNttYN1Ta0mw0liEqih5hv9utkhnX3WVRb6kio_4/s320/20100123perumission0856.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432979520701236754" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; font-family:Georgia, serif;font-size:16px;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9h6ZnUVvM-evtJ8r_QtuQ3cVtOjs0qtX02940-AD1Ggog247NoAvBAR_v-Y5D_FbLWMpBvrIfK1gp5IlomuZYty467YM9wCbebwWK_oHJaH5z1EwA4HMldoxrERQGkezaqIUxrutnYwc1/s320/20100123perumission1588.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432979513698869858" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 248px; " /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">I miss my Stella.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-89556812394165347032010-01-28T07:07:00.000-08:002010-01-31T09:02:42.347-08:00Friday<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nF-dqAKkLDulh274bROFexlQznE7dT1SAJT9ndnnyW9Vz2jaEruwoeWDPmmcbGSZ_buxZswA5CwpBl_9LOdLjcG6fK6YGrUTF7gfJ0NiTXwZysreXMH9-98Ij2pRcwt57nxCqfJx9pCv/s1600-h/20100122missionperu0284.jpg"></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_48iY0KUw-f6JeMCZ9Vl6rvqtMj8rfAbq8BLLJSblA3zBA2Gq0bnPxFfjVpiqOBkFnOMU9TJSSYHt4RLcbeTwQxWF3U9jDOfVXsghVzy81hNIFRz1NCt4oq6ZKsiRUzW_5Eh3J-5yPdv/s1600-h/20100122missionperu0302.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL_48iY0KUw-f6JeMCZ9Vl6rvqtMj8rfAbq8BLLJSblA3zBA2Gq0bnPxFfjVpiqOBkFnOMU9TJSSYHt4RLcbeTwQxWF3U9jDOfVXsghVzy81hNIFRz1NCt4oq6ZKsiRUzW_5Eh3J-5yPdv/s320/20100122missionperu0302.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432949161330001138" /></a><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Finally got some real sleep. Under the 40lbs of alpaca blankets, I almost never got up. Despite the time difference, I managed to get up at 5:30am to a misty morning. Martha, my host, made bread and jam with coffee. </span></p><br /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I was off and running to the clinic.</span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Organized Chaos. If I wondered whether I would be twiddling my fingers waiting for something to shoot, I would be hard pressed to find another career choice. The clinic was packed with parents and children who, in some cases, travelled for days to get here to receive a small piece of miracle from the One Child at a Time team.</span></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5nF-dqAKkLDulh274bROFexlQznE7dT1SAJT9ndnnyW9Vz2jaEruwoeWDPmmcbGSZ_buxZswA5CwpBl_9LOdLjcG6fK6YGrUTF7gfJ0NiTXwZysreXMH9-98Ij2pRcwt57nxCqfJx9pCv/s320/20100122missionperu0284.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432949405589596738" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The first surgery was a young girl named Elena who was born with fused fingers and really none of them formed past the first joint. She did have thumbs, however, and the team decided to un-fuse the first and second fingers so she could actually grasp things with it.</span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTRxC7Hi8Rrc2iZPqQ0uxFAIXjSTdeXs6ZbLgzJUA95gxLUZg8gnCc2NvuUdTcAHATRU6bZWT3wNSGRz1K-h9MxCmzcXKjc4zJPDUP9kcgGBzEJmgAh6ZOkRqIe0z8dTE5jXZltqE62USO/s320/20100122missionperu0431.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432949987414351234" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"> She might be able to now grasp food, perhaps hold a pen and draw as she manages to do here in this photo, </span></span></p><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlylcbKYSfg9Sssl-RQDjWc9zdEmgMug_BemznC6JkhKQA9lpUVia70ud5fnSZFflbsniajRlvIm6zrTxWDQ2TN3IAgqe584oPwmOS_KbQyBQxxbKpSDdD3bYF0Aw4WacmyBq5LGRHtG5M/s320/20100122perumission0838.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432949398563307970" style="float: left; 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font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and maybe, if she is a little bored one day–</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">twiddle.</span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><br /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-4979797870464616252010-01-28T06:48:00.000-08:002010-01-31T08:52:54.681-08:00Catching up-Peru bound<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5Njgjuj81IzAdkC75bO0-PHeoSTRQYl9EqL3YV4ktXM0nQdDPLiVQ0_06vBvuG-5cGdzWLN7VkoxMTpkNT7eHmHnXVlbyK1gomZZgQpF5idGtY1LgiS-1qZlZpEipnwHguc-veoJRR35/s1600-h/20100121perumission0205.jpg"></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3MoBdPISGFulFXK49Stlmq7ZMbvCRFBOGTqCVz5CIBbVRhjpsbSO0gSOTyvV1x_C78SFNyZBTLYKe4Vt_n-LalmLvk5oQhxhnasa5OAVhsiOJ13XJ5TSzrG3xBRiY6LxOzkBfX8mOMIn/s1600-h/20100121perumission0118.jpg"></a><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPecQqd2FgfCLmPddJwZz-eeJQl6j8a9hGys-syYU4gPIzszbkYV0fEmOE5PyMwp4ZhZMBrZHqz8U3BNi5LOADd3flZldQgzfpPkV-P4rM9RWnnCCdfKvERlkSykYLGsjzFcITey9TVnp/s1600-h/20100120perumission0107.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 213px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVPecQqd2FgfCLmPddJwZz-eeJQl6j8a9hGys-syYU4gPIzszbkYV0fEmOE5PyMwp4ZhZMBrZHqz8U3BNi5LOADd3flZldQgzfpPkV-P4rM9RWnnCCdfKvERlkSykYLGsjzFcITey9TVnp/s320/20100120perumission0107.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431806682279841330" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Because of the travel and nonstop work and flooding, my blogs are delayed, so pardon the rambling, I will do my best!</span></span><div><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I think the hardest part of planning a trip is the actual packing and departure. I have three bags to pack, four if you count the bag I gave to Capitol <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">City</span> to pack medical supplies. But let’s get back to the three I am pulling my hair out about.