Vacation Re-cap

I know it's been a while since my vacation (a month, to be exact), but I finally uploaded some photos I thought I'd share. I drove up to Green Bay in the middle of a thunderstorm, spent Easter with my parents, then the three of us drove to western Wisconsin to my aunt & uncle's cabin.

I spent most of that week reading, sleeping and taking photos. Unfortunately most of the photos were with my mom's new fancy camera, but I did manage to get a couple nice shots with my little P&S...

One rainy day my mom, my aunt and I drove in to town for a change of scenery. We found the coolest used bookstore, housed in an old tobacco warehouse. I picked up a bunch of James Bond books I didn't have so it was definitely a success.

Our last day in Hay Valley we visited what my aunt calls the "Amish Walmart," but is more like a junk shop or thrift store. It's run by an Amish family, and had the weirdest collection of stuff I've ever seen for sale in one place. I took some fantastic photos, but there are way too many to post them all here... Here's the Flickr set, and a preview of what you might see:

On the drive back to Ohio it was much  nicer, and I managed to get a nice shot of the large windmills in northern Indiana:

It was great to get away for a week, see my family and play with my dog. Unfortunately the week after my getaway was filled with flying to Florida for a day then to Chicago for two days, both for interviews. All the benefits of my relaxing vacation were immediately erased. It all worked out in the end, though, I got the job in Chicago. Hooray for permanent employment!

(PS: You can click on any of the photos here to see them larger.)