Back from vacation

We made it back in one piece after 10 days on the road. Everyone had fun, even though we're pretty worn out. We spent the beginning of the trip in Pennsylvania and New York, staying first with friends and then several days at a resort on one of the Finger Lakes -- it was beautiful! We swam, fished, rode horses, visited a winery, and went to a demolition derby. We also visited the Corning Museum of Glass, which is an amazingly cool place. My son got to make his own glass sculpture and he won a piece made at one of the live demonstrations:


Then my son and I flew to Orlando and saw Green Day in concert (one of the best shows I've ever seen), spent the day at Wet 'n Wild water park, and went to Medieval Times, a medieval-themed dinner theater, complete with jousting. Here's the kid being knighted by the King:


I also managed to hit a used bookstore and picked up 6 new books for my collection:

Cousin Bette by Honore de Balzac

Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis

Nana and Therese Raquin by Emile Zola

The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

The Mystery of Edwin Drood by Charles Dickens

During my time away, I completed 5.5 books and I should have the reviews up pretty quick. I'm a little disappointed because I hoped to finish more and knock out a couple of my challenges, but we were having too much fun to spend all my time with my nose in a book.