I can't even start this blog on Day one because in truth Ronnie and I have already been "in Japan" since the beginning of August. We have been reading tour books, blogs, websites, history books, gathering Data, planning, watching movies, (Lost in Translation, The Last Samurai, Memoirs of A Geisha) and travel video (Anthony Bordaine travel across Japan tasting poisonous fish, nombuku (and Sumo Food in a hot pot) Kaisaki (many course fancy meal) and especially plot...

Woke up tired as usual, finally finished laundry and geared up for rock climbing. Of course Olivia insisted she didn't want to go and ended up not wanting to leave. We drove to Blithe rock ( I think that's what it is called) and put on our gear. Ronnie and Aida went first and both got to the top. Emma started out frustrated but tried a few more times and made it to the top. I made it to a pathetic mid point and came down to which Ronnie said I was acting like I w...

I really don't know how we woke up this morning- dazed and confused Ronnie got us out of the hotel- he even got me to make a full picnic lunch for us at 6am. We took the Gondola into town and met our adaptive van and biking gear. Ronnie got set up in his one off bike and we took a fun hike with Fran and Gracie and Dan while Ronnie rode. Of course Olivia became chummy with Fran right away and had her picking her up and carrying her and telling Fran her whole life ...

Woke up really early, packed up the car and drove to arches before it opened. We spent some time in the visitors center learning about the arches formation ( the oceans flooding and evaporating leaving salt beds for miles piling sand on top Fromm erosion and wind. The sand hardened to rock and water eventually seeped through resolving the salt creating cracks in the rock that eventually gave way to form arches... They think....Of course this process took millions...

We woke up early even though we had nothing to do but relax because we couldn't take our eyes off of the view. It rained all morning and Olivia got frustrated and almost got us kicked out of the hotel with her tantrums! Eventually the sky cleared and we sat by the pool while Emma Hannah and Olivia swam and Aida read. We ate a good cold cut lunch that we made sure to finish by 2:30 so we could make sure to be dairy by 8:30 for s'mores roasting by the campfire. The...