Thursday July 15, 1999: Running on Empty

Since we could not sleep, getting up at 3:00AM was not as great a hardship as it might have been.
Us is Kathryn, Paige (8yrs), Rose (6yrs), Beth (3yrs) and me (age intentionally undisclosed).

Our neighbor Richard Marques drove us to the airport so that we could start our journey at 4:00AM. At times like this you find who your real friends are.

Long wait in Austin airport... and Memphis... and Detroit.

My aunt Mary and cousin Diane and her daughter meet us in Detroit. They where kind enough to waited with us for 4 hours and entertain our children.

Friday July 16, 1999: China at last.

Best hotel of the entire trip. Palace Museum, The Great Wall, Friendship store (our first of many), Pearl factory, and Heat Exhaustion. 

That about sums up our first full day in China.

The excitement level is very high. We can not think of anything but the Mu Ying waiting for us in Nan Chang.

Saturday July 17, 1999: Site Seeing….

Sunday July 18, 1999: Nan Chang and Mu Ying

Mu Ying seems to fit in and accept us. Things are not great but this is better than expected.

The Day ends with Mu Ying crying to go home.