Just two weeks before these photos were taken, Caroline and I were still living in Germany. To celebrate our move to America, my mom and her husband brought us down to Bisbee, Arizona, along with my little sister, who had recently turned 13. In this picture, we are geared up for a train ride into an old mine to discover deep, dark secrets and maybe some treasure.

I took this photo as I thought this old hotel was incredibly cool and that Caroline and I should come back one day to stay a night. It turned out that my mother-in-law Jutta would join us on that return visit.

Why is this the best photo I took of Caroline in a dark alley is beyond any recollection I have of this weekend.

Skinny with a red beard and ponytail, that didn’t last all that long.