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">My <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Lowepro</span> backpack will take on my clothes, shoes, and necessities. I think it’s a 170 cu inch bag, so I have ten days of clothes (think synthetics that I plan to re-wear a few times.) Thick hiking boots, ( I am wearing my Nike Free’s for the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">looonngg</span> plane ride.) My camera equipment belt pack with blister pods, a shotgun butte style steady camera rig for smoother handheld video, my tripod and video head, my nylon sleep sack, Aussie hat, flashlight, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Leatherman</span>, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">monopod</span>, and an assortment of whatever else I already forgot and probably <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">didn</span>’t need but it seemed important to take along at the time.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">My rolling camera bag with two cameras, my 300mm lens, 70-200mm, 16-35mm, 50 1.2 lens, 15mm <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">fisheye</span>, 24-70mm and two flashes, radio remotes, infrared remote, two camera strobes, and my laptop, with several power bars.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">and finally my shoulder camera bag that has a video microlight, a book on Peruvian history, water bottle with ultraviolet light bug killer, hand sanitizer, toothpaste, and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">iphone</span>. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Geez</span>, now that I write this, I wish I had just brought an old Nikon FM2 and a few lenses and called it good!</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The plan was to go to sleep at 8pm to get a good amount of shuteye before my friend Ron picked me up at 2:30am to go to the airport, but you know that never happened. I pack, repack, vacuum pack stuff and it still <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">doesn</span>’t fit right. I trimmed the clothes down even more, decided that shotgun mike just <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">hasn</span>’t got room, and there must be one more set of instructions for Jenn to follow regarding using the new oatmeal maker or something before I forget. So all in all, I get to bed at 11:15pm, and run inventories through my head (darn, gotta remember to pack ibuprofen just in case!) and probably drift off to sleep at around 12:30!</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Yes, the set up to the travel I would say is the real pain!</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Met the team at the airport with the huge throng of bags. The plan was to get early, check everything in straight to Cuzco and relax, but when we got there at 3am for the 6am flight, the computers are down, and there <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">isn</span>’t a soul at Delta! Turns out, they don’t come in until 4:30! Journalism 101–hurry up and wait.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">When we finally do start check-in, we found out the second checked bag is now and extra $30. Okay, no problem, just have to readjust my finances to absorb that unexpected amount. Thanks Delta, always fun flying the unfriendly skies with you!</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">I figure the best chance to sleep on the plane is to snarf down some biscuits and country gravy. Airplane food, the stuff of champions! Too bad my eating experience would only go downhill from there.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Pineapple juice, Lima, and lessons learned</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">We arrived in Lima, Peru just after midnight. We did the zombie walk through customs and of course, my bags of attractive camera gear immediately red flags me to the bag search. Fortunately, everything cleared out, so we walked en <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">masse</span> into the common area that was...unexpected.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Ever since 9/11, airports in the U.S. don’t allow people past a certain point waiting for loved ones to come in. But even when they did, I don’t remember a flight I ever came in on that had what amounted to a small city population crammed in at the security checkpoint like what we walked into. As we walked through, some people would scream and bust out of the line, running to family members on our flight, impacting them with kisses and hugs and tears of joy. I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">didn</span>’t have time to bust my gear out of my bags as we were coming through, and I was warned repeatedly that bags in the Lima Airport have a curious way of disappearing, even when practically attache to you, so opening my cases in 1000 plus people <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">wasn</span>’t the wisest thing to do, so the only photo I have is burned into my brain.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">As we found a safe spot, we met up with our interpreter, Lauren, a 23 year old nutritional advisor from New York who met Dr. Shaw a few years ago in Ecuador, and has tagged along on his missions ever since. We formed a wagon train of bags and fortified ourselves behind them to reduce the chance of the bags growing Peruvian legs and marching off. We broke off in teams to scrounge around for food, massages, phone calls, or just walk the jet lag off. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Our flight was delayed from 5am to 9:40am, and as a result, we were given food vouchers to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Dunkin</span> Donuts or Mama <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Morenas.</span> Some of us felt adventurous and tried Mama since doughnuts <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">didn</span>’t really suit the rumbling belly. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Umm</span>..if you ever have the choice–go doughnuts. We got dry and a little suspicious pork sandwiches and stale bread, but that was nothing to the juice. We were told they were from cartons, so Todd and I got Pineapple, and some others got orange juice. Well, one person who finished the orange juice discovered squirming maggots, which incited some squirming from the rest of us. I had taken a few sips of mine and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">sweated</span> the agony to come. I knew better than to do the juice, but it just sounded so good! Most of us slumped into heaps on top of the softest bags we had and made the best of it. If you have a half body-sized bag, I highly suggest the pose with hands tucked under your back and legs <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Indian-</span>style laying down, its not that uncomfortable!