In less than twelve hours we'll be on a plane to China. Here's the itinerary.

• Yangtze River cruise for four days
• Overnight in Beijing and a morning at the Great Wall
• Two nights in Osaka, Japan
• Four nights in Kyoto, Japan
• Arrive in Seattle for a long weekend with Zach and Cierra, where we also buy a car
• Two nights with our KAS friends, Chris and Annie, on Whidbey Island, Washington
• Dinner and overnight with our KAS friends, Kevin and Debbie, in Spokane
• A night out somewhere near Bozeman, Montana
• Another night out somewhere near Wind Cave National Park
• Two nights with our KAS friends, Linda and Les, in southern Minnesota
• Then I get a little fuzzy on the details, but the rest of the trip includes stops with my brother and sister-in-law, Phill and Janice, near Pittsburgh; our KAS friends, Greg and Tan, on the shores of Lake Ontario; our we-go-way-back friends, Kevin and Emily, in western New York; and finally, Lee's sister and brother-in-law, Beth and Jason.
• Arrive in Amherst, Massachusetts sometime before the middle of July

Buckle your seat belts. It's time to leave Taiwan.