Hong Kong

Hong Kong Rocks! How can we get an ex-pat assignment there?
I loved how the skyscrapers look as if they are floating on the water.

Scott and John at a restaurant.

View from the peak.

Ferry ride.

John and Scott on the Ferry.

Ditto.

Another view from the peak.

My guys.

Another angle of Hong Kong.

The Smith Family.

John and Scott.

John and his buddy Mario.

Scott and John having lunch.

Here is John on a staircase at a mall... the colors change.

What's with Hong Kong and really big escalators?

Robyn and John at the peak.

Dim sum chefs doing what dim sum chefs do.

We went to this dim sum restaurant and while we sat at our table the line to get in got longer and longer... it was really good dim sum.

We stopped at a cafe one night, we were so close to the street... here is a picture of John with a bus going by behind him.

John using chop sticks.

Streets of Hong Kong.

Scott and John on a crowded street.

John at Bread Talk.

John saw something on t.v. about putting a mentos in a diet coke... what better place to try the experiment than a hotel?

Robyn and John waiting for the train.

Waiting in line at Disney.

More lines at Disney.

This was a display at Disney... it was so pretty I took a picture. The lanterns change color.

Dinner at Disney.

Disney

John and Scott on the train to Disney.

Robyn and John on the train to Disney. This is a public train, but check out the windows.

Ouch!

Disney Hong Kong went 'all-out' for Halloween... here is John and Scott going through a haunted house.

Ditto.

A lot of the bathrooms had tiny toilets for kids... nothing says tourist like taking a picture of a toilet!

Scott and John taking a break on one of the long escalators.

Hey John! Look at the view!

Sushi!

Ditto.

Walking in the rain.

Scott and John doing an impromptu song and dance.Who could ask for anything more.

John and Scott at a really big table.

Seafood.

Oregon

My Father-in-law and his wife live in the most beautiful part of the U.S. (my opinion). The Oregon coast.

John, Scott and John... confusing, huh?

John, John and Scott in front of an enormous fish tank at the Oregon Coast Aquarium.

John doing a seal impression.

The kings of crab in front of a king crab.

One of my favorite things... crabbing. Here is Anne, Scott, Jerry, Marge, John and me on the dock... only caught one that day.

At low tide, Seal Rock beach is an interesting place to see. You can walk on what was below water an hour before. You can see starfish, and urchins, little fish caught in tide pools. Seagulls scavenging for clams and muscles.

Here is a picture of a tide pool. There is a starfish under the rock and some urchins. My father-in-law has taken a picture here before with a rainbow of starfish and urchins.

John and Scott.

John

No one here but us crabs.

Scott and John on the path to the beach.

Scott and me... John took the picture.

Tide-pool-John.

John looking out as far as he can see... trying to see India I think.

John

They say Oregon is where the forest meets the sea.

Robyn, John and Scott in front of Alsea Falls.

Anne, John, Buttons, and Daisy.

Scott and John on a forest path.

Racing up the path.