Jammin' in Tokyo

So for this trip, I flew in early, so I had a full weekend before my meetings started. The timing worked out perfectly, because Mr. Packard-san's band had a gig on Saturday!

@ Shinjuku Jam


Presenting, Robert the Thief!


Packard-san


Nagato-san


Drummer-san




The main act was pure g three


カワノアヤコ


いただきます!!!

Window Seat

that wing...


this seat!


N'EX








ANA 777-300ER at NRT


EVA A330-200 Hello Kitty Speed Puff Jet at TPE


Descent into NRT


ANA 787-8 at NRT


The Olympics were looking sharp on the way home...


...and Rainier finished off the trip!

Duck and cover, right?

So I was reading in bed, and then I heard some noise.
I presumed that the folks upstairs were just stomping around... but then the noise got more frequent and things started to shake...

And the shaking got worse.

I've felt some swaying before but this was the first "big" quake I've experienced, where the hotel was definitely did some of this. So now, some numbers and figures!

• The quake had a magnitude of 5.5 earthquake.
• Tokyo felt this as a magnitude 3.0 quake.

^from the JMA


DID NOT LIKE... it was definitely unsettling...

Alpine Lakes Wilderness - Fall Edition

This year's October has been incredibly clear. There was some snow in the mountains earlier in the month, which made access difficult at that time, but we've had a string of sunny days since then. Thus, today was spent romping around in the beautiful wilderness of Okanogan-Wenatchee National Forest.

Ingalls Pass!


Lake Ingalls and Mount Stuart from above:


...and from below.


One more view before the sun slipped below the ridge behind us.