hi to you from the mark and katie (formerly) on the road page. a photo biography of two years spent wandering.

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seen this kind of stuff:

EUREKA SPRINGS, arkansas

• They call this home: WOOT to the Mark Meier! WOOT to the Cathrin Yoder and the Glenda Moore! WOOT to the Sharon Sloan!

PHOENIX, arizona

• Breaking News! Katie Can Sew. Man, Check Out Those Jesus Hats!
• Breaking News! Despite Former Reports, White-Guy Mark Meier is Not White-Guy Matt!
• Breaking News! Bye-bye Suburbia. SOLD! SOLD! SOLD!

PRESCOTT, arizona

• When it Snows in the Desert
• Everything is White
• White
• White
• Until it's Not Because Your Friend Jeff Shows Up in a Red Shirt but it Doesn't Really Matter Anyway Because He's So Damn Cool

TEMPE, arizona

• Goodbyes Before My Move Start With An Aidos to the Cocoa Princess
• And a See You Later to the Mystery Man Always One Middle Digit Strong
• And Then a Face that Says... Well, Whatever Fucked Up Faces Say, Like Maybe "Hey You, Your Face is Fucked Up. Nice Shot For Your Last Goodbye!"

POLSON, montana

• Big Sky Country Hello
• Big Sky Mom and Pops
• Big Sky Houses Where Your Parents Live
• Big Sky Trucks That Belong to Your Dad
• Big Sky Dogs That Aren't Yours
• Big Sky Dogs That Are Mark's
• Big Sky Sunrises You Can See in the Morning
• Big Sky Towns You Can See at Night
• Big Sky Going Back in Time With Sisters Little Erin, Middle Katie, Big-Sis Shea

THANE, india

• The Finally-Seen, Long Awaited, Heard About Forever Home of the One and Only D
• Republic Day Races on the Block
• Thanks to the Thane Moms and Pops
• The Sick Girl Says She's Glad to Have Met You Even if the Visit was Cut Short

UDAIPUR, india

• You Are Here
• Shiny Hotels Are Better Hotels
• Get Leid in Hawaii. Get Marigolded in... awh. Never Mind. No Pun.
• Sensitive Bovine Seeks Companion For Slow Walks By the Waterside...and Maybe More?
• Ecolowgy
• You Think if I Buy the Matching Dryer I'll Get the Same View?
• Renting One's Easy. Left Side Drive? Goats in Street? Roads With No Names? Yeah, that Part Maybe Takes a Little Getting Used To
• Just Don't Tell My Dad I Didn't Wear a Helmet (download)
• Main Street U.S.A. Minus the Street and the U.S.A. Part
• When the Divine Intersects With Instructions to Bake at 350
• This is How You Spell Love - B A B U
• Crinkle. Bend. Repeat.
• Pretty Much the Likeness to Mark is Uncanny
• Perpetual Katie Questions of India: So it's Stone, Right? Even the Thin Parts? It's Stone?
• Generic Travel Shot for the Road: Escher. Laybrinth. Whatever.

MT ABU, india

• Top Floor Digs on the Ajmer Express
• Abu is Famous for its Waterfalls
• Four Legs Sacred. Two Legs Tourist
• Yeah, Yeah...The Greeks Made Some Nice Temples and Blah Blah Blah
• Hiking Mistakes
• The Only Thing I Can Guarantee is That the Sign Doesn't Read, "Swim Nudely and Honor the Pink Arch"
• Friends Don't Let Friends Go Lonely
• But Lonely is Sometimes Good
• You Get it? The Monkey Just Seems Like He's in Space. They Do it With Computers and Stuff
• God is Up
• Eternity is Beyond
• I Heard Most People Opt for the C Cup
• What's That Thing About One in the Hand and Something in the Bush?
• I Named the Kitty "Binky"
• Generic Travel Shot for the Road: Abu Rush Hour

PUNE, india (week three)

• Awwwwww... How Cute Were You?!
• Team Sudhir + Newly Adopted White Kids!
• Team Grandparents--India's Roughest Hockey Duo!
• Team Auntie--Take That MTV Cribs!
• Team Himani--India's Best Export to the U.S. Since Dnyanada!
• Generic Travel Shot for the Road: New Faces at D's Old Spot

