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It is time to go get Emersyn from camp. She has been gone for two weeks and we all miss her…probably more than she misses us. Skylake Camp is located about 45 minutes outside of Yosemite National Park. We haven’t been to Yosemite since Emersyn was 18 months old when we went for a […]
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Emersyn is off to her first over-night sleep camp. This camp only offers 2-weeks as a minimum stay. The Greer children, Katy and Margaret, have gone for the past 3 years and love it. Emmy could not go to the same session (D) as Margaret because it was full and we needed to come […]
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Estes Park is a 3.5 hour drive from Mitchell. If Grandpa had his way, he would have us on the road at 5am “to beat the traffic”. Not sure what traffic Grandpa is referring to in Nebraska! We talked him into 7am. After being out late for the 4th of July, 7am was plenty […]
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Spring forgot to come to Shanghai, therefore, we went in search of the sun for Spring Break. We found the sun in Phuket, Thailand. Emersyn had a week off which turned into nine days due to the additional days given by the Shanghai government for the opening of the World Expo on May 1st. […]
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Eleri is off from school all week for spring Break. Emersyn has Thursday and Friday off for school conferences. Jennifer Jenkins decided it was a perfect time to go see the Giant Pandas in Chengdu. She organized a “Mom and Kid” trip through the travel agent, Country Holidays. She invited us, the Humes and […]
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This weekend was Hong Kong Seven’s rugby weekend. Or as Brenda calls it – “Executive Spring Break”. This is because it is a boys’ weekend to Hong Kong for 2 1/2 days of rugby, drinking and general debauchery. View for the South Stands The South Stands of Hong Kong stadium are […]
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Chinese New Year is a special holiday for the Chinese as our Christmas is for us. It is all about family and traditions. For all of us expats, it is about the get-away holiday as the children and the fathers have a week off. This year we decided to go on a big adventure […]
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The first adventure in 2010…Harbin, China. Harbin is located in the far north region of China near the vast sub-Siberian plains. We have had Harbin on our list of places to visit for the last few years. A couple of reasons have kept us from Harbin. One it is very cold, -30c/-22f. […]
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This post comes with a warning: It is an extremely long post. If you have the time, get a cup of coffee, tea or soda before you begin. Enjoy! Day One – Travel day to Chiang Mai, Thailand Our adventure began with a flight through Bangkok for the first leg of our flight […]
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As we had such a fun time in Yangshuo in 2008, we made plans to go again this year for Thanksgiving. This time we had four other families traveling with us. The families were the Humes: Mary, John, Kelly (9), Erin (7); the Jenkins: Jennifer, Scott, Sean (9), Sophie (7); the Bishops: […] |