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Google Photos to the Rescue

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I had a very pleasant experience with my phone recently. It was one of those situations where I needed to get an answer quickly, but did not expect to find it. Not only did I find what I was looking for, but the ease of which I found it caused me to give a silent high-five to the developers who made it possible. My wife texted me and wanted to know the name and location of the apple orchard we went to last year. As she was trying to coordinate plans with relatives, time and accuracy was important. Now, my memory is like the Heisenberg uncertainty principle - I can tell you where I went to lunch last week, and I can tell you what I ate, but I couldn't tell you both. I really needed help to solve this apple orchard conundrum. I remembered that I had the Google Photos app on my phone, and it seemed to have some search capability, so that was my first stop. I opened the app, hit the prominent search button, scrolled down to places, and hey - there's a picture of my kids by