Location, location, location

After two years of renting, we bought a townhouse here in Northern Virginia. I miss the Appalachian Mountains, but traveling from here is way easier. Here are some pictures of our house:

 We live only five miles from Dulles Airport, and I can get a nonstop flight to Beijing. When we lived in Johnson City, we had to pick up the flight to Asia in Detroit or Atlanta, and stop over in Japan.
The trip takes about thirty hours.  The Air China jet flies across the North Pole, and I clear customs and immigration in Beijing.  The flight to Weihai is short-- only an hour and a half.

I leave shortly.  When you hear from me again, I'll be on the other side of the planet. The speed with which we transit the earth never ceases to amaze me.