DAY TRIP TO RED LEAF VALLEY

Jason and Tanner are coming to Beijing this Friday night. We will go to Beijing and meet them at the airport and then stay two days in Beijing to see all the sights there. Then on to Jinan by the fast train late Sunday night. They will stay a week or more with us. We are so excited to see them and hope their long intercontinental flight is a good one. See you soon guys.

The Red Leaves were out this year when we went to Red Leaf Valley with Morgan and Luci Jones... We took a city bus (3 yuan) all the way to the site (1 hour) and then a taxi (40 yuan total) up the mountain to the resort. We enjoyed walking the site and took a golf cart part of the way. It was beautiful with the fall leaves and this is where we "RELAXED OURSELVES"...as they say in China.

Yes, this is a BLACK SWAN. Dana loves swans.

This is the tunnel into the Bird Sanctuary which is entirely covered with netting.