That evening we drove down the mountain to a place called Li Yu Lake and saw a "water dance" light show. It was beautiful! Then on to our hotel and bath and bed! We were ready by then! 
Two of our "teen" friends wanted to have their picture taken with us at the snail pond. They were so sweet and made us feel so much a part of their Ward!
I believe the next stop was for the "children". It was at a resort where you caught your own snails and then you could have them cooked for your dinner. Dad and I decided to fore-go this activity and just had fun watching the kids as they "fished" for snails 
Taiwan's newest and best University was where we held a fireside, played games and toured the campus. This is one of the interesting signs put on the lake. (We love the way they express themselves! They are trying to change to better English, but I hope they don't, because the way they express things is really quite charming!) 
An old logging camp was our next stop. This is an ancient fire engine that was used in the forest whenever they had a fire.
As we walked around the little shops, we all of a sudden came to about a dozen beehives, loaded with bees flying here and there along the sidewalk. I can't believe someone didn't get stung as we passed by!
Our next stop was where an old sugar factory used to be. It has now turned into a tourist attraction and we were lucky to get this picture of the oxen pulling his cartload of tourists!
Day #2 of our Hualien trip with the Ward was very interesting. Everyone got a "wake up" call from the hotel at 6 am, so they could make it to the morning devotional by 6:30 at a park close to the hotel. There we had Ward prayer, sang hymns and did aerobic exercising together. It was not easy! Then, back to the hotel for breakfast before heading off on the bus for the "wetlands". This was the only part of the trip that wasn't that exciting. However, there were some pretty lili pads!
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