Blogging through the night in China

I was so exhausted when I posted the last blog entry. Actually I still am, but I woke up and had to go to the bathroom a bit ago, and when I laid back down in bed I could not get back to sleep. I looked a the clock and it was a little after 3:00 AM. My cruel, cruel body-clock was suggesting we go find someplace good for lunch. I'm sitting at the desk now listening to the thunderstorm outside. I can see the flash of lightening around the edge of the curtains every so often and can faintly hear the steady tattoo of the heavy rain falling on the street below our hotel room window. It was hot and hazy here when we arrived, with very thick smog, so I am hoping this storm cleans the air up for us, but lets up in time to let us get outside later on.

So, my insomnia allows you to enjoy some pictures of our trip so far. I have not done as well with the camera as I had hoped so far (really missing Cam and Ben here for that) but will try to do better as we go ahead.

I forgot to mention that on our way to the airport in Seattle we stopped in Marysville to drop off Ben with my Mom and Sister. We left our van there and took a shuttle to the airport. While we were there we met Tanya Cecil and her children. She and her husband adopted their son Brandon in February (need to fact-check this date) from Baoding (where Kai used to live. This is the first time we've been able to get the boys together.


More Random Photos...

Flying over Mount Adams (? I think it's Adams - feel free to correct if you recognize the peak)


In flight status update shortly after take-off from LAX. (it feels good to be over 7000 miles away from that airport)


Kai enjoying his backpack full of activities Cathay Pacific Airlines gave him on the plane...


Kai enjoying the kid's HDTV setup in the Hong Kong Airport...


Thunderheads outside the airport in Hong Kong...


A few pictures from Baoding...






Okay, Kai was stirring and I've moved him into bed with Tina. I need to lay back down and pretend to sleep for a while now. I know there's more stuff I meant to write, but the synapses aren't all working correctly - hopefully I'll get a little more sleep and improve their connections. Good night again.

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