son of soy » Marnie http://www.sonofsoy.com things i've seen : rick elizaga Fri, 07 Oct 2011 11:07:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 KIX to SFO to PDX to SEA to NRT http://www.sonofsoy.com/2005/05/06/family-friends/kix-to-sfo-to-pdx-to-sea-to-nrt/ http://www.sonofsoy.com/2005/05/06/family-friends/kix-to-sfo-to-pdx-to-sea-to-nrt/#comments Fri, 06 May 2005 20:57:15 +0000 Rick Elizaga http://www.sonofsoy.soybox.com/2005/05/06/uncategorized/kix-to-sfo-to-pdx-to-sea-to-nrt/ Visited the homeland again for 10 days last month to see friends and family: Osaka to San Francisco, then to Washington by way of Portland, then Seattle to Tokyo. Not enough time to see everyone, but I did catch:

Bay Area: Kid-sitting my nephews while their parents attend a wedding.
Above, left: Kite flying on what I thought was a windless day.
Above, right: My sister Marnie showing off her new mehndi.

Washington State: More time with family:

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Mom watching the inauguration of the Pope.

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Dad wayfinding in the backyard with his RoadMate GPS system and portable battery pack.

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My brother Andrew at REI in Seattle, where we attended a presentation by a couple who circumnavigated Iceland in kayaks.

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