It’s getting cooler now here.  I’m looking forward the change in the colors of the leaves, but not the cold.  I’m enjoying Sasebo.  We are very busy with work right now.  In fact, I was at work until 2am today.

Some of the good things I’ve been able to do this past summer is climb Mt. Aso in Kumamoto, Taradake in Isahaya, and Mt. Fuji.  Mt. Aso was very beautiful and the view was great.  Hiking on Taradake in Isahaya was through the trees and kind of a strenuous climb at parts.  It took us 7-1/2 hours to climb.  Mt. Aso was only abour 4 or 5 hours.  Mt. Fuji is beautiful from far away, but on the mountain, it is very rocky.  The climb is only really hard because of the altitude.  There’s no air.  It took about 6 hours to climb up, and 2 hours to climb down.  I got to see the sunrise on Mt. Fuji.  Now that was something to see.  The sun rose between two layers of clouds.  It’s a unusual thing to have clouds below you and above you.  But it was the most beautiful sunrise I’ve ever seen.

I’ve included a couple collages of pictures.  Please take a look.  Well, that’s it for now.  Got a busy couple days ahead.   Take care.

佐世保市から、
Cary