Alas, the day of Ai-chan's return to Japan came. That's
"return" as in going back to Japan to live. Ai spent 5
years in the Seattle area and ended up with an impressive set of grades at
Bellevue College. Since March of 2007... more than 3 years
now... Ai-chan has been my best friend. Watching my little buddy
leave cut like a knife...
Taking care of the last few things at Ai-chan's place before
heading toward SeaTac airport...
Around October 13, 2010, I'll be sending this
box to Ai in Japan. What's in this box?
Ai-chan says bye-bye to her place...
Our last supper... Blue C Sushi at SouthCenter...
From atop a parking garage at SouthCenter, near SeaTac
airport...
Ai-chan's last drawing on my laptop inside Bigfoot, minutes
before the dash over to SeaTac airport. Several days prior Ai-chan
googled her trip to Japan and found that 2 segments, from
Seattle to Hawaii and then Hawaii to Japan, called for travel by kayak!
The sad dash from SouthCenter to SeaTac...
This was a moment that I had hoped would not come...
Happy kayaking my dear friend... and thank you for so
much...