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Summer 2016 in America

August 31st, 2016 · No Comments · Uncategorized

We were blessed to spend much of August in America with family and friends.  While there, we traveled to Park City, Utah to be with our oldest son and visited this place:Park City Hospital

No, it’s not a mountain lodge – it’s the Park City hospital.  Our son was getting outpatient knee surgery, and we were able to drive him around town for a few days (while his wife was at a conference):Home from Hospital at 1300 hrsWe drove to the nearby Uinta mountains for a picnic lunch:Lunch Spot Susan and Stephen at LakeWe’ve seen “share the road” signs before like this one:Share the Road with Bikesbut this was the first place where we saw this type of “share the road” sign:Share the Road with CowsBack in SC, we were joined by our daughter, son-in-law, and grandsons for a vacation at Cherry Grove Beach.  The weather was nice and hot, providing 87 degree water:Toss ElijahSam Splash

We like the wide-open, uncrowded beach here:Piggbackers Sandcastle

We also enjoyed the pool at the condo: Toss the boysand miniature golf:GolfersWe tried some fishing, too, but there wasn’t much action.  We did catch some mullet with a cast net:Castanet Fish in the netand our daughter and son-in-law both caught a black drum at the nearby inlet:Black DrumBut even if the fish aren’t biting, it can be pleasant to stand in the surf on a warm, moonlit night:Moonlight fishingNow that we’re back in China, solitude will be much harder to come by…

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