</span></span></span></p> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS3MoBdPISGFulFXK49Stlmq7ZMbvCRFBOGTqCVz5CIBbVRhjpsbSO0gSOTyvV1x_C78SFNyZBTLYKe4Vt_n-LalmLvk5oQhxhnasa5OAVhsiOJ13XJ5TSzrG3xBRiY6LxOzkBfX8mOMIn/s320/20100121perumission0118.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431806868213992594" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px; " /></span><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">We got our flight to Cuzco, and for some reason, I and five other team members scored first class seats. The comfortable, cushy seats eased our minds of the infected juice. Luckily, traveling with a medical team has it’s benefits. Namely, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Bactrim</span>. We started a regimen immediately, which <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">didn</span>’t help my nerves when my belly finally started rumbling when we landed in Cuzco.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">We departed the plane, and met Guido <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">del</span> Prado, founder of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Kausey</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">Wasi</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">Clinica</span> in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">Coya</span>. he arranged for several vans to take us and our stuff to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">Coya</span>. We drove through the tightly packed, ancient looking city that served as the home base of the Inca for hundreds of years before Pizarro devastated the area, and the people. We passed terraced mountainsides lush with a tropical green, and ancient ruins. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">Coya</span> lies several thousand feet down from 11,000 Cuzco at entrance to the Sacred Valley of the Inca, a beautiful, amazing place.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><br /></span></span></p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif5Njgjuj81IzAdkC75bO0-PHeoSTRQYl9EqL3YV4ktXM0nQdDPLiVQ0_06vBvuG-5cGdzWLN7VkoxMTpkNT7eHmHnXVlbyK1gomZZgQpF5idGtY1LgiS-1qZlZpEipnwHguc-veoJRR35/s320/20100121perumission0205.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5431807116587915186" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Rumbling stomach aside, we dropped off our bags at the team’s hotel and we footed it over to the clinic. Hundreds of parents and children patiently waited for us and we jumped right into triage. Some of the people walked days and days to get a chance to be helped by Dr. Shaw’s medical team, up and down mountains that would be an unimaginable journey for Americans to contemplate. </span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Thank God for the video on my cameras, or I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">wouldn</span>’t have been able to recount at think on this first day, we were ALL beyond zombie-ism</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">Sandy, Guido’s wife and an Oregonian, took me over across the courtyard to Martha’s place while I am staying. Martha kind of reminds me of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_31">Chachi</span>’s mom in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_32">Joannie</span> Loves <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_33">Chachi</span>. The outside of her home is part of the wall of structures that make up the courtyard. She has a store selling soda and necessities. The inner courtyard has guest rooms on one side, and her home on the other. The rooms are quaint, red and peach walls with a double bed, little nightstand and wood beams more like tree limbs.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">The shower is a shower head with an electrical wire sticking out of it connected to a circuit breaker. You turn the circuit breaker and pray it doesn’t get wet!</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'lucida grande';">It was a little to sophisticated for me to figure out, so I settled for a cold shower.</span></span></span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px Helvetica; min-height: 14.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-6626135289198190632010-01-13T18:03:00.001-08:002010-01-13T18:12:25.164-08:00Counting down to Peru<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My gut is ache-y. Not nervous (unless I look at the bank account!) I think its the Typhoid pills I am taking. It's a side effect to watch for, but my gut feels like a rave is going on and I wasn't invited. Ugh.<br /><br />I met with the medical team as a whole for the first time last Saturday and I am getting pretty excited. I have a carry on bag full of medical supplies, lending a hand in letting one of my carry-ons be a mule for bandages and braces. I have my other carryon packed with clothes and essentials (well, 70% completed anyway) and thanks to my friend Rob at Pro Photo Supply in Portland, a ThinkTank Security International bag for my camera gear–along with loaned out lenses, cards, video heads and the like as well, THANKS PRO PHOTO!!!<br /><br />Sadly, the Kickstarter program ended up a waste of time. It let me get the word out in a stylish fashion, but I was well short of the financial goal. Slowly, my backers are sending their pledges directly to me, thanks again!<br /><br />As the week rolls down, I will become more regular with updates. I spoke with a newscaster with FOX 12 here in Portland, and he wants to do a story on us when we get back, so already, I have a rapid editing session planned for the still work for that.<br /><br />Now its back home, to see if my border collie who ate a pan of brownies I made for Jenn or I will win the most upset stomach award tonight! Either way, I get the porcelain trophy!