PUNE, india (week two)

• Misunderstandings of Evolution
• I Know. That's Why I Took This Shot. Is That a Great Jansport Backpack or What?!
• Number of Guesses You Have to Figure Out What Town the Sign is Talking About
• You Just Ignore the Red Part I Guess
• When in Rome, Right?
• I'll Give You the Address and Then You Can Just Mapquest it
• Indian Gone Brit
• Brits Gone Indian
• "That's Right Jim. Dump It. Dump Our Nanotech Holdings ASAP..."
• This Guy
• Gave Mark a New Look
• After We Went Out Here
• And Did This (download)
• In the Indian Version, Dylan Doesn't Date Kelly or Brenda. He Dates Steve
• Wouldn't That Just Be Called "Stop?"
• Now Just $9.95!!
• I Totally Heard the One Girl Tell the Other Girl, "Boy Got Mad Potoato Cutting Skills, Bitch!"
• Existential Office Jobs
• Sometimes I Miss Def Leppard but Then I Go to India and it's All ok
• Skyscrapers
• Generic Travel Shot for the Road: Higher Consciousness For Your Mouth

PUNE, india (week one)

• City Whips
• The Marky-Mark. The Flat. The Good-Luck Ghosts
• Oh and Flats...Yeah Sometimes They're Not Actually Flat
• 7am From My Bedroom Window
• Sleeping on the Job at 10am
• A Mid-day Walk Through the Sidestreets
• Award Ceremony at Noon
• 3pm Girl Power
• 5 O'Clock Rush In the Rickshaw
• Wedding Season Jewelry at 7
• 8pm and On...Lights Up After the Sun Goes Down
• Family Roll Call: Hey D! Your Uncle Says, "Horn OK Please!"
• Family Roll Call: Hey D! Your Fairy Godparents Say They Love You. "Hi Guddi!"
• So You Wear the Chocolate?
• Global Education: Learn English. Talk Smack.
• What Up My Big Thug?
• Somewhere. Someplace. Somebody is Always Doing... the Electric Slide
• Wanted: DJ. Must Have Table-Mounted Speakers and 300ft of Pink Extension Cord
• The Pride Festival Didn't Involve Purple Tank Tops, Trannies, Leather Wear or Any Glitter
• But There Were Lots of Flags and a Ton of Dancing
• Generic Travel (Download) For the Road: Cool Moms.mpg

SEAT 28B, somehwere over the black sea

• Down With the Pretzels!
• Plane Not to Scale. Well, I Mean, Unless I'm Like 1/4 the Size of India

VERSAILLES, france

• Welcome to the...
• Our Tour Guides Spoke the BEST French
• The Gold Really Does Say French but the Floors...Come On. You Know They Say Greek
• Cross Dressing? Smoking? Wow. There's So Much About Santa I Never Knew
• When I Say, "Hedges!" You Say, "Scissors!" Hedges!...
• She Had to Stand There All Day Because She Looks so Much Like King Louis XIV
• Know Why They're Blue? Cause it's -3 Fucking Degrees Outside
• One of These Things
• is Not Like the Others
• After Looking at All 57,000 Postcards and 3 Eiffel Towers the Guy Goes. "Snap. Am I at Versailles?"
• Artichokes and Bacon. What Says Pastry Better?
• Generic Travel Shot for the Road: When in France

PARIS, france

• Joyeux Noel From the Man on the Street
• Joyeux Noel From the Man Upstairs
• For Your Own Safety: Fasten All Footwear With Bows, Ties, or Buckles
• Ha Ha, That Guy Wrote TAMPON on His Sign! Dork.
• When Iconic Drawings Fail and Yet Function Remains
• Who Doesn't Want to Watch TV?
• I'm in the Louvre, Professor Langdon is Filming Outside. Ou Est Sophie?!
• Mark Meier, Meet Peter Paul Rubens
• To Matt With Love, V
• I Look More Like a Roman Emperor When I'm Blurry
• Man? Kitty? Man? Kitty?
• Generic Travel Shot For the Road: Practice Makes Perfect

