Summertime
The best way to sum up the past 2 months is through pictures: First stop Wasilla, AK, where we spent time with Damon's family. Picnicing and hiking with friends at Hatcher's Pass. We kept ourselves busy. Damon built a tool shed for his dad, and took a trip to Kodiak. I took a knitting class, and made a scarf and dish cloth. Kodiak, AK A highlight of the summer was our trip to Hong Kong and Japan. View of Hong Kong Incense burners in a temple Gates to a Shinto temple in Kyoto, Japan Golden temple in Kyoto Dinner in our ryokan in Kanazawa, Japan Bamboo forest in Kyoto Taking a drink from a fountain of wisdom in Kyoto Kanazawa Garden Japanese lantern in Kanazawa Garden Sake kegs outside the gates of a buddhist temple A highlight of the trip was visiting the family that Damon stayed with when he was an exchange student to Kanayama, Japan. We stayed with Tony (far left), from Ketchikan, AK, and his family. After we returned to the states, we headed down to Missouri to v