I'm not going to apologize for being a silent blogger as of late, since I was on vacation for the last 10 days and while I don't consider blogging to be work, it's nice to disconnect for a while and not feel the pull of the computer.
I traveled back East to Pennsylvania for a week for an annual family reunion at my family's lake house in Northeastern PA, near Scranton. Many of you may only know of Scranton as the setting for The Office and I assure you that, as the show clearly displays, there is very little reason to visit. But, my family's lake house is up in the mountains, about 45 minutes from Scranton, and happens to be one of my favorite places on earth - it always offers deep relaxation and good times.
July 4th at Crystal Lake is always an especially good time, because the whole lake is abuzz with excitement over the holiday - extended families visit, parties are thrown, kids are running around everywhere, and fireworks are set off. For our family, this weekend means gathering parents, siblings, grandparents, aunts and uncles, and cousins for the weekend. We always eat well (perhaps too well), play lots of yard games (bocce, bocce golf, cornhole, croquet, etc), usually get out for a round of golf or two, and enjoy sitting on the dock by the water and just relaxing. This year was a bit different, because we are in the midst of building a new boathouse and dock, so we spent a lot of time watching the construction progress and less time sitting on the dock. But, the new boathouse deck overlooking the water was completed in time for the weekend and we enjoyed taking advantage of it.
The fireworks display on Friday night was pretty amazing. My neighbor Scott and my brother Ben had bought a ton of fireworks in Maryland and South Carolina, respectively. The pictures in this post are all from the fireworks display - it was impressive.
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