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Another year full of travels. Spring break we spent with Krisztina and family in Kingsland, Georgia (just north of the Florida border, near the Atlantic Ocean).

End of May and early June found us in the Maritime Provinces – New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island. NB and NS are sparsely populated with lots of wild scenery. While there are farms, the overall impression is of wide open spaces. PEI, on the other hand, looks more European – carefully plotted out, with well manicured farms and less wild country – probably because it is an island and land is limited. The trip also included stops in several New England state capitols, and in Montreal.

In late June and early July we participated in Sportsmobile West’s “Olympiad” rally near Park City, Utah (103 degrees, no shade). There we drove obstacle courses, assembled a wheel hub, practiced winching, patched tires, participated in a GPS directed scavenger hunt, and had a tail-gate party, among other events.

Mid-July, we went separate ways: Gyuszi to the Upper peninsula of Michigan with the scouts, and then Fillmore, NY for the scout leadership training camp; Erika to Hungary (to lay her mother’s urn to rest in the family tomb). Hungary had record high temperatures (over 100 and up to 112 in daytime, and in the 90’s at night) with no air conditioning. Much of the sightseeing got cancelled due to heat-induced (and emotional) fatigue. It was good, however, to spend time with sister Zsuzsa, niece Shiba, and nephews Syrus and Michael. Upon returning to the states, Zsuzsa and Erika drove to San Diego via Minneapolis, the Dakotas, Montana, Idaho (with white-water rafting on the Snake river!), a bit of surprisingly non-green, desolate Oregon, Nevada, and south through California from Lake Tahoe. Whew! It was nice to get back to school.

After two whirlwind weekend trips to Cleveland for funerals, we thought we’d stay home for Thanksgiving. Oops, couldn’t quite do it – we had to show off Erika's hybrid Lexus SUV. We spent Thursday with Gyula and family in Wauconda, and Saturday in Springfield, IL seeing Scott’s parents and the new Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum. Pretty impressive. We end the year back in Georgia for Christmas.