Surprising Family

Driving 1,800 miles is a hefty task to begin with.  Doing it and staying quiet about your arrival is another thing.  Through several months of scheming and organizing, I was able to travel across most of the country to Colorado and surprise a few family members, including some I hadn’t seen in close to a decade.  All has gone over well though, and I’m recovering from a bear hug I got yesterday from one of my cousins.

Now that the cat is out of the bag, I can begin posting some pictures and other thoughts on the trip I’ve been on for close to a week already.  As a quick overview, I’ve headed west from Pennsylvania on Route 70 to Colorado.  I am now somewhere around Colorado Springs with my family and will be here for another week.

Surprising my family, especially my cousins, was great fun.  My cousins have grown up so much, it’s almost scary to see.  I need to do this more often.

 

- Andy

Weekend Recap: 07/25-07/26 2009

Since I seem to be doing fun things more often on the weekends, I thought I’d once again recap my weekend.  This weekend’s adventures took place again in Maine, but this time at my grandparent’s house.  The easiest way to describe what goes on when I visit my grandparents is to just say that I get to relax a good deal.  I had a great time and can’t wait to go back up there with my bike to give the hills there a try.

 
Looking out on the lake from the deck.  You can just barely see the boat at dock…

 
This is from one ‘end’ of the lake.  We were on our way to the country club when I asked my Grandmother to pull over for this shot.

It’s definitely a beautiful course.  If only I could learn to play beautifully…

My grandparents tell me I am some manner of Loon-magician.  We saw more Loons this weekend than they’ve seen so far all year.  Go me?

Grandpop at the helm!  We noticed that a lot of the ‘younger’ people on the lake weren’t even friendly enough to wave.  Damn kids.

We head towards the northern end of the lake.  The lake is much larger than you can see just from that earlier picture.

This house somehow fits on that little island.  It’s been there as long as I can remember, I’ve just never seen anyone in it.

More loons…  The lake is big enough that this is probably a different one from the other.

The woman who lives in this house just turned 100 years old.  I found this neat for some reason and asked Grandpop to do a float-by for a picture.

The middle dock is ours, however the dock on the left is also on our property, despite it not being ours.  Why my grandparents allowed this…I’ve no clue.

 

- Andy