Postcard from Dad, 1994

Photo by Patrick Jones. Postcard from K. D. Jones, June 1994.

It is a rainy day here in Northern VA, so we tackled an old box of photos, postcards and other stuff passed down from my grandfather to my Dad. In the set was this postcard mailed by my Dad on a stopover in Hong Kong to Jakarta, Indonesia in June 1994. The note is the kind of thing that people would put in an email or text today. Dad flew from Indianapolis to Japan, then Hong Kong to Jakarta.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Postcard dated 9 Jun 1994, Hong Kong.

The line at the end about the Rockets refers to the Houston Rockets, who were in the NBA Playoffs at the time. They ended up winning the NBA title in 1994.

My Nana and Gumpy were living in Fulton, Texas at the time. This is near Rockport & Corpus Christi on the Texas Gulf Coast.

Below is another postcard from the same trip, mailed from Indonesia back to Nana and Gumpy in Texas. My Dad was teaching a class in aircraft engine maintenance in a mountainous area near Bandung, Indonesia.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Postcard from K. D. Jones, Jun 1994.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Postcard from K. D. Jones, Jun 1994.

His note mentions wanting to visit Mt. Tangkuban National Park, this is a volcano on West Java north of Bandung.