mosquitoes, family & lots of pie

I started my American sabbatical with a trip to Michigan for a family reunion. My great grandma was one of seven children and the families of those seven have been getting together every summer since 1923. This year my branch of the family (the Esta and Jake Smith clan) hosted the reunion at my cousin Cindy's house in Adrian. It's farm country and the green and skies were beautiful...

my cousin's back yard...

the fairground food wagon and our reunion tent...
Dad and my sister launching balloon lanterns at night...
my soon to be brother-in-law and I in the bouncy castle...
the food trailer by night...
breakfast!...
toasting marshmallows for s'mores in the fire pit...
early morning...
crossroads near my cousin's house...
We had a very fine reunion... and running around in the fresh air is a great jet lag cure. I've also discovered my superpower: resistance to mosquitoes. It's not as useful as flight or invisibility, but on summer evenings in Michigan it makes you a superhero!