GALEN'S TRIP: Road trip to Niko! First stop

Yusuke's mom (Nobuko) looking enthusiastic!

In all honesty and seriousness, Mamiko IS a morning person.  She's naturally very optimistic and bubbly in the wee hours of the morning.  How that is possible, I will never know.

Yusuke's dad (Ryosuke).  Everyone looked happy that morning...

It's never too early to strike a pose...

Models like Galen and Yusuke would know how to pull off looking good in the morning.

I was truly excited to go on a drive to the mountains.  Yusuke showed me pictures of Niko and I thought that they looked breathtaking!  I was excited!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To get to Niko, we need to drive for hours. 

It was truly tiring after an hour on the highway.

Galen took it the hardest I think.  Truly exhausted!

The boys bonding.

The pictures that Yusuke showed me were of a bright and sunny Niko.  The day we arrived was cloudy and raining!

But it was still so beautiful!!!

Galen the Explorer!!  He was looking for snakes.  Found none.

That's me consciously thinking about the possibility of getting killed by snakes.  Cold water though!  Loved it...

Galen exploring the forest area.  No bears, snakes, or lions.  :((

Like I said, everyone looked happy to be out that day!  Jehovah's creations never cease to amaze me.  Jehovah is awesome and wonderful in all his creative works!  There is definitely no other God like Him!

GALEN'S TRIP: Yummy Pension

This is Yummy Pension.  We were all relieved to be able to get some rest after some driving around.  To get our evening started, we first went to the Onsen.  The Onsen is a natural bathing water filled with minerals and yes, it's hot!  The boys went to one and us girls went to ours later.  All the tension and aching parts went away!

We met at the dining room.  The highlight of the meal are the LARGE crabs but before that, we had other tasty meals.

Yummy Steak.

Baked Fish with pizza sauce.  Surprisingly tasty!

Beer and wine.  I am not a big fan of beer but this was tasty.

White wine and dipping sauce to go with the crab.

"This will all disappear in a blink of an eye!"

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The crab was indeed tasty!  It was fun watching my cute hubby eat.

I'm not sure what Galen was thinking...

but after seeing look up as though lightning might zap him, I had an inkling.

One round completed...

can he eat another round of huge tasty crabs?

Yes he can...and he did...

with his wife's help! 

As if that wasn't enough, we had dessert.  YUMMY.

Yusuke's parents got Galen a dancing cat as a gift.

Galen loved it and in fact got up and danced with the waitress as he played the music.

Both tired but relaxed.

After dinner the boys played some card games.

Mamiko looked like she was having a good time but was trying not to collapse in sleep!  Cute.

Yusuke gazing at Galen.

Yup, so as I've mentioned a zillion times, everyone had a good time.  It was relaxing and truly refreshing.

Next day.  Outside looked beautiful.

We slept alright. 

Yusuke bright and handsome in the morning.

Me.

Breakfast.

I, Leena Ely Muto, love coffee.

Time to say goodbye.  Our stay at the Yummy Pension was refreshing.

Heading down to the car.

One thing I enjoyed the most along with my hubby were all the beautiful creation around us.

The mist only enhanced the beauty of everything around us.  Jehovah's masterpiece!