So sorry to hear about your photos. At least you're able to get some of them off the trip. I always promise that I'm going to take a lot of photos (and I think I do while on the trip) but then when we got home I realized there were large portions of the time I dont have any record of. Luckily I remembered to have someone take our photo on our way out of Palo otherwise I wouldn't have any evidence.
Keep up the great report!
Jane