{"id":3095,"date":"2009-06-11T12:21:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-11T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/?p=3095"},"modified":"2009-06-12T16:43:47","modified_gmt":"2009-06-12T21:43:47","slug":"the-funny-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/2009\/06\/11\/the-funny-photo","title":{"rendered":"The funny photo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After being interviewed for TV, radio, and newspapers in many different places around the world, the bulk of the content about the expedition has been pretty straight forward.\u00c2\u00a0 Often the questions we are asked are similar, the topics are similar, and the photos or video is somewhat traditional.\u00c2\u00a0It makes sense, the story of the expedition is interesting and since most people have not heard of us before, the simple story will do.<\/p>\n<p>After a great interview with Mary Beth Smetzer of the News Miner in Fairbanks, the photographer <a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsminer.com\/staff\/eric-engman\/\">Eric Engman<\/a> took us on a little tour of the town that ended up at the University on the hill overlooking the city.\u00c2\u00a0 At the top of this hill was our setting for the series of photos for the article to be.\u00c2\u00a0 It started out with more serious, we are cool world travelers type shots.\u00c2\u00a0 We thought for sure we were going to look cool, calm and collected in the paper.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSC_0161\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-0161.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSC_0161\" width=\"570\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Soon after Eric had taken the traditional photos, he said a handful of words that brought a smile to my face, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Hey I have an idea for a funny photo, I just want to try it out.\u00e2\u20ac\u009d He suggested that we do the classic Toyota jump that they used to do for all of their ad campaigns in the past.\u00c2\u00a0 We all knew for sure that if we were to submit to his requests, we were in for it. We all do like jumping in the air though, right?\u00c2\u00a0 All while I was jumping one most recent episodes of 30 Rock popped into my head\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><object width=\"641\" height=\"437\"><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5080505&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" \/><embed src=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=5080505&amp;server=vimeo.com&amp;show_title=1&amp;show_byline=1&amp;show_portrait=1&amp;color=ffffff&amp;fullscreen=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" width=\"641\" height=\"437\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p>So while we were not wearing silly masks or pretending we were birthing chickens, I still was jumping up showing my fat belly doing a full method, and it got us on the cover of our section. So the next time we are doing photos for the paper, be prepared because the first 9 words out of my mouth will be, \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Can we do a funny photo at the end?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; margin: 0px auto; display: block; float: none; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px\" title=\"DSC_0162\" src=\"http:\/\/www.theworldbyroad.com\/expedition\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/06\/dsc-0162.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"DSC_0162\" width=\"570\" height=\"388\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Mary and Eric for doing such a great job on the article, and thanks to the rest of the nice citizens of Fairbanks that have been cheering us on since they read the article. We are officially on our way home and the encouragement helps for the long journey ahead of us.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.newsminer.com\/news\/2009\/jun\/06\/expedition-arrives-alaska-part-69-country-globe-tr\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to read the whole article.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After being interviewed for TV, radio, and newspapers in many different places around the world, the bulk of the content about the expedition has been pretty straight forward.  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