Happy Birthday Jordan - September 29

Celebrating Jordan's Birthday.

He is getting so old that Marilyn had to assist
with blowing out all of those 14 candles!

Summer Fun - Topsail Beach, NC

Jordan learned some new things from his cousins
this summer. Some good things and............

Some well not so good. Of course, this will be
blamed on his cousins and certainly NOT his
Mother!!

Look What We Found - The Letter Box At The Peak

The Letter Box was found

Now to do our stamping

Checking out their stamp

Replacing the Letter Box for the next person
to find.

The search is on for the Letter Box

They're off.............

Looking................

Still searching for the letter box

Adventure in Letter Boxing at The Peak

Jordan & David are studying the clues to start
our adventure to find the "Letter Box". You can
find an explanation of Letter Boxing on the internet
at atlasquest.com.

I think they have figured out where we should
start from the clues.

Our starting point is at the "Peak" and this is
the view from the Peak!

Checking out the view.

Marilyn and her friend, Jessica are ready to
begin the search! Stay tuned for the results of
our search.

Celebrating Mid-Autumn Festival

The Moon Festival (also called the Moon or Mid-
Autumn Festival). When the moon is at its maximum
brightness for the entire year, the Chinese celebrate
"Zhong Qiu Jie" which means "Mid-Autumn Festival.

Marilyn & Jordan joining in on the celebration.....

But they will not eat the Mooncakes! Mooncake
is a Chinese pastry traditionally eaten during the
Mid-Autumn Festival. Mooncakes are rich, heavy,
and dense and a thick pasty filling is surrounded
by a relatively thin crust & may contain yolks from
salted duck eggs.

They prefer just to participate in some of the
games.

Jordan at School - Peak Trip Last Year

Jordan went on a school trip last year to
Northern China. There he is with his white
ball cap, gray shorts and like all the rest his red
Peak sweatshirt. This year his trip will be in
another country???

Getting energized for the hike up.
There he is, in his white cap in the rear
with his blue back pack.

This will be dinner!

A 100 year old woman, telling a China Story.
Jordan still has his white cap on!

Back To School In Hong Kong

We are back in Hong Kong and Jordan & Marilyn
have entered Middle & High School.

School has been in session here going on the
third week now.

Going Down in an elevator to catch the bus at the
podium is quite different than walking out your
front door and down the street to the bus stop.