Woot! So glad you're back, safe and sound, and that the trip went well! It sounds wonderful, and yes, I can very much understand the desire to go back.
Believe me, 500 pics is nothing. ;-) But yes, digital is awesome - no reason to feel guilt when thinking about having to develop them all!
Even if they didn't know the name of our state I thought they would know from world maps which one looks like a mitten.
Hmm. Not sure what the world maps Americans tend to see look like, but in my experience (that a quick Google search confirms), world maps don't generally have the borders of individual US states (or, indeed, any other country's subdivisions, be they provinces, counties or whatever) on them.
To have any idea what a specific US state looks like, one has had to study US maps for quite a while, and put some effort into remembering (and have some reason for that) - honestly, I had no idea what Michigan looked like on the map (although I knew its approximate location), and I've seen the US map plenty of times.
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Believe me, 500 pics is nothing. ;-) But yes, digital is awesome - no reason to feel guilt when thinking about having to develop them all!
Even if they didn't know the name of our state I thought they would know from world maps which one looks like a mitten.
Hmm. Not sure what the world maps Americans tend to see look like, but in my experience (that a quick Google search confirms), world maps don't generally have the borders of individual US states (or, indeed, any other country's subdivisions, be they provinces, counties or whatever) on them.
To have any idea what a specific US state looks like, one has had to study US maps for quite a while, and put some effort into remembering (and have some reason for that) - honestly, I had no idea what Michigan looked like on the map (although I knew its approximate location), and I've seen the US map plenty of times.