So...apparently I went on hiatus with my blog! A very long post break was the result, but I'm back for now!

There is of course lots to catch up on, but for this post, first things first - my USA trip from Summer! If you'd like to see the whole album before reading further, see USA Trip 2009. As I'd mentioned before, this trip was different than the trips I've had back in the past few years since I was back in Summer, when the weather is (supposedly) nice and warm! And for the most part, besides the first rainy week, the weather was pretty decent, as my photos will show. Of course the heat of the Summer did NOT appear, probably because I was there, but it was at least Summer clothes time!

For the first week, we just kinda mulled around town with my mom, trying to get over our jet lag (when else would I be going to be at 9:30pm??). We did, however have a few activities planned, like visiting my brother and his new baby; my turn to meet my niece! It was really nice to see my brother and his fiancé, too. Little did I know by the second visit to see them, my niece would be sitting up on her own already! Man do little kids grow fast.

Week one also consisted of a little mini golf escapade, which is always fun...as you can see!

Week two was road trip week. We went on a 2-day drive to Pennsylvania to visit my Aunt, Cousin, and Great Aunt, which was really great. We even managed to fit in a trip to the beach, which turned out to be on two of the hottest days we were in the States. Since we were also in the vicinity and were driving through the area anyway, we went on a little driving tour of downtown Hershey, where everything has a chocolate theme - even the street signs and street lamps! These people are serious about their chocolate.

Week three started out with a change of location, this time to my dad's for the remainder of the trip. This was also coincidentally the second year in a row that I was back for our County Fair, which was during week three. This was Jan's first American county fair, so we had fun seeing everything, and trying everything - and nothing was spared, not even the deep-fried Oreos (which were actually not as gross as you may think)! Some highlights of the Fair were: the pig races with the mile-a-minute pig-related jokes, the lumberjack show with world champion lumberjackers + lumberjackette, the loud and dirty tractor and truck pulls, the demolition derby, the harness racing, and of course, the animals.

After a week of lots of walking around, we decided to take it easy on the farm for our last week in the States, week four. We did do a few things, like see a well dug and flowing since 1895, accept a delivery per semi truck, visited my brother again, and enjoyed nature on the farm.

To see the entire album, visit: USA Trip 2009.

All said, it was a nice trip and we had fun seeing friends (I didn't mention my 10-year high school reunion!) and family again, and enjoying the Midwest when the weather is nice and mosquito-y.

More on what's happened since then on the following post...which would mean my posting hiatus is in fact on hiatus.

 

 

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