</span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-20820124046361861272009-12-21T21:42:00.000-08:002009-12-28T13:28:58.501-08:00<p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Maria is getting a new hip. Sure, we all probably know someone who has hip replacement surgery, your grandfather, grandmother, the occasional pro athlete who took too many hits on the field, but Maria is only 23 years-old.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">It’s not apparent how she lost the use of her right hip, an accident or perhaps a viral infection of some kind, but in the tiny village in Peru where she lives, she never got to play soccer with her friends, or even help her family in chores. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Just trying to relieve herself is a difficult and humiliating experience.</span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px">Maria is the oldest of 50-60 children that will be treated by the medical team led by Dr. David Shaw and his team of 18 surgeons, orthotic and prosthetic specialists, physical therapists, and nurses through the One Child at a Time and Capital City Medical Teams mission to Cuzco, Peru that I have been invited to document. I am privileged to accompany them as they help these kids, perhaps 300 in all, with a range of need like corrective surgery for club feet, limb augmentation, prosthetic fitting, and crutch and brace fittings. New chances for lives to be changed. </span></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial; min-height: 15.0px"><span style="letter-spacing: 0.0px"></span><br /></p> <p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">AmeriCares is providing the hip orthotic manufactured by Zimmer and instruments that will be needed for the procedure. It's really amazing to see how an operation like this comes together from all over the country to help those in need. I'm getting excited.</p><p style="margin: 0.0px 0.0px 1.0px 0.0px; text-indent: 2.0px; font: 13.0px Arial">More to come.</p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-13145030271540463812009-12-11T15:10:00.001-08:002009-12-11T15:36:47.825-08:00The digital age and fundraising<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ISozxzmjvhz1_JnL90Gsv531ZdmqPXnNSc6tq_k6Idbsby3T4SfXERrswk3OSLkRqWhap-ckxb1-T1EvXWrIJvxLP4xknwa-I2-msgykIQXFD32PiLXEGe4CE_doL06CuARzu48FOgUz/s1600-h/kickstart.png"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 97px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3ISozxzmjvhz1_JnL90Gsv531ZdmqPXnNSc6tq_k6Idbsby3T4SfXERrswk3OSLkRqWhap-ckxb1-T1EvXWrIJvxLP4xknwa-I2-msgykIQXFD32PiLXEGe4CE_doL06CuARzu48FOgUz/s320/kickstart.png" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414126231294050162" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I found out a few weeks ago that I was invited to document a medical expedition to Peru. A <a href="http://www.ccmedicalteams.org/">team</a> of 19 doctors, surgeons, prosthetists, nurses and occupational and physical therapists are heading to the Sacred Valley of the<a href="http://www.andeantravelweb.com/peru/destinations/cusco/sacredvalley.html"> Incas</a> near Cuzco, Peru to help children with various orthotic and prosthetic needs. This humanitarian mission is an<br />incredible undertaking and I am very privileged to be invited along. They expect to help 300-400 children and and perform up to 60 surgeries during the expedition.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKmb2APfwnF2IV5FdX7F9QNkZMnPLK1uKszNlvX_nhDj2uAvBcJLaoVcJ3pT-chyphenhyphenZMsesm1NhKFB3AN4uNJgd6v9Fw5bAcSXl2eUkrW9mM9r7hXyEfq6162W-wtKW6ViPbCzkRjFmql58/s320/bordercrossing008c.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5414125179520774082" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But, the trip takes place in five weeks, and that doesn't leave much time to raise funds.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I promised my wife I wouldn't hammer out our meager savings, especially so soon after the birth of our daughter, Stella, so I had to get creative in figuring out how to make this terrific opportunity happen.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">A photographer on the forum site <a href="http://www.sportsshooter.com/">www.sportsshooter.com</a> suggested a Website called <a href="http://kickstarter.com/">kickstarter.com</a>. This site provides the portal for people to get their passions in front of the faces and keystroking fingers of an audience interested in being a part of a realized dream, no matter how profound or outrageous. The key to the projects is that everyone gets something out of it. The dreamer gets his dream, and the investors get whatever return they are promised. In <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nstrimble/document-medical-expedition-aiding-peruvian-childr-0">my</a> case, depending on the amount, you can get your own photo montage, a soft cover book, or a hard cover coffee table book, or more. </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;">I am pretty excited to try this out. Over the next few weeks, I am going to add more to my listing, hoping to get the trip covered. Already, I have about 10% of the trip up front here on <a href="http://kickstarter.com/">kickstarter.com</a>, and a <a href="http://www.prophotosupply.com/">Pro Photo Supply</a> has generously offered to loan me equipment for the documentary. I'd say this is off to a pretty good <a href="http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nstrimble/document-medical-expedition-aiding-peruvian-childr-0">kickstart</a>!</span></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-10158795760223386542009-11-11T00:26:00.000-08:002009-11-11T13:44:49.919-08:00A big salute to the veterans today!