Girls' goodbye to Great Grandpa

Crater Lake

Wilsons visit the RV

Back Yard Fun in Bellevue

Friend Fun

Johanna and Grandpa Joe

Cousin Fun

Ivars Fish and Chips at Mukilteo

Sundown on the Big Blue

Depoe Bay Rocks

Lydia on the Beach at Depoe Bay, OR

Sands Down the Best Dune Fun on any Coast

Pistol River, Oregon - USA

Maggie Sees a Seal

Seeing the Pacific Ocean at Patrick's Point

Family Farewell to America

When you're away from your homeland, you want to see some of the places that make it great.

Thank God we got to see the Redwood Forest.

AWEsome Tree Pillars

Got to see the world's tallest trees on our way down the west coast, which was the first leg of our journey back to a prairie nation pretty short on trees.

Fallout from Froze Out Herds

Here's a good article on Mongolia's recent extreme winter and the resulting poverty cycle.

http://www.eurasianet.org/node/61446

Johanna turns five years old

We spent the 4th of July celebrating Johanna's birthday along with America's before leaving for Mongolia.