More snow!

Another snowstorm came to town. Fortunately, we only got 6 inches.  I hope that's our biggest of the year!

 Bolts feet get cold, so he doesn't last too long

 Fortunately, a park near us plows their paths, so we could take Bolts for a walk.

It's supposed to be in the 40's this week - so melt, melt, melt!!!

Chris' China Trip

Chris had to go to China for a business trip!  His first time & it was definitely an experience.  Fortunately, his company has a facility in Xiamen, China which is on the southern coast.  It was warm (er) and had clean air.

The trip takes so long, so it's not something he plans on doing very often.

 

A local market - Xiamen

 

 Xiamen is an island - so water is nearby at all times.

 auto store

 Restaurant - pick your own fish on the way in...

 Co workers

 They did visit another facility in Shenzhen - which was a 4 hour train ride (south, near Hong Kong).  He said it was much dirtier than Xiamen - more of what we would expect of China.  Shenzhen has 13 million people (Xiamen has 3 million)

 More poverty in Shenzhen. 

 Back in Xiamen - demographics show a young crowd.  Chris said the average age at that facility was 25.

 Xiamen is a growing community for sporting events.  They have a half marathon; marathon; and now an Ironman 70.3 (half ironman).  They have some beautiful roads to run - that are palm tree lined & also have statues of runners.

 The Xiamen facility is super clean

 They had a 10 year anniversary party.  All the employees formed groups and gave performances

 Chris' hotel

 Xiamen is almost directly west of Taiwan

 Shenzhen is near Hong Kong

What an experience! 

Winter has arrived!

Last week, we had a small snow shower - just enough to cover the ground

 

 We went to the forest and walked for a bit - the snow was pretty cold on Bolts feet though

 He much prefers chillin' with Bean

That snow melted, just in time for us to get another storm, that brought 3-4 inches.  Just enough to be annoying.  And it's staying cold, so this will probably be with us for a while.  Of course, they are predicting a big storm this next weekend.  I really hope it's a small one...

 We did manage to get to the beach between snows.  It was a relatively calm day, so the chill was bearable :)  Winter has arrived!!