My in-laws are visiting our area. They arrived at the local hotel last night. They will stay for 3 nights to spend time with us.
So, today was our Day-1 to spend all day with them.
Our all-day-tour stared from sightseeing the old western town. We had lunch at the Mexican restaurant there. It was fun to see all the workers in the town were in the old Western outfits. Even in the restaurant, all the waitresses were in the old fashioned Western dresses.
Our next stop was sightseeing the mining town. We attended the mine tour. For the tour, after we paid the admission and signed-in the agreement paperwork, we needed to wait for 2.5 hours until the tour started. It was my very first time to attend their tour.
All the tour participants were outfitted with a yellow slicker, a helmet, and a miner’s headlamp. We boarded the mine train and descended into the underground mine. The tour was conducted by the former miners and shared his personal experiences worked as a minor.
It was a fun tour. In my personal opinion though, only one tour is enough. For some reason, my in-laws love this tour. As a matter of fact, today’s tour was their third one.
Our last stop was the local Asian restaurant for dinner.
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We walked a lot throughout the day.
By the time we came back home, Sun was already set. It was dark and cold.
I was exhausted.
It was not only from walking but also from the nervous feeling being with in-laws. I’ve known them for the past twenty years, but still, I feel nervous being around them for such a long time.
Another reason was due to the crowd of people. Everywhere we went, there were many people around us. Compared with the crowd of people in a big city in Japan, it is definitely nothing in our small town, but still, I don’t like being surrounded by many people. I was born like that.
While I am writing this, I am peaceful at home. I am glad and thankful that our day went well, and I am safely back home.
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