March 7
It was a showery day today, so we were glad that Nancy’s landlady had given us umbrellas on our way out. We walked through the Kodaira Raien (cemetary) to Kodaira station, up to Yasaka station along the Tamako pedestrian and bike greenway, had a brief stop at the Daiei department store so the girls could […]
March 5th
The day got a much earlier start than I was hoping for. Miwa woke me up at 3:30 to go to the bathroom, then she complained that she was hot, so I took her temperature. 38.7C! Advil for her! Unfortunately, between her next 2 trips to the toilet, her tossing and turning, and Jill’s intermittent […]
Japan 2016, February 28 to March 4
February 28 First a little background. Why Japan? Well, Jill’s sister, Nancy, has been teaching English in Japan for about 10 years now. She has been teaching in Kashima, but just got a job in Tokyo. I had booked vacation time for this period when we had been planning to take a 5 week road […]
January 29th -31st
We toured the Fort Stevens park after breakfast, accidentally taking a turn into a residential area, populated mainly by a herd of elk. We got re-oriented and made it out to the ocean. However, it was very windy, so we didn’t linger long on the beach. After having lunch and packing up, we headed out […]