table of plenty: Goodbye from China

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

Goodbye from China

We are headed to the train station in two hours! This is the last post from mainland China. I'm not sure if we'll post tonight form Hong Kong or not.

Our plane departs on Friday morning at 8:05. We fly through Tokyo and into Seattle. In Seattle we go through immigration and customs with Emmacakes and she officially is a citizen of the United States of America! Yahooooooo!

After Seattle it is homeward to Minneapolis. We land at 4:30, flying on Delta.

We can't wait to see those of you who are able to meet us there! can.not.wait!

"Homeward bound, I wish I were, Homeward bound" - S&G

"Country roads, take me home, to the place (we) blong!" - J Denver

"Always there, someone you can count on to comfort you. Always there, like a green, green valley, you can come home too" - Little Foot, Land Before Time (from Jeb)

and finally, George Strait's best, which we LOVE:

RUN

If there's a plane or a bus leaving dallas

I hope you're on it

If there's a train moving fast down the tracks

I hope you caught it

Cause I swear out there ain't where you ought to be

So catch a ride, catch a cab

Don't you know I miss you bad

But don't you walk to me

Baby run, cut a path across the blue skies

Straight in a straight line

You can't get here fast enough

Find a truck and fire it up

Lean on the gas and off the clutch

Leave dallas in the dust

I need you in a rush

So baby run

If you ain't got a suit case

Get a box or an old brown paper sack

And pack it light or pack it heavy

Take a truck, take a chevy

Baby just come back

There's a shortcut to the highway out of town

Why don't you take it

Don't let that speed limit slow you down

Go on and break it