
    var leftMarginImages = new makeArray(
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/plantcones.jpg' alt='' width='170'>",        
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/Anaheim-P4010012.jpg' alt='' width='170'>",        
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/Anza_100_0351.JPG' alt='' width='170'>",        
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/Anza-IM002150.JPG' alt='' width='170'>",        
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/Bolsa-IMG_0223.jpg' alt='' width='170'>",    
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/JTree-IMG_0218.jpg' alt='' width='170'>",        
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/JTree-IMG_0251.jpg' alt='' width='170'>",        
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/JTree-IMG_0373.JPG' alt='' width='170'>",        
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/JTree-IMG_0421.JPG' alt='' width='170'>",
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/BG-Tahquitz-IMG_0707.jpg' alt='' width='170'>",
        "<img src='images/leftmargin/skull.jpg' alt='' width='170'>"
    );

    var leftMarginImageTxt = new makeArray(
        "Anaheim Independencia<br>April, 2006",
        "Anaheim Independencia<br>April, 2006",
        "Anza Borrego Desert State Park<br>May, 2006",
        "Anza Borrego Desert State Park<br>May, 2006",
        "Bolsa Grande High School",
        "Joshua Tree National Park<br>May, 2006",
        "Joshua Tree National Park<br>May, 2006",
        "Joshua Tree National Park<br>May, 2006",
        "Joshua Tree National Park<br>May, 2006",
        "San Jacinto Wilderness<br>Bolsa Grande Highschool<br>May 2006",
        "Crystal Cove State Park<br>August, 2004"

    );
    
    var leftMarginRand = getRandNum(1,leftMarginImages.length+1);

    function makeArray() {
        this.length = makeArray.arguments.length
        for (var i = 0; i < this.length; i++) {
            this[i + 1] = makeArray.arguments[i];
        }
    }

    function getRandNum(from,to){

        temp = parseInt((Math.random() * (to-from)) + (from));
        while (isNaN(temp)) {
            temp = parseInt((Math.random() * (to - from)) + (from));
        }
        return temp;
    }

    function getLeftMarginImage(idx) {
      return leftMarginImages[idx];
    }
   
   
    function getLeftMarginImageTxt(idx) {
      return leftMarginImageTxt[idx];
    }
   
    function getNumLeftMarginImages() {
       return leftMarginImages.length;
    }

