So, I was pleasantly surprised to find that my vacation photos had not in fact been lost when I put the memory card in my new camera…

Southbound from Virginia I received a hearty welcome from NC and a place to answer nature’s call.

I was rollin’ down the highway in this fine example of American steel–a retro Chrysler 300.

A fine ride indeed!

Although she did drink the fuel…thankfully Pedro was waiting for me just South of the Border in SC…

Picked my son up from work at the radio network and headed out for dinner in Columbia’s upscale Congaree (river) Vista neighborhood.

Granddaughter Gracyn kept me company at my parent’s house…

The next morning mom and dad and me and Gracie headed out to the ol’ Cracker Barrel for an American-style breakfast.

There’s a knack to doing one of those self portraits…one I obviously lack…

Kevin with the newest addition to the clan, Alexander.  Just turned one year old!

Proof that Kevin was born lucky–sweetheart Lauren…

Lauren, mom and Renee…

Nephew Joshua…

Me and the kids (proof that I’m lucky too!)

Lauren and Renee enjoying Sunday brunch at California Dreaming…

That’s a LG from Korea!

Ain’t he sweet?

I really enjoyed the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum at Dulles…

Ah, give me the days when airlines cared about service…and legroom!

The long trip across the Pacific makes you wish supersonic transport was still available…if not affordable.

That reminds me, I still need to post my photos from Pearl Harbor…

Blackbird singin’ in the dead of night…

The space shuttle Enterprise never left Earth’s atmosphere, but still impressive…

It was really great to see old friends Duke and Dave again and to throw some darts like old times.  Duke’s lovely wife Ji Young seems to have put on a little weight though…

In fact, I do believe she’s even bigger than me these days.  I understand she will be losing the weight in dramatic fashion next week…

Congrats to Duke and Ji Young on the impending birth of their daughter Kyla Kim.

Looking forward to their visit to Korea in August…

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I’m back in Korea after a long exhausting trip.  Physically and emotionally.

Back for the last 100 days of my life in the Land of the Morning Calm.  And my last hundred days as a working man.

Suffice to say it is all getting real.  Very real.  I don’t think I’m scared, but I’m definitely starting to freak out.

Ah well.  Time marches on.

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