So I finally made it back to Plainview

Well, it looked the same for the most part, but still alot have changed. Guess the fact that everybody's getting older has something to do with it. This time we could go to the bar for a drink instead of the cornfields... And I was staying at Heathers parents, wich means I was staying at the Plainview cop's house. We did have a great weekend catching up on 11 years of gossip and talking. And of course we had to do some driving around in the country, and a shot of Aftershock at the bar... Dallas and Heather. Me and Dallas. Me and Heather with our Aftershock.

I made it to Nebraska

After a little over 2 weeks in Minnesota with lots of fun with the relaives, I made it down to Nebraska. There's been plenty of junkfood and beer in Minnesota, so I'm trying to be a little bit more healthy down here. The drinking... With Andrew. But we did go to some twinsgames to. At least we managed to get two of the Anderson brothers together at the same time. Me, Nick and Brett at the ballgame. The junkfood... With Nick. And here's Jack playing in Lincoln. Three kids at once is a really good workout.... Gigi has me on my feet for most of the days... So, I guess I can burn of some of those calories from MN...

The fist week in the US

Ok, I landed in Minneapolis after beeing up for 25 hours. But I did get a little sleep on the plane between Philladelphia and Minneapolis. I've done some shopping since I got here, and just walking around alot in Minneapolis. The Minnesota State Fair was really fun to see. So many people, and so many things to see and eat... Here is a picture of the carving they make in butter. They make one of each of the girls competing for Princess Kay of the Milky Way.

Eating at Rainforest cafe at the Mall of America.

I spent Labour Day Weekend with Nick and his friends up at his cabin at Lake Nichols. It's close to Duluth, so we went in to Duluth on saturday and had dinner with his dad and grandma. That was really nice.

Here's the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth. One picture while it's up and the next when it's down.

Getting a late night dip in the lake. Some shampoo and soap and you feel as good as new after a few days in a cabin without indoor plumbing. It was cold, but it felt really refreshing after.

Here's the Stone Arch bridge in Minneapolis. We went for a walk around the old milling area, when we got back to Minneapolis monday afternoon. There's alot of interesting buildings and ruins down there.

And a picture of me and Nick again, with the fall in the background.

Kungsviken

We went down to the ocean for a swim. This is a place that's 5 minutes away from where I grew up. And it's where i went to swimming school when I was a kid. Out on the cape is where my mom's dad grew up. We sold the house over ten years ago, but i miss the view from that place. So we walked out so I could get some pictures. This is the view out to "Malö strömmar". And a view over to Dragsmark. Where they used to take the rowboat to get to church.

And here's a picture of dad. This is the new house where he grew up. This is from the bathing place looking out from the bay. It lokated on the north side with cliffs on the sides. So it's usually a bit warmer in the water. Unless the winds come in from the north. The green house is where my grandpa used to work as a boatbuilder. I prefer to go swimming where there's cliffs. That way I won't have to get all the sand back home...

Visiting dad

Two weