Diane Drake, a frequent visitor to the Spring Garden area of Cherokee County, usually pick up copies of The Post to keep up with local news, and will often pack them for reading while traveling. Recently, she found a copy in her luggage while traveling in Morocco. Above, Diane holds up The Post while resting on the Erg Chebbi dunes near the village of Merzouga, on the western edge of the Sahara desert.

Marine Corps Capt. John F. Allsup, Jr. (holding The Post), a resident of Cherokee County, is our first entry in the 2008 Post Photo Patrol Contest. Allsup is pictured above with a group of Iraqi tribal fighters and their family members near the Euphrates River in a rural area south of Falluja, Iraq (the palm trees is the background lie along the bank of the river). Allsup reports that these tribal fighters were instrumental in helping the marines defeat al Qaeda and other insurgent groups in the area.

Michael And Tiffany Lee, Leesburg, in front of Alltel Arena in Downtown Little Rock, Ark. during a singing trip. Mike is a Southern gospel singer and was performing in Arkansas.

Stanley and Beverly Lee, Leesburg, at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn.

Kailee (5) and Kendall (2) Tucker, Katy, Texas, pose with Winnie the Pooh at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Fla. The girls traveled to the resort with their parents and grandmother Mary Lee Tucker, Centre, where they informed Winnie that the poinsettias along Main Street were grown in Cherokee County.

Cedar Bluff First Baptist Church Youth Leader Scott Hays (lying down) and his church youth group recently traveled to Ellijay, Ga. on a fellowship trip.

Joey Weaver, Leesburg, and Stephanie Barnes, Cedar Bluff, with a copy of The Post during the New Year's celebration in downtown Gatlinburg, Tenn.

Calvin Deering (right) and his grandson traveled to Hawaii and had their photo taken with The Post in front of Dog the Bounty Hunter's office on the island of Oahu.

Randy Flippen and Gary Wilson, both of Cedartown, Ga., visited Nagoya Castle in Nagoya, Japan and remembered to pack along a copy of The Post.

Brett Allen, a sophomore at Spring Garden High School, traveled to Europe as a member of the Huntsville Delegation of People to People Ambassadors. Brett visited England, France, The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Switzerland. Here, she poses with a copy of The Post on the streets of London.

Curtis and Mischa Vaughn recently visited Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. It was their first vacation off the mainland and their first plane ride.

Ralph and Faye Hilburn (left) and Buddy and Rita Knapp, all of Centre, vacationed at Turtle Bay Resort on the island of Oahu in Hawaii. They also visited Diamond Head, Dole Plantation, Aloha Stadium and Sunset Point Beach.

Ashley Doublet, New Smyrna Beach, Fla., granddaughter of Muffin Caldwell, Leesburg, had her grandma snap this photo of her with The Post while she was in a roller coaster hanging off the edge of the Stratosphere in Las Vegas.

Sharon Guyton, Centre, had this photo taken while she was in Anchorage, Alaska for a Christmas visit with her grandchildren, Danielle and Curtiss. She said the temperature was around 5 below zero this particular morning.

Carol Young Singleton, Centre, spent November traveling Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania and Fiji. Above, she poses with a copy of The Post at Mt. Cook National Park in New Zealand.

Eyvone Turner and Stacy Martin recently traveled to Zambia, Africa on a mission trip.

Morgan Davis, a University of Alabama student from Cedar Bluff, recently traveled to Amman, Jordan with her family. Here, she poses with The Post alongside the Dead Sea, with the West Bank in the background.

Jack and Janice Paulk, Centre, visited the Bahamas and remembered to pack a copy of The Post.

U.S. Army Reserve Sgt. Phillip Vargo, Gadsden, who also has family in Leesburg, is in Afghanistan supporting the war on terrorism as part of Operation Enduring Freedom. Here, Sgt. Vargo poses with The Post at the post office in Baghram, Afghanistan.

Levi Austin Crabtree, the newborn son of Bubba and Candice Crabtree, Centre, couldn't wait to get here so he could pick up a copy of The Post. Levi was born on Feb. 27.

David, Elizabeth and Ashley Stinson recently visited the office of their U.S. congressman, John Lewis of Georgia. They posed with The Post with the U.S. Capitol in the background.

Harold Laney recently traveled to Nicaragua, and remembered to pack along a copy of The Post. He posed with it in the capital city of Managua.

A group of 8th graders from Centre Middle School, along with their parents and several teachers, recently spent their spring break holiday in California. While there, they traveled to San Francisco, Santa Barbara, Hollywood, Venice Beach and Los Angeles. Above, the students pose with The Post at the Twin Peaks overlook in San Francisco.

Amanda Smeltzer Gibson, daughter of Dr. Clark and Beth Smeltzer, traveled to Japan in April as part of an international exchange program between the University of Tennessee and Hiroshima University. Amanda said her favorite place during the visit was Miyajima, near Hiroshima. While there, she posed with The Post in front of the Itsukushima Shrine.

Dwight and Nancy Andrews flew to Stuttgart, Germany to visit family and for the reenlistment of their son, Staff Sergeant Christopher B.Wiley, in the United States Army. Christopher is the grandson of Hazel Cothran and late Buford Cothran, and is originally from Centre. He attended Cherokee County Elementary and Middle School and graduated from Armuchee, Ga. in 1996.

Joan May (left) an Ginger Cobia recently returned from a 16-day trip to Australia and New Zealand. While there, they visited the Great Barrier Reef, a crocodile farm, and indigenous tribe, the Parliament House, the Royal Botanical Gardens, the Sydney Opera House, and a wildlife park where they were allowed to hold a koala bear. Above, Joan and Ginger pose with the cuddly cutie and a copy of The Post.

Tunie Holder of Summerville, Ga. recently traveled to Ireland and remembered to pack a copy of The Post. While there, she visited the Cliffs of Moher (above) at Blarney Castle -- where she kissed the Blarney stone -- and the Tea House at the Japanese Gardens in Dublin.

Unidentified couple in Santa Cruz, Calif. If this is you please email your name and hometown to info@postpaper.com.