CERGY "burbs", france

• Welcome to America. I'm Coming Sbarro!
• It's Weird Because I Thought It Was a Shoe

PORT CERGY, france

• An Ode to Jean Luc, Friend of Mark's Dad
• It's Tres Généreux You Have Lent Us Your Flat
• Relax in the States Knowing We'll Clean Your Plates
• And We'll Root For Your Team Like Proper French Fans
• Your Balcony View of This University Town
• Est Le Cadeu Parfait Pour Deux Gosses a Noel

PETROL STOP ON THE A6, france

• Rough Translation: See Cashier for Key to Get In the Door and See Giant, Huge-Ass Baby
• Dewey Decimal, I Feel Your Pain
• If the French Would Put Chimneys in Their Tollbooths It'd Be Easier For Him, I Think
• Generic Travel Shot For the Road: Stretching the Legs, a la Francais

BESANCON, france

• Christmas Tree Lot Minus the Chainlink Fence and the Weird Guy who Lives in the Trailer
• Airwalks, circa 2004. Cobblestones, circa 1650.
• Just to My Left You Can Buy a Gyro Now but a Long Time Ago, Victor Hugo was Born Here
• Generic Travel Shot For the Road: River in Frame

LA CHAUX DE FONDES, switzerland

• Rental Car Wisdom: Drive Through the Highest City in Switzerland. At Night. In Winter!

ZURICH, switzerland

• Proof Required By Parents: Alive and Well.
• The Zucker Makes Hell Worse. I Tried it.
• Loaned Items Go the Best Places. Thanks Mom!
• Eis, Zwei, Druu, Viar. This is How You Learn To Count.
• No Word On Whether He Felt McFresh
• Small World. Same Tests.
• Big Sky Country Now 40% Bigger: Zurich Included!
• The Romantic Bridge Shot
• A Schtange Like This Is Cheaper Than Starbucks
• Generic Travel Shot for the Road: Swiss Man Does Cafe

GARLAND, TX.

• Rob Zombie and Anne Lamott Can Hold it Down for the Honkies From Now On

CEDAR HILL, TX.

• Great Comission + Overzealous Teens + Extensive Use of Murder/Suicide = Hellhouse
• At Least They Made the Junkie White and the Dealer Black so We Can Put Old Stereotypes to Bed
• New Mental Picture Attached to the Phrase, "You Didn't Seem to Have a Problem With it Last Night..."
• Intermission
• Whales are to Skyscrapers as Porn is to...
• Satan Don't Dance He Just Pulls Up His Pants and Leans Back. Leans Back. Leans...
• Now Showing the Theatre Number 7: The Passion
• Now Showing in Theatre Number 666: Constantine

FAIR PARK, TX.

• Texans Are Just so Friendly!
• Proof that to Everyone's Great Disappointment, There Is An Artist on Earth Better Than Katie
• Yes. Yes I Bet You Are.
• The Cry Sounded Like This: "MUAK-AHH-HA-HAWK-MUAK-MUAK!"
• The More You Stare at it, the More You're Just a Little Bit Scared
• I'm Still Undecided so You Tell Me: Jedi or KKK?
• Conflicting Messages
• Guess Why They Call Him "Big Tex?" (Hint: Holy Crap Did You See the Size of the Breasts on That Guy?!"
• Just Know This: I Didn't Use a Zoom Lens

OMAHA, NB.

• The Best Part About Weddings
• Are
• The
• Gaggles
• Of
• Kids
• The Best Part About Kids
• Is What They Look Like on Their Birthday

NEW YORK CITY, NY.

• Mark and Kati-e
• Went to NYC
• I Got Silly
• Mark Smiled Pretty
• And Rode the Subway
• Then Channeled Diddy
• We Did Brooklyn and Hung With Christi
• And Saw the Hole That's Living History
• Then We Saw Art Things Before the Trip's End
• When We Hit Baltimore to Bond With Old Friends

WHEATLAND , MO.

• Later On I Saw Him Doing the Funky Chicken to a Bluegrass Tune
• Pretty Nice Poo Head. Pah--Rit--Tee Nice.
• Like Blackberry. Yum!
• Good to Know They're Still Around
• Hobbies You Never Knew Native Americans Had
• Not an Onomatopoeia, but Darn Close.

