Kingswells in Taipei

Yangminshan today! SO, NOW we know that to go up the mountain via one route by car, one requires a special permit. There must be other routes! That said, it isn't hard to get there by other routes. Once can take the 260 bus from Tienmu somewhere! AND THEN, one can catch the 108 around the park and have corndogs or fried fish while you wait. If it is important, one can also have a Starbucks! They are everywhere! We've not really left Seattle... not really. It has been pouring rain all week. POURING. Today the sun came out while we hiked up to the visitor center at Yangminshan. The birds and bugs were singing the whole way up. It was only 0.7 km, we could have taken the bus, but we didn't know it was there! The kids were great, we got to get out of Taipei proper, and we even saw a little skink/ghecko dude. It was maybe 2.5 inches long from head to toe and brown as the detritus on the ground. We saw cool spiders, big ants, a freshly wrinkled butterfly, and not-too-many people, as I think most were expecting rain again. We are all here. It feels like we are supposed to be here, and then we get an OH-MY we are in Taiwan moment and it is all unreal for a bit.

Check out this scooter! Paul took 3 or 4 shots of it! It appears to be a scooter to carry a wheelchair. It really was impressive!