Photos from Shanghai

View of Skyline from Huangpu Riverboat Cruise (Yeah, It Looks Better at Night!)

View of Huangpu River From Our Hotel Room

Photos in the Shanghai Old City (Well I Guess the Emperors Needed Starbucks Too)

Chairman Mao Looking Skeptical

Typical Back Street that Government Guides Don't Show You (Duck Feet Anyone?)

Typical Street Scene in Shanghai

Photos from Xian

Concert and Dance Theatre in Xian

The Terra Cotta Soldiers

Tree in Xian Just Starting to Bloom

Xian City Wall at Night

Typical Toilet (Don't Forget to Bring Your Own TP!)

Small Goose Pagoda in Xian (Yes, We Made it to the Top!)

Beijing Photos

Acrobatics Show

Rides for the Tourists

The Great Wall

Parking Lot in Beijing

The Forbidden City

Patriot at Tiananmen Square

Lance with Marble Boat at Beijing Summer Palace

Paso Robles, CA - Feb 2007

We took a four day trip in our newly acquired RV (bought in partnership with Sandy & Paul Swanson). We visited a couple of wineries in the area, visited several quaint towns along the coast (Morro Bay, Cambria) and took some lovely drives along the Pacific Coast Highway as far north as San Simeon and Ragged Point where the steep cliffs along the coast begin. The highlight was seeing hundreds of Elephant Seals on the beach near San Simeon. The bull seals are bigger than an SUV and were fighting over their harems. Altogether it was a wonderful trip and the RV very comfortable.

Cambria

San Simeon

Fighting Bull Elephant Seals Near San Simeon

Elephant Seals

Ragged Point

Morro Bay

Christmas 2006 in Maryland

We spent two weeks in Maryland around Christmas and enjoyed seeing the children and grandchildren at Christmas and New Year's Day. Our accommodations for most of the time was a house exchange in Annapolis, Maryland. We also had a nice side trip to New Brunswick, NJ to see Lance's brother Dave and his wife Kathy. The YouTube clip below is from Kate's first encounter with Santa (enjoy!).

Grace with Big Bear

Beth, Steve & Sue

Lance, Grace, EJ, Denise, Dahlia, Sue, Paul, Kate & Amanda

Meg and Amanda

Cancun, Mexico - December 2006

We spent the first week of December in Cancun at our timeshare at the Royal Carribean. This year our daughter Sue, son-in-law Paul and grandchildren Grace (4) and Kate (18 mo.) joined us and we all had a wonderful time.