Back in the PRC

We're back from our trip to the US. It was good to visit with friends and family in Fairfax, Raleigh and Newport News.

The 50th wedding anniversary party was awesome. Visited with some people I had not seen in over 20 or 30 years. Wow! Also got to jam with the boys in the band. That's always fun.

The flights to and from China were long but uneventful with one cool thing. The flight from Chicago to Shanghai first heads north over Canada's Hudson Bay, goes across the Arctic Ocean east of the North Pole, and then down over Siberia and Beijing before landing in Shanghai after 14hrs and 16minutes. The cool thing is that the flight is in daylight the whole time and on this particular day(s), the skies were clear allowing great views of the still frozen Hudson Bay and its tributaries, and of the completely frozen Arctic Ocean. I did not take any photos out the window. Bummer. Anyway the views were fantastic.

-john