NEW CAMBRIA , MO.

• 108 in 2005 When We Stayed For 2 Days
• 80 in the 1880s After They Built It
• 18 and Keeping Up The 1 Tradition in Town
• 60 but Going Approximately 17mph Thinking, "Why's a Weird-Headed Girl Photographing This Here Parade?"

SILVER DOLLAR CITY , MO.

• First There was the Entrance Opening
• Then There was a Big Passageway
• But it Quickly Became About the Nostril Shot at 500ft Below the Earth

BRANSON , MO.

• I Know Salvation is Free and Everything But...
• Yeah. I Was Surprised To See Myself There Too
• Branson's Called "Cheesy Christian Vegas," But Sin City Don't Got This
• What This Has To Do With Enchiladas, We May Never Know
• Next Paint Job For Our Truck

EUREKA SPRINGS , AR.

• Peek-a-Boo Guess Who?!
• Artisans Who Live in"Artisan Towns" Make Stuff Like This
• And This
• And, Unfortunately...This
• The Poor Guy Never Saw it Coming
• The Best Part is That People Actually Say This to One Another
• Perfect
• Fitting in With the Locals
• Are You Fucking Kidding Me After I Walked All This Way?!
• Taxidermist's Interpretation of the Exclaimation Mark
• Whoa am I Ever Romantic!
• Why Living in Prehistoric Times Would Suck

BERRYVILLE , AR.

• Phat Dubs Would Pimp This Whip Out Tight

EAGLE ROCK , AR.

• One Size
• Fits All

MONET(T) , MO.

• Towns Almost Named After My Neice
• Who Knew Jerks Had Special Diet Needs?
• Not to Be Confused With the Cokeheads Meeting at the Town Square

WINDSOR , MO.

• We Were Going to Go But Didn't Want to Spend the Money For Gas
• Farvre! Slavery! Liberty!
• So I'm Getting Gas Next to This Guy Who's Like, "Thems Some Fine Looking Girls"

CLINTON , MO.

• Is That a Good Thing?
• The Obvious Choice to Put Your Town on the Map

KANSAS CITY, MO.

• This Semester Brought to You by the Fine Folks at Jo-Jos Smoke Shack (and Buddha)
• Preference for Supersizing Beginning to Show
• My Cousin Colby, Yeah He Thinks He's This Bad-Ass Photographer but Beat This Colby. Beat. This.
• The Heels Should Have Cleared Up the Confusion, but Alas...
• Great Collaborations of History: Franklin & Meier
• When the State Line Cuts Across Your City

EL DORADO, MO.

• Not Out of Order. Not Broken. But...
• Cross Breeds You Don't Even Want to Imagine
• 1950s + Space For Your Pans = Need For Improved Use of the Comma/Period Combo

BOLIVAR, MO.

• Mean As the Bull She Rides
• To Matt With Love, IV

OSCEOLA, MO.

• New Ideas for Date Night
• Double Dose of Ranch Pants Ass
• It's Fair to Say We Had No Idea What He Was Saying

WARSAW, MO.

• Slight Modification of the Shepard and His Sheep
• Yeah, But Then What Do *They* Do With Them?
• How Yvu Say?

HUMANSVILLE, MO.

• To Matt With Love, III
• Praying God Will Interpret

COLLINS, MO.

• Midwestern Environmentalism
• Blurry But Profound. Prolific. Even Philosophical I Dare Say.
• Haystack Vortex
• Some People Are Just More Creative About Their Propane
• You Know Those Songs About Driving Fast on Back Country Roads?

OKLAHOMA.

• Truck Stop Cultural History
• Things That Cost $40 But I Think Should Cost $2.23
• To Matt With Love, II
• Small Town With Big Prayers

DALLAS, TX.

• The End of A
• The Start of B,C,D,E...
• When You Can't Find a Garden Gnome, Go 10 Commandments
• True Texas Passion
• Fake Texas Wrangling
• Mark Says One Shooter; I Say Two
• Because MLK Has Enough Streets Named After Him
• To Matt With Love

SPRINGFIELD, MO.

DENVER, CO.