Family Day at the Ranch

This past Saturday, my company hosted a family day.  It was held at the Cowboy Country Club, located at Taihu Lake which is just to the West of Suzhou.  I arrived just after midnight that morning from the U.S., so I needed some activity to ward off the jet lag.  I thought it would be best to share the day in pictures; although the highlight of the day was the go-cart racing (not pictured).  Reid got to steer his own cart while a worker did the pedals for him.  Riley and I made a point to lay down some rubber as we skidded around corners.  As we were leaving Reid said "you know Dad, I really like China!"  I guess that means it was a pretty good day...

Start the day off right with a dragon boat race.  That's me in the middle.

Next, some "team building".  Try getting people to do this in America!  Eww, touching!

I don't remember this in my visits to Texas, so I question it's authenticity.

BBQ Chinese style.  Mmmm, meat on a stick!

Nothing settles the stomach like a few turns on the zipline.

Hey, a pony!  Took us most of the day before we got on one.

Mom and Ro trying to catch us as we pedaled ahead of them.

In line at the paddle boats.  Safety First!  Note Riley's man-sized PFD and Reid's "That's how I roll" T-shirt.

What's really funny about this picture was that Rowan was actually about to fall asleep and looked like a zombie, so when I snapped the shot something funny must have come up on the video.