Tuesday I received a bag of more fabric from Sister Baird. Not sure what to do with it. It doesn't have the little Mary and angel fabric in it like it was so post too. It only has stripes and a dark brown. I don't have time between now and the pageant to make all new children costumes. The ones we have can be used for Joseph, Shepherds and Wise Men. There is nothing that looks like Mary and an Angel, so that needs to be done! Worked on costumes again with Julie and Joyce Pascual (Jelica and Jerico's Mom in my Sunday school class) Both helped a huge amount. I have decided I need to cut the Inn Keepers Wife and Mary's vest down so they don't look as big. That will have to wait till next week.
Wednesday morning was spent packing and getting everything done for us to leave after school while Adam finished up a few things for work. We needed to get right on the road after school to avoid traffic. I walked down to school to get the girls because it is to hard to drive and park down there. It truly is faster to walk from our house.
It only took up 2 1/2 hours to get to Sun Moon Lake. Midway down South, in Taiwan. The first night we just walked around the little village by our hotel. Very small. 2 roads with a few souvenir shops and small restaurants (Taiwan Style). There is not much to do after dark so we went to bed early so we could get an early start the next morning. Can you find our hotel in the picture below?
Thursday it is hard to believe it is Thanksgiving! One thing we didn't know about Sun Moon Lake is there is not a lot of food up here. IF you are fine dining on 7-11 food or Starbucks or Moss Burgers that is about it! The small restraints server the same things for the 3 or 4 of them are all the same food. Not sure what to do for food the girls will eat. Adam and I would be fine at several of these little places but your are done with choices after the first night. Glad I brought snacks with me! We are going to need them!
We spent the day taking a boat ride around the lake. Riding to cable cars to and from the Aboriginal Park and Amusement park. All the rides where included in the price. There was hardly anyone there. No lines. We did as many of the rides as we wanted and as many times as we wanted. The girls and Adam liked the roller coaster the best and then the log ride because of my picture and then the ship water ride next. It was a really fun day. The picture of me on the Gold Mine Exploration roller coaster will go down as a favorite. It truly shows how much roller coasters terrify me! Not only was I terrified but Adam and Emmie ducked so Lacie and I got soaked! ON both water rides! Stinkers!!!We had to be back to the boat by 5:30p.m. so we will drive back over here and shop tomorrow for souvenirs. The boat ride back was beautiful with the sun setting across the lake. Very nice way to end the day.
We did get a bite of sweet potatoes today at the Aboriginal Park so that was a small part of normal Thanksgiving. We ended our night with Thanksgiving dinner at Starbucks. Yummy cold cut sandwiches!
Friday we decide to drive to all the near by temples and do some hiking up to them. We stared with the Wen Wu temple just outside of
