Above photo:  Elijah on 7/10/02.  Elijah loves to run around the house with this bucket on his head for a hat.  The bucket is really for blocks.

On the morning of 7/23/02.  Hannah, Samuel, and Elijah sleeping together.  Our whole family sleeps on the floor in one community bed.  The kids always seem to gravitate toward each other.

Early morning 7/24/02.  Camping at the Hachinohe coast.  Joseph, Samuel, Elijah and Daddy went for a quick overnight on Tuesday 7/23.  We left home at 5:00 PM and came home at 9:00 the following morning.

This area is a city park.  In the summer they mow the field making it almost like a lawn.

You can see our tent in the distance.  Surprising as it may seem, most parks in Japan don't prohibit campers, probably because almost no one does it except for an adventurous missionary.

7/24/02.  Camping at the Hachinohe coast.

7/24/02.  Samuel and Elijah.  Samuel is on the right.

7/24/02.  Our little tent is on the left.  It's crowded, but very easy to set up and carry.  We put up the tarp to block some of the constant wind and ocean spray.  It kept us a little bit dryer than everything around.  What you can't see in the picture is the tent and tarp flapping in the wind.

7/24/02.  Barefooted and sopping wet, Elijah enjoyed his first camping trip in Japan.

7/24/02.  Samuel on a cliff overlooking the Pacific.

7/24/02.  The three brave campers.  Mommy and Hannah guarded the home fort.

7/24/02.  This is right behind our tent on a cliff overlooking the sea.  Isn't it beautiful.

7/24/02.  Three happy, wet campers.

7/24/02.  The Tanesashi coast as seen from our campsite.

7/24/02.  The Tanesashi coast as seen from our campsite.