The JimAnna Chronicles

This past weekend, the base had a triathlon. It was a shorter than sprint distance with a 400m swim, 12k bike, and 5k run. This year I have decided I really like triathlons (as this is my 9th of the year). However, they have all been sprint distance or shorter. I would like to race [...]

This is the fourth and final entry from our trip to Tokyo last month. After our return from Mt. Fuji, we rested up during the day and went back out that night. We decided that we wanted to see a traditional Japanese Kabuki theater show. However, since we don’t speak Japanese, we opted for a [...]

Hi, this is the third chapter of our Japan trip in July. It’s by far the longest and if it has taken a while to load, I apologize. A little background before the pictures…. One of most important reasons we chose to visit Tokyo was to climb Mt. Fuji. As the tallest mountain in Japan [...]

OK, so I have been quite remiss in my publishing of these pictures. Thanks to everyone who asked for them. Here is the rest of our trip to Tokyo in July. Anna enjoying a pastry snack… Downtown at night… This is the prefecture we stayed in. Roppongi really comes alive at night. It’s the epicenter [...]

It has now been a week since we returned from a week in Japan. We spent most of our time in Tokyo, with a few trips to the surrounding area. If we had more time, we’d love to go back and explore Kyoto for a couple days at least. Ok, enough with the intro, here [...]