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /><br /><br /><br /></span></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSC1lTVeP8IuKqlx4mq3MnvDuAfJbU8inJJ_abApxRZiNUQkWPFfjCERZlhAuOamJOnuMI-zDrhMjtDXiUJaUgyfZ-K99I82LQOM7VMCINHJktWqsE65-Sc9wL5c4RlAnbj1lG-EmWlCv/s1600-h/HT+Harry+in+front+of+Cathedral+of+Our+Lady.jpg"><img style="float:right; margin:0 0 10px 10px;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 207px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidSC1lTVeP8IuKqlx4mq3MnvDuAfJbU8inJJ_abApxRZiNUQkWPFfjCERZlhAuOamJOnuMI-zDrhMjtDXiUJaUgyfZ-K99I82LQOM7VMCINHJktWqsE65-Sc9wL5c4RlAnbj1lG-EmWlCv/s320/HT+Harry+in+front+of+Cathedral+of+Our+Lady.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402957243560358258" /></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGQ-B0BQ1QKhUQKJ4OejzXGWp13EQdUnbydzqH2NyISQnE42u-iyh8MktczZl7eX-txYeUUp_Cer5A5CStgJZt2FccekH2nDw9HRJjJA_MkRbPKewzqZ_m4lzQGLREWTepn4q0aNNZN7tY/s1600-h/granville.jpg"></a></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06K6ob8F8iiar91krH0Byt88NNrqV3Wa7lNxetzJS6gylCu5r32YhM3dAgQ5CW8P86wQIxTBVRyAF6SXtgu8x7eGFQ7txZhzcYfMGlzZU4iVWNqek50Z2eLgJg8aGbDuwAMfdoXM6AEL9/s1600-h/_NST1962.jpg"></a> </span></span></i><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Harry Trimble-Army Air Corps photo recon pilot in Luxembourg</span></span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I come from a military family. My great-great-grandfather Wiley Trimble was a confederate soldier. My dad still has his 1861 Confederate Navy Colt, my uncle has his saber. My great-grandfather Richard was calvary during the First World War. My grandfather Harry "Boppa" Trimble flew photo recon in World War II, Korea, and oversaw missions in Vietnam. He also received the Soldier's Medal for bravery when he pulled a test pilot out of a burning cockpit at Edwards Air Force Base. It's the highest honor awarded during peacetime.</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My other grandfather Norm served in the Army in WW II and my uncle Les was a seaman in the Navy and survived a kamikaze attack o</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">n his boat. He doesn't talk about it. My uncle Keith narrowly escaped the USS Hornet when it was sunk at the Battle of Santa Cruz in 1942.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJsJ5Br2Fl5UDGp9t7e5zuj93NDYjpxDDNVGwBYu5DUgHZANyv_GIKZv7DS5tomlCl56YX2wig1fW7Q-xHWMT3YR1L-tP8ZpAoBKz-5WGK3dACgOzZdjgj4FLytEcTA2u4oIBeU5PsMP9_/s320/granville.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402963387306474978" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;">Granville Dressel, Navy Seaman on the U.S.S Franklin</span></span></span></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My wife's grandfather Granville served on the USS Franklin, an aircraft carrier that was kamikazied in the gulf of Tokyo while carrying the famed Black Sheep Squadron. He was blown unconscious into the water where he floated for almost a day before being rescued. He passed away just last year, after finally telling his family his harrowing tale. My uncle Jack was an Air Force navigator during Vietnam. His F-4 Phantom was shot down towards the end of the war and he was a POW for several months before he was freed. My cousin Eric, Jack's son, served in the Air Force in Iraq.</span></span></div><div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 196px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjskHuK2AwI-tNgf3MgAIbgFI8A5zWW725jiT4dcyty7KYtNKMNIJ-LzIJFFkP6Tg31OPO3hZ3w8qR7K8KKspuyqZUYaag_MGun1y5rnReQLO-Ybwk9eqwKxMv7WpVxA_3vMaJMP29W_aYS/s320/national+guard-bw.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402963747646778034" /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></i></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left;margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 10px/normal 'Lucida Grande'; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; font-family:arial, serif;">Ray Selvyn of Yuma kisses his wife, Olivia, goodbye before heading to Afghanistan.</span></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">One of my closest friends, Carlos Chavez, is a veteran of Desert Storm. I have met and photographed several vets of this latest war, some of them are struggling, some of them are homeless. </span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh06K6ob8F8iiar91krH0Byt88NNrqV3Wa7lNxetzJS6gylCu5r32YhM3dAgQ5CW8P86wQIxTBVRyAF6SXtgu8x7eGFQ7txZhzcYfMGlzZU4iVWNqek50Z2eLgJg8aGbDuwAMfdoXM6AEL9/s320/_NST1962.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402957237199960418" style="float: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 10px; cursor: pointer; width: 302px; height: 200px; " /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial, serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" font-style: italic; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Larry Deturenee, a veteran of the War in Iraq, sets up a sleep pad at St. Andrews Lutheran Church in Vancouver, WA March 30, 2008. It's the last night to sleep there for the homeless program. The next day Larry was on the streets.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" ;font-family:arial, serif;font-size:medium;">Today we honor you all. Your risks, your sacrifices in body, mind, family, faith, and peace, are remembered here today. Thank you for your service.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHOnHKLVo_tsGmCdf_bqhB5VAgzfLqGnJI6lkvvzYJjHI-wzsO8sLINSIkU1lvHIGnyFv5ZCtqeo54vAUglBghZaMSOgCQu4MqGLMbBGorDBh-wJd1Skvl-TSSRO9xu58pY6HBGbEjewd8/s320/wildnews_vetcemetery_0005_1.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402957671941505554" style="float: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 10px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: pointer; width: 133px; height: 200px; " /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-86961446920846197982009-11-10T23:45:00.000-08:002009-11-11T00:13:20.581-08:00I am a pixel Ghoul<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkJjtTF1cdfj0Yg-rHMuRiNR1XKXcSZnnO7Ij52coqVZHptIAv39v257ReXo0j3VSqxz-y_j_6OBkMIF89Arc0EojgPLEIqNX01Dzji0c5KQH10pGg6QVeT3HYYoa04N1EiWq2TGSx-TG/s1600-h/haunted.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 231px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpkJjtTF1cdfj0Yg-rHMuRiNR1XKXcSZnnO7Ij52coqVZHptIAv39v257ReXo0j3VSqxz-y_j_6OBkMIF89Arc0EojgPLEIqNX01Dzji0c5KQH10pGg6QVeT3HYYoa04N1EiWq2TGSx-TG/s320/haunted.