Because We Can

  Travel Day 57 - February 29, 2024 -5,405 Steps It was four years ago today that we first saw Sophie. Four wonderful years of RV travel. After living in RV's since 2006 we knew exactly what we wanted and she has turned out to be even better than we expected, Linda keeps wondering if they didn't get the idea for some of the things in the original Star Wars movie from equipment like this. Tokyo has skylines  and more skylines. The Seiko Building. The guide said she studied English all during her time in school including college, but when she graduated she realized she could read and write English but speak or understand spoken English.  She solved that problem by going to New York where she quickly picked up spoken English because she had to to live there. Big Bell. Shrine When entering the shrine , for the paltry sum of 200 yen you could get a piece of paper that gave you either good news or bad news. People leave the bad news ones on these racks. Prayer dolls you could b...

  Travel Day 56 - February 28, 2024 -5,405 Steps Required photo of Mount Fuji taken from our verandah. Closeup ,i.e. telephoto. Required bird photo. Today's excursion was a bus tour around Tokyo. I didn't go, having developed a cough overnight, but we didn't have to pay for the ticket because of the late cancellation because a person on the wait list bought it. Audio only- Linda said the guide was very hard to understand and this short clip to show she really way. Good thing i wasn't along or I wouldn't have understood a word she said. Interesting color for this ready-mix truck. Light rail and skyscrapers galore. TV tower. Pruned gingko tees. Cherry tree. Regular sized trees bonsai trimmed. No kids getting lost during this outing as those pink hats really stand out. Three images of the Palace Plaza Grounds. The tour did not include the palace. Linda liked the way they mark the streets. Bigger vehicles had as many as four mirrors.   Interesting architecture. Linda al...