I had a fantastic trip visiting family and friends in the U.S. Here are just a couple of quick pictures, and hopefully I'll get a more complete trip account posted soon.I took the train from my city to Tokyo and then on to Narita near the airport. My friends Mondo & Aiko met me and we visited Narita temple, had lunch together, and hung out until my plane left. The first picture is Mondo and Aiko standing in front of the main entrance to Narita temple.
One of the things I love about my city Portland, Oregon is all the beautiful lights at Christmas (and at other times too, actually). This is a photo of an old Victorian style house that is decorated with 1,000,000 lights every Christmas (yes, really-one million!).
The second half of my vacation was spent in San Jose, California with family including my cousins and their families and my uncle & aunt. The first and last days I spent there, the weather was fantastic--unfortunately, an Alaskan storm front arrived the day after I did, but that's another story... This is the sunset the FIRST day I was there.
More later . . .