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402755652929233938" /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /><br />What better word to describe me? I just launched my first art gallery showing this past week called "</span><a href="http://www.nscotttrimble.com/gallery.html?folio=&gallery=current%20gallery%3agravelights"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Gravelights</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">." at the </span><a href="http://www.northbankartistsgallery.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Northbank</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> gallery in Vancouver, WA. The project came about from a trip to New England to visit my wife's family in Vermont. We went to Salem, Mass first explore around and when I saw the main graveyards in town, some of the oldest in the United States, I got inspired to play around with long exposures and painting with flashlights and colored strobes.</span><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZF3cu7u5ZkrHIgG4d2UsZJqmYnIRT4Jf9O7OgyKE3P37yRRUEotE4rWSMzKwsqHb80CFdn0bXUIwS3n6QRgKcWC6_u_a-0imjMVLU7XO6Qz_l12-xi1EmK1yc6z_2oi0kPeaOHJQPQhO/s1600-h/_MG_7154.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2ZF3cu7u5ZkrHIgG4d2UsZJqmYnIRT4Jf9O7OgyKE3P37yRRUEotE4rWSMzKwsqHb80CFdn0bXUIwS3n6QRgKcWC6_u_a-0imjMVLU7XO6Qz_l12-xi1EmK1yc6z_2oi0kPeaOHJQPQhO/s320/_MG_7154.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402754643208268914" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px; " /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">So after I talked my very reluctant wife to sneak into the cemetery during the Witching Hour (12am-3am, hey, ya gotta do it right in Salem y'know!) I came up with some funky, way-out-of-my-typical-style of shooting stuff! </span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYQgDHOjybZBIQm2BaII9mpqNSYDzn4yB1wDFhFNcp_xsvTlaVxAyi6JcdHPVv1OFJcRMCW6eDpaLAQz_Nu_atzCqRreWWdhT8NrXlGhSe0jdbsrfGAHuwM7NlyS5kcrlg6FAMbay7JYj/s1600-h/_MG_7161.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSYQgDHOjybZBIQm2BaII9mpqNSYDzn4yB1wDFhFNcp_xsvTlaVxAyi6JcdHPVv1OFJcRMCW6eDpaLAQz_Nu_atzCqRreWWdhT8NrXlGhSe0jdbsrfGAHuwM7NlyS5kcrlg6FAMbay7JYj/s320/_MG_7161.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402754853402776834" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">One of my inspirations was Professor Savage, my archeology professor at ASU. He did his work on symbology on tombstones especially in the 1600s to the early 1800s. The imagery on the tombstones went from a gothic, skull with raven wings look to more angelic, cherub like symbology that demonstrated the changing attitude of the afterlife during that period.</span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5u0ve1B7m3B-8lWzAIOxR-VzF3hKlMEvyjHCy3uhHfD7MLwwPyeltqV2b9QT4y8wlJ0JS02GPjUH0zf7MVPSaHpQtTQtfqqDJS7H2USQyGCWzb06hGxUzDZSml7Wtu2ZM8qUKPq4LhLB5/s1600-h/blurgravenh.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5u0ve1B7m3B-8lWzAIOxR-VzF3hKlMEvyjHCy3uhHfD7MLwwPyeltqV2b9QT4y8wlJ0JS02GPjUH0zf7MVPSaHpQtTQtfqqDJS7H2USQyGCWzb06hGxUzDZSml7Wtu2ZM8qUKPq4LhLB5/s320/blurgravenh.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402755141699047458" style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 181px; " /></span></a></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">These were just the tombstones he worked on and it was pretty cool to be out there, and be the ones that go bump in the night!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherMC1CKmNHzVBmJPPZ_8PbosspsOv0E9Adbl7G-w8B3mGifKl7u1NQ8sw5oCXBwUu2wFrll5tOFwtrSiyKIC7cvAcbctSC0a2k-wJ5OI1NNh9-IWGAA6JjYaQQfsu5Ypy5k-_a2oAu5J5/s1600-h/ghost.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEherMC1CKmNHzVBmJPPZ_8PbosspsOv0E9Adbl7G-w8B3mGifKl7u1NQ8sw5oCXBwUu2wFrll5tOFwtrSiyKIC7cvAcbctSC0a2k-wJ5OI1NNh9-IWGAA6JjYaQQfsu5Ypy5k-_a2oAu5J5/s320/ghost.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5402755343559514850" style="cursor: pointer; width: 282px; height: 320px; " /></span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But, of all the photos I did, the ghostly lights Jenn and I created for the photos, there was one photo I didn't generate the "Spectre." This one I was doing a long exposure as a group of tourist walked by on a candle-lit tour of Salem. The wall behind them was evenly lit and I got about 5 frames. But, this frame was the only one that had the white floating form in it! Don't know what it is, but its the real deal! Enjoy!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-59937984010039371882009-10-16T11:00:00.000-07:002009-10-16T11:03:35.967-07:00A terrific reason why you should hire me for your next project<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: -webkit-xxx-large; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://tinyurl.com/ylewz99">http://tinyurl.com/ylewz99</a></span></b></span></span>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-8394592481653955832009-08-27T12:27:00.000-07:002009-08-27T12:43:45.530-07:00NSTP joins Viewfinders stock agency<span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(237, 134, 23); line-height: 23px; font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><a href="http://viewfindersnw.com/" title="Viewfinders NW Home" style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); text-decoration: none; "><img src="http://viewfindersnw.com/images/vf_logo.gif" border="0" alt="Viewfinders NW Home" /></a><br />Stock Photography with a Pacific Northwest Focus</span><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" color: rgb(237, 134, 23); line-height: 23px; font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"></span>A quick blog this week as I am sitting in the hospital with my beautiful wife awaiting the birth of our first baby. Viewfinders stock agency graciously offered to carry my photography in their stock base and Allison McClean who introduced me to the agency, had very kind words to say.<div><br /></div><div>Check it out here: http:<a href="http://viewfinders-photography.blogspot.com/">//viewfinders-photography.blogspot.com/</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Thanks Allison! I look forward to a great relationship with you guys!