11/7/07: The Lake

Unfortunately, the weather in Lijiang was cold and damp. And after purchasing every fish motifed item (in honor of Dewayne) I could in Old Town, there really wasn't much else to see in the city.

We did, however, venture to this lake for a romantic paddle. It is always fun to be the third wheel.



My date, the boat captain:





A scene out of The Notebook:





This picture reminds me of a Successories mouse pad. I title it: Persistence.



Josh and Haley were brave enough to conquer this primitive squatter. Kudos. I, on the other hand, would rather be parched in order not to perch.



Warning, brief soap box moment: This poor creature was caged outside of our hot pot restaurant. Large strides in animal rights are needed.



Off the soap box, as we are already unable to access our blog from mainland China.

Due to inclement weather, we prepared for treacherous hiking conditions on our upcoming two day hike of Tiger Leaping Gorge.

Josh, was enamored by his shoe hunt while Haley and I shopped for some sexy 5 kuai long underwear. Fortunately, we were blessed with fantastic weather on the hike and shed these bad boys as we leapt the gorge.