The JimAnna Chronicles

Our final day in Hong Kong was a race to see as much as we could. We began early in the morning after we checked out of our hotel with another Star ferry ride back over to Hong Kong island. Which, by the way, cost $4.40 Hong Kong dollars for two of us to cross [...]

Ok, unfortunately, I wasn’t able to finish my “real time” posting of our Hong Kong trip. However, thanks to everyone who let me know they appreciated the effort. The Hong Kong skyline at promptly 8:00 PM every night is punctuated with a dramatic and beautiful light show. Many of the buildings participate and have a [...]

This entry is a first. I am writing and posting pictures THE SAME DAY. I know that’s how this site is supposed to work, but rarely do we take a break with enough time to sort the pictures, resize them, AND post the text. So, hopefully, this more timely approach will help alleviate a little [...]

Well, we decided to go for another hike this past weekend. So, we offered to all the Company Grade Officers (CGOs … this is what the Air Force calls its junior officers in the ranks of lieutenant and captain) that we would take everyone down to the Double Reef Beach. So, our weekend started out [...]

This weekend has mostly been about spending time with each other (since Anna and I were apart for entirely too long). However, what weekend would be complete without a little adventure. So, we talked our friends Mark and Samantha into going hiking with us. We decided to go on a medium difficulty hike. Our choice [...]

So, as the counterpoint to diving underwater to watch the beautiful and unique wildlife, we instead geared up a large boat, stayed on the surface and threw lures in the water to entice the fish to eat them, so we could in turn reel them in and eat them. Perhaps that’s a little over-simplified, but [...]

Once the whole Gingras family was together, we decided it was time to celebrate Christmas together as a family. It was the first time in three years I had been able to join everyone so it was a treat for me to be there. Last year, Anna and I were here in Guam (and unable [...]

Ok, so this entry has pictures from our visit to Underwater World. Since I don’t have a good underwater camera, these are actually the best shots I’ve gotten of the submarine fauna on Guam. To give you an idea of how these shots were taken: Underwater World is a relatively large indoor aquarium. There are [...]

This January circumstances have required that Jim and I be apart for most of it, so I (Anna) will fill you all in on what I have been up to while Jim was “watching the earth be born” in Hawaii. I took a little airplane ride (20 hours) from Guam to Wisconsin, stopping in Seattle [...]

This Christmas, Anna and I had the pleasure of hosting my family in Guam for almost 2 weeks. (I know it’s now Feb and I am just posting this…) Mom and Dad arrived into Guam on the usual Flight 1 from Hawaii. Yes, Continental Airlines has a flight one, and it’s direct from Honolulu into [...]