</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana, arial, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 23px;font-size:-webkit-xxx-large;"><br /></span></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-89589499301766980592009-07-29T16:22:00.000-07:002009-07-29T23:22:27.270-07:00Which came first, the bear or the cub?<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I gravitated towards photography because I didn't have the patience to be a painter.</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> I tried, I grew up sketching and drawing, even made a decent living on school supplies in elementary school trading my drawings for cool football team pencils, but when it came to painting, my ADD kicked in, and I was a frustrated painter. No less frustrating was having my <a href="http://bluheron.com/">mom</a> as an art teacher. She was a wildlife painter in acrylics and when we moved to the North Carolina, she shifted her talent to pottery.<br /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Now, that would have been fine and good for some, but she missed painting, and figured out a way to combine painting with her pottery, taking nature scenes and transferring them to her dishes, vases and even basin sinks for custom home projects.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">But this year,we finally teamed up. My wife and I took a babymoon trip to the Canadian Rockies in May and were just in time for the elk, rams, and bears to crowd out the scenery. I was snap happy and managed to get some fun animal pics for myself. I sent them to my folks and my mom instantly jumped on them began cranking out the clay and paint brushes. Here is the result. Enjoy. </span></div><div><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 202px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4W5t74QTSaEPPLIXaxP2QSfUR1aA8K-Z5mIc8bu74QWorkM5_omplP-b8jqCiMLCJNzO61A7f1FJqU3ZGf-YLshGzU3dwjeoYiV6UxhxeftpOgO9n-ey-lv9A31YnjQ46ldceIkzkPt42/s400/20090528_babymoon_1275.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364032063278723330" /></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wi9rxmmdTHrmANZDVWiHWkyuCtyIrs8xYh_LbmbFL-18kNLDjtI0WtC89GXEd0j23ivJze-JWAOcxKFHOl8OWrvXDmISBE_PcnSKi-d0_dFvw8ylTN5Up6opD8_d4z0ctmZjQlr09Hlc/s1600-h/P1010031.jpg"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-Wi9rxmmdTHrmANZDVWiHWkyuCtyIrs8xYh_LbmbFL-18kNLDjtI0WtC89GXEd0j23ivJze-JWAOcxKFHOl8OWrvXDmISBE_PcnSKi-d0_dFvw8ylTN5Up6opD8_d4z0ctmZjQlr09Hlc/s320/P1010031.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5364033518456792434" style="cursor: pointer; 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width: 320px; height: 240px; " /></a></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-55288433228053711352009-06-25T16:04:00.000-07:002009-06-26T16:03:32.179-07:00Coastal town greens the deep blue<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJaTWT-kMgAedTuBNMU1z7s49dh_C9IO6Giz-s_MCU3w-rVm6qFMyl0BCas16ah3xkeJx25qjASCzhjvkS9d8WA8vBs6hZEsJKiv-nb37qMFDyXal1lyWhnHWlvqzJIWSsayY6FR2jyq2/s1600-h/20090405_portorford_0212.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQoJpIky777MVH8ZrFaen2JJeDDYmPhQKZs7i_N5IJvzm1J1gX4BFKQNbJ4gM9BUVXEya58BTd_vxWb6O3YLnJOFGvxkK90PhKEbZyj8wdaDSH9xM1N24pZODvtUQeMqUrfbW9WsIDQ0B/s1600-h/20090405_portorford_0287.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJgrh9ynxZWSjsaTe1lU2CbM90sx_XQbTpHftosQIMiuKzsIxntfI6aFlx9w0CYjpzUYjZohriNJfONJPTi4X1-bLvIpxhiDkF4OabeEFap3ACWLbTTs5t-H4g6kx6WM_ktF9ucU5t4uQ/s1600-h/20090404_portorford_0086.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHEM1qFOM2PsSOluPQvYuCAa9uQduCEm0DQRunZ3oCWjXiu3oe6v8WNmBuQCVkCv1-manOu3XYxAg23aMA-RBtmLHRSficqP1_j_6CvwgzzqjNjAu4t84uvxfir7QFwQEdh5mzBwIQ3CM/s1600-h/20090404_portorford_0002.jpg"></a></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0iRdis40UOg5qrfyvLlE0x-IA0fEDPGmDBrwgy-8ZBlcWnNrEpERUbX1tfpSrWmFKQOfh9IAikZt3vZqN8UJKP6aC5kvb6waUDktwvF3SsFRZfcW3zxkTy-VNqE-GjOc8cvjkobKlsa3/s1600-h/ediblog2.jpg"></a></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wa_tRlf2BPh-hm0sdPJkdmjzWZVNGlS5lJvuEJWm8nr3t6Agz23EI8Nw4Jdoep3q_07-qonAd-3yFbCllz2iOou6U_3UvOVjH9YyXOhhK8G3O4igGS063uyix6MHu-cooyo3ia0ztyfL/s1600-h/ediblog.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0wa_tRlf2BPh-hm0sdPJkdmjzWZVNGlS5lJvuEJWm8nr3t6Agz23EI8Nw4Jdoep3q_07-qonAd-3yFbCllz2iOou6U_3UvOVjH9YyXOhhK8G3O4igGS063uyix6MHu-cooyo3ia0ztyfL/s400/ediblog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351411147685164690" /></a><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0iRdis40UOg5qrfyvLlE0x-IA0fEDPGmDBrwgy-8ZBlcWnNrEpERUbX1tfpSrWmFKQOfh9IAikZt3vZqN8UJKP6aC5kvb6waUDktwvF3SsFRZfcW3zxkTy-VNqE-GjOc8cvjkobKlsa3/s400/ediblog2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351411151558067618" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 379px; " /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">I shot this story in April for <a href="http://edibleportland.com/content/">Edible Portland</a>, a quarterly magazine for <a href="http://www.ecotrust.org/">Ecotrust</a> in Portland in April. <a href="http://www.portorford.org/">Port Orford</a>, OR is quite an amazing place, as its one of the last true small boat fishing ports left in the West Coast. When you come here to drop your boat in, its quite literal! You won't find a ramp to cozy the trailer down to the water, oh no. A crane drops and lifts that bad boy out with you in it! Pretty interesting, especially when the tide is heading out! </span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitJaTWT-kMgAedTuBNMU1z7s49dh_C9IO6Giz-s_MCU3w-rVm6qFMyl0BCas16ah3xkeJx25qjASCzhjvkS9d8WA8vBs6hZEsJKiv-nb37qMFDyXal1lyWhnHWlvqzJIWSsayY6FR2jyq2/s400/20090405_portorford_0212.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351770056385377922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Port Orford has resisted the siren call of the tourism song that has repurposed other coastal towns, chock full of trendy restaurants and kitsch stores. You almost feel like you are visiting a town on a smaller scale to <a href="http://www.gloucesterma.com/">Gloucester</a>, Mass, the fishing community known for its tight knit salty dogs seen in "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0177971/">The Perfect Storm</a>."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr3c2ZFgAl8t9rW6HveDLZ-2a-890v0SiMlFEmzXyvtjrHzm-7rwM4Ui6QRW3FTAKqNzs_BIBbm3r5bYCGIU1bzGbqCNqpR_RsZJA-e8uhyphenhyphenT7Ji0DXEWYy6E-81ggE3hT5H53IjjUx4tEp/s400/20090405_portorford_0265.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351770045022385922" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 267px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The fishing community is doing something pretty amazing. Recognizing the declining numbers of prize fish such as salmon, halibut, and just about everything else, they teamed up with scientists to establish a <a href="http://oceanresourceteam.org/">marine</a> habitat reserve to protect fragile breeding grounds, and preserve a source for small boat fishing to continue, establishing a social, economical and environmental triple bottom line for the community.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">My only regret on this shoot is we only had a day allocated to the shoot, and weather drove out the fishing crop we wanted to focus on, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_cod">black cod</a>, or butterfish as the Canadians like to call them, so we didn't have the boat access we were hoping for. I hung out at sunrise</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHEM1qFOM2PsSOluPQvYuCAa9uQduCEm0DQRunZ3oCWjXiu3oe6v8WNmBuQCVkCv1-manOu3XYxAg23aMA-RBtmLHRSficqP1_j_6CvwgzzqjNjAu4t84uvxfir7QFwQEdh5mzBwIQ3CM/s400/20090404_portorford_0002.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351770040675078594" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> to get the early birds heading out and talked with some of the local fisherman about what they liked best about fishing in the port. </span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAJgrh9ynxZWSjsaTe1lU2CbM90sx_XQbTpHftosQIMiuKzsIxntfI6aFlx9w0CYjpzUYjZohriNJfONJPTi4X1-bLvIpxhiDkF4OabeEFap3ACWLbTTs5t-H4g6kx6WM_ktF9ucU5t4uQ/s400/20090404_portorford_0086.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351770051041332226" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 296px; height: 400px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvQoJpIky777MVH8ZrFaen2JJeDDYmPhQKZs7i_N5IJvzm1J1gX4BFKQNbJ4gM9BUVXEya58BTd_vxWb6O3YLnJOFGvxkK90PhKEbZyj8wdaDSH9xM1N24pZODvtUQeMqUrfbW9WsIDQ0B/s400/20090405_portorford_0287.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5351770050461880818" style="display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 267px; " /></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The beauty of this job is the amazing range of people you get to meet. If you ever get the hankering to try your hand on a fishing boat for a day, I don't think you'll find a better group of people on the west coast to educate and entertain you while you work your butt off!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:100%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 238); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(85, 26, 139); -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "><br /></span></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4077917384995005116.post-55327104936444465062009-06-18T08:22:00.000-07:002009-06-18T10:04:53.548-07:00Helping others avoid the temptation to go the easy pathA few days ago, a peer at a newspaper in New Jersey talked about a photo contest they were planning to sponsor with Website visitors judging the best photo of the month. He went on to say that the prize was being narrowed down to providing a family portrait to one of the voters by one of the staff photographers.<div><br /></div><div>That rankled me quite a bit. </div><div><br /></div><div>Not that there is anything wrong with doing portraits. I love them. I love the challenge of taking the simple set up and evolving it to fit the person or persons I am photographing and revealing their identity. Its necessary in this business and a daily thing for newspaper photographers. But many newspapers use it as a crutch. Its more often than not the backup photo for a story in which the action has already happened or not enough planning was implemented to get something more compelling. I mean, do you want to see the hero firefighter of the month sweating and working, DOING the thing that made him a hero, or a simple portrait of him leaning against a fire truck? I am all for the former. And with the photojournalists laboring hard to keep their jobs in today's newspaper market that crumbles around them, sometimes fighting to remind their colleagues and newspaper owners that they are journalists every bit as much as they are WITH the added skill to tell a story with a photo, series of photos or even video, is it fair to marginalize them to simply be little more than a studio portrait photographer when the day is done?</div><div><br /></div><div>I suggested that they try a little harder to benefit their readers, and thought about what I enjoy doing when I am not snapping the shutter, and that's helping other people do a better job snapping THEIR shutters!</div><div><br /></div><div>I can't count how many times I've been shooting on assignment, and on a lull, had people come up ask me about how to use their point and shoot cameras. I always enjoyed explaining the aperture/shutter speed/ISO relationship (and comparing it with how much squint/blink/and light sensitivity of the eye is related) and watching them "get it" and seeing that spark of enthusiasm light up in them, busily snapping away.</div><div><br /></div><div>So who would be better than to offer up a one or two hour lesson in understanding your camera or just take better pictures yourself than the highly talented and community saturated photographers of the newspaper?</div><div><br /></div><div>The photographer warmed immediately to the idea and I sure hope that, if they do the contest, they go with it. Its a great feeling when not producing great images myself, to help others unlock that potential in themselves.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com3