When I went on my "Big Trip " in 1971, I did not own a camera, nor did I bring one. I regret that now, as I would have come back with so many pictures to help refresh my memory. Many pictures of places I can find and use, but all the people I met along the way - those I no longer can remember in regards to how they looked.

With one exception - Christy.

I remember Christy like it was yesterday. She shows up in my dreams sometimes and randomly just pops into my head. And it's been over 54 years as I write this. I have no explanation other than I think I fell in love with her while we were camping at Kalaloch Beach on the Pacific Coast of Washington and for the few weeks after that.

I tried for many years to find a picture of her on the Internet and never did. Then AI (Artifical Intelligence) on the web suddenly took off in 2025. I played with it and tried it and it could do wonderful things! Being curious, I tried making a picture of Christy to match what was in my head. I was amazed to find that I actually could get close to those images in my head. Of course they are not exact, maybe 85% of reality and of course, I have probably taken a few liberties as I did this. But still, I consider it fairly close to who we were/what we did way back in 1971.