こどもの国

the cows were eager to be fed 

it was a very cloudy day. later it rained 

we saw swans in the lake 

we changed boats in the middle of the lake. selena hopping on to the row boat, and i bumping my head as i gracelessly boarded the pedal boat 

paragliding was awesome. and the instructor guy said i had the best running start. i have got to try this for real 

mom enjoys being a passenger on the row boat. i did most of the paddling 

ian feeds the cows 

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it's dark, but this is me. i'm on this small pathetic lake in a row-boat in Kodomonokuni. Just after we tried rafting. 

scene of the river and all just in front of hakone yumoto station. 

a view from up there 

more of the hakone kyuukaidou trail 

last picture i took before told "no!!!" by the gaurd. 

this is a "kujaku" bird. very cool. apparently lives in the shrine. 

view of the shrine and the gaurd that shoed us out. 

shrine in hakone