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We returned to
Fort Lee, NJ on 8/26 at 4:00 PM as planned. We got up at 3:00 AM at the
ship, moved to Budapest Airport at 4:00 AM, took 6:50 AM Air France flight
to Paris, waited about 4 hours in Paris, took 13:30 PM Delta flight, flew
about 8 hours and arrived Newark Airport at 4:00 PM. We
stayed 3 nights at Do-Hyuk's house (Jane's cousin) in Fort Lee, NJ. Many
Many Thanks to Do-Hyuk !!
We met
various friends and relatives there. 8/27
: Lunch with Jung-Yang Park - Former ham operator in Korea (Call Sign :
HM1BA)
Dinner with Dong-Ik -
My cousin.
8/28 : Lunch with Jeanyoung Choi - My niece - Daughter of my youngest
sister.
Dinner with Young-Hyuk
family - Jane's younger sister.
Her husband Yo-Yoon Cho is a ham
radio operator (Korean Call Sign : HM1AB).
With Do-Hyuk
family at his house.
Beautiful view
from the balcony of Do-Hyuk's home (11th. floor) - No high rise building
near-by and all houses are covered by big trees. On the right side far away,
George Washington Bridge can be observed.
What a wonderful
sisters !! We were surprised at the dinner with Young-Hyuk & Yo-Yoon
family finding Young-Hyuk had a accident too rolling from the stairs and
broke same right arm. It happened at the end of July, about 2 weeks earlier
than Jane, and much more serious than Jane. What kind of sisters are they?
Young-Hyuk &
Yo-Yoon couple prepared my birthday cake though it was about 1.5 months
earlier. Many Thanks.
We left Fort Lee
on 8/29 and drove to Akron, OH to start 12th. crossing of North American
Continent.
When we arrive
Oklahoma City, it was hot - 99F !!
Albuquerque was
even hotter showing 104F at the altitute of 3,000 ft.
At Phoenix, it
recorded 110F when we arrived and 84F was observed in next early morning.
HOT !!!
On the way to
Phoenix, we stopped by Petrified Forest National Park but were very
disappointed as there was nothing much to see other than red soils as seen
in the picture below.
Yoon-Keun Choi at the right was another ham radio operator in Korea (Call
Sign : HM1AC Arizona Cowboy).
We stayed one night at his house. Many thanks for the great hospitality,
Arizona Cowboy !!
Arriving San Diego on 9/3, We have finally achieved 12 crossings or 6 round trips
crossing continent.
Next day on 9/3, we drove to San Diego and saw this huge sand dunes along
highway-78. I didn't know there is this kind of sand dunes in California but
my new navigator led me to this great view.
Won-Ki Choi in San Diego was Quality Dept. Manager of Microwave Oven
Division and General Manager of the Samsung TV Plant in Tijuana, Mexico, when I worked for Samsung Home Appliance Division. He and his wife
are very nice people, and I visited and stayed in his home many times
already. Many Thanks for the great hospitality again !!
Candy shop of
Won-Ki Choi.
On the next day (9/4), after the lunch with S. M. Yang and W. S, Yang togrther, as shown
next, we drove to Korea Town of L.A. to have a dinner with Hyung-Suk Song,
who worked with me in a same company for a year, worked at KAL for many
years and also was an early Korean ham radio
operator (Korean Call Sign : HM1CG), and Johnny altogether at the Chosun
Galbee BBQ house.
On 9/4, we drove to Irvine to see and have lunch together Sung-Moon
Yang (center) who worked in KMI when I was in KMI, and Won-Suk Yang (right)
who worked as the Administration Director of Samsung Semiconductors when I
worked for Samsung Semiconductors.
9/5 - This was
the last day of 34 days' trip. We had a breakfast with Johnny and started to
drive to home.
We are back to
home safely (?? except Jane's accident !!) but tired.
We will recover in next few days or few weeks (???).
More
pictures and video can be viewed clicking the following
picture.
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