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5
Dec 11

A Sunset in Maine

Thanksgiving in Seattle

We had a great trip to Seattle, visiting family and friends and seeing some old tourist sites. The mountain even came out for Josh!

Dad Allen’s site should have even more pictures up from this visit.

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18
Sep 11

We celebrated Christmas with the Fiala’s a bit early this year. We had Christmas at Oktoberfest in Cincinnati. It was a great time with family and German beers and food and music. We made great memories and loved seeing Thadd‘s place in the city. We got to go to the Great American Ballpark and see the Red‘s play twice. We went on a steamboat ride too! We loved the weiner dog races, as well as the barrel and beer stein races. Jeannette also got to meet up with an old friend from MIT at the festival – it was the place to be! There was fun polka music and we would be remiss to not mention the great festival food again. We had LOTS of strudel, brats with sauerkraut, and cream puffs.

We have video of every wiener dog race heat – they were super cute and funny – but here is just one and also some of the barrel and stein races too.

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3
Sep 11

Lake Compounce

We had an amazing Labor Day weekend. We took a day trip down to Connecticut with Gary and Daniel for some amusing fun at the world’s oldest continuously operating theme park, Lake Compounce! We had SO MUCH FUN! They have a water park (Jeannette’s favorite) and three roller coasters and all sorts of fun rides. Josh’s favorites were the roller coaster built on the side of a mountain that goes through the forest (Boulder Dash) and the free fall ride (Down Time). We did both of those rides multiple times thanks to getting to the park at opening time. Though, the lines were ridiculously short for most rides all day long – they were definitely nothing compared to Disney or 6 Flags. Daniel’s brother and his kids joined us and we had an amazing day. We would be remiss if we didn’t mention the yummy fried oreos and the free soda. That’s right, the park has cups and self-serve soda fountains all over the park! Love it!

After our awesome day at the park, we headed over to Daniel’s folks house and had a great family dinner in their garden, before heading back to Boston. What a day!

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17
Jul 11

Rest of Newburyport

This post will detail our last day in Newburyport and also include photos taken from a non-phone camera of the first two days too. Additionally, the last two “moblog” posts have been updated with relevant links (you know you wanted to know more about the plovers!)

We finished our Newburyport trip with a surprise Farmers’ Market find. When we woke up in the morning, we checked out of the hotel and left our bag at the front desk so we could do a little more exploring. We returned our bikes to the rental shop and found a Farmers’ Market had sprung up right next door! We had a great local coffees and breakfast burritos and enjoyed looking at everything. The highlight was most definitely cider mill donuts – just like fall in Michigan. After heading back to the center of town, we took care of some people watching and some gelato before heading back to the train station to get home. We had a great weekend. Thank you again so much, Thadd and Shannon, for a fabulous graduation gift!