Life has been good. Mom and Cam came out to see me about at the beginning of August, which was a blast. Work is going good, ups and downs I guess, but more ups.

I am hoping to come back to the states for Christmas. I am trying to be in Colorado on Christmas day, spend time in CO, then be in San Francisco for New Year's.

These are some photos of our trip. They are in reverse chronological order, I'm sorry, but its ok.

The last day in Kyoto we went to the Manga Museum, which was a basically a giant library of comics from the 40's.

This picture needs no caption, really. It was strange to have studied this building for so many years, see it in so many textbooks. It's a great reminder of so many things.

Good picture, huh. I really like this place. It's called Itsukushima.

We went for a hike on the Itsukushima island. Mom did great :)

A picture of the shrine at low tide. Mom's a legend in this picture.

On our hike, as you got closer to the top, there were little buddha saying, "come on cam, do a little tai chi."

One for the scrap book.

The sign was cool.

At Tenryuji in Kyoto. Cam lookin good.

At Tenryuji.

This is one of my favorite spots in Japan. The big buddha in Nara.

Mom and cam burning some incense in front of the big buddha.

Kinda a funny picture. It might look fake, but it's as real as can be.

In Nara, there are deer everywhere, and people sell deer snacks. It's good fun. We saw a little girl get chased around by a deer because she had some food. She threw the food down, and started crying.

The first world heritage site we visited.

So those are some of my better picture. To all my family and friends, wishing you the best.