Vacation - Part One

What a busy, busy week this was!!! Ryan took a week of vacation and the whole Chan family was reunited once again. His parents flew in from China at the end of April so they along with Ryan's brother, Melissa and Ethan drove from Chicago to New Jersey to visit us for a week! Here are some highlights from our week.

Day 1: Our vacation started off very crappy at first (literally)!!! We all woke up on Saturday morning to the fresh aroma of septic gases. Our septic tank was overflowing in the basement. After a few phone calls, and Ryan and his dad getting their hands (very) dirty, it was fixed. Lesson learned...NEVER flush wipes down the toilet! They eventually got all built up and clogged up the system.

After that mess was cleaned up we headed to the Delaware Water Gap. The boys played in the water and then we did a little hiking. While hiking, we came across this beautiful water fall...the perfect place to take some pictures!










Day 2: On Sunday, we stayed closer to home. We first stopped at High Point State Park, the highest point in the state of New Jersey. The view from High Point Monument, at 1,803 feet above sea level, is a spectacular panorama of rich farmland and forest, soft hills and lush valleys in three states.









Next we headed to Space Farms so Carson and Ethan could feed the animals.









We ended the day by going fishing in the quarry by our house. The fish were biting like crazy! They loved the canned corn that we baited the hooks with. (Thanks for the tip Alan! =)