We drove up to the northernmost tip of the island, Cape Hedo, yesterday. It only took about 1 1/2 hours or so to get there (I think). The kids found the trip less than thrilling. :)
Here's a
map of the island to give you an idea. We live about at letter H on this map and Cape Hedo is on the northern tip.
Here are some views of the ocean (West side of the island - East China Sea side) as we drove up north.
Here we are at a monument at Cape Hedo. It had a lot of volcanic looking rock there and quite a view.
Scott and the kids...we were trying in vain to get everyone looking in the same direction.
Some of the views reminded us of Hawaii
Here we are having a little picnic lunch. The kids were excited because stray cats kept coming around trying to get our food.
Anna works on an apple with her four teeth.
Matthew poses by the vending machine. He made his first vending machine purchase today. He bought a fruit punch. There are vending machines all over the place here...like on abandoned corners in the middle of nowhere and on suburban street corners. It used to seem odd to me, but not so much any more.
It took us 3+ hours to get home (or at least it seemed super long) 'cause we went down the other side of the island on the way back. There were a lot of winding jungle roads and steep cliff views on the way back. Here are some views driving home - the east side of the island (Pacific Ocean side). Also reminiscent of Hawaii.
A row of seawall jacks. I don't know what these are really called, but we call them jacks 'cause they look like giant cement version of jacks (as in the child's game). I think they use them as an ocean break, and reinforcement for seawalls and I think they make great homes for little sea animals too. It was a fun little trip.
We drove up to the northernmost tip of the island, Cape Hedo, yesterday. It only took about 1 1/2 hours or so to get there (I think). The kids found the trip less than thrilling. :)
Here's a map of the island to give you an idea. We live about at letter H on this map and Cape Hedo is on the northern tip.
Here are some views of the ocean (West side of the island - East China Sea side) as we drove up north.
Here we are at a monument at Cape Hedo. It had a lot of volcanic looking rock there and quite a view.
Scott and the kids...we were trying in vain to get everyone looking in the same direction.
Some of the views reminded us of Hawaii
Here we are having a little picnic lunch. The kids were excited because stray cats kept coming around trying to get our food.
Anna works on an apple with her four teeth.
Matthew poses by the vending machine. He made his first vending machine purchase today. He bought a fruit punch. There are vending machines all over the place here...like on abandoned corners in the middle of nowhere and on suburban street corners. It used to seem odd to me, but not so much any more.
It took us 3+ hours to get home (or at least it seemed super long) 'cause we went down the other side of the island on the way back. There were a lot of winding jungle roads and steep cliff views on the way back. Here are some views driving home - the east side of the island (Pacific Ocean side). Also reminiscent of Hawaii.
A row of seawall jacks. I don't know what these are really called, but we call them jacks 'cause they look like giant cement version of jacks (as in the child's game). I think they use them as an ocean break, and reinforcement for seawalls and I think they make great homes for little sea animals too. It was a fun little trip.
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