Eric's best friend came out to visit. He fit right in with the Turks. When we went to pick him up at the airport, we thought we spotted him at lest five times. Even the Turkish people were coming up to him speaking in Turkish. This picture was taken at the Hilton Hotel. We had our ward conference there.

This bridge is 3,ooo years old and is still used today.



We walked around more of the park once it got cooler and we found all kinds of interesting statues. We had to get this one kissing my belly.

In the middle of dirty Adana there is this beautiful masque and walking grounds. Everything is perfectly trimmed and green. There are also play sets through out the grounds for kids.




Some of the colors are so bright. I could not believe that such a bright plant could be in Turkey.

These are a few pictures of Old Adana. It is crazy. The first time I came here I had a cultural shock. Cars are honking and zipping down the narrow streets. People are running to cross the street before a bus or car will run right into them.

Eric got his winch out and we went wake boarding. (I was bummed because I couldn't ride. I guess someone had to work the winch.) As we were setting it up, lots of the Turks came over to see what was going on. At times we were surrounded. There were some kids that spoke one phrase in English. They kept asking me what my name was then they would back away in a small circle and try to pronounce my name to one another.
The tide was starting to come in so the conditions were not that great. It was very choppy but Eric was able to get up. The Mediterranean is very salty! As we dried, we could see the salt crusted on our skin. We went snorkeling one time and it really burned my eyes. Also if you get a mouth full it's not to pleasant.

This is a restaurant on Adana lake. It was really beautiful.

We were driving around Adana Lake and found a bridge that the guys wanted to jump off of.

We went to a natural spring swimming pool that is only about 30 min away. It is called Acpinar.
The spring is falling out of the white structure in the middle of the picture. We only like to go when it is really hot outside, because the water is freezing cold!!
Eric and a few other guys hiked up the mountain by the pool that had this beautiful view.

For Eric's Birthday we had a party. He made a giant slip and slide by the side of our house. I made everybody sick to death with his B-day cake. It was a lot of chocolate.
It gets really hot in the summer. For the high this year it was 112 and very humid. The only way we could cool off was to relax in our swimming pool. Or should I say wadding pool.

Eric got to get scuba certified. He was so excited! Eric is the third from the left.

This is the boat that we got to go on.

Eric had a great time but unfortunately for me I got sick. I spent most of the time on the top of the boat laying down sleeping.

CASTLE BY THE SEA

The story behind this castle is that there was a king that had a daughter that would die if she got bit by a snake. So the king built a castle out to sea were the snakes could not get to her. There would be a boat that would row out to send food or what ever the girl requested. On one of the trips out, a snake got abroad the boat. No one saw the snake so it found the girl and bit the her. The king found his daughter dead the next day.

KIZKILESI

This castle is right next to castle by the sea

SILIFKE

KOZAN

After the hike we found a nice picnic area to eat.
This sweet little girl was with us on our trip. The roads up to the castle are very Windy and on our way back the driver was going fast and getting everyone sick. Just as we said that PJ turns her head towards me and lost it. It went all over my lap and feet. Luckily we were by a place to pull over quickly. That was not a very fun experience.

FEKE

This part of the castle looks like something that would be in Jerusalem. There is lots of areas like that that broke off with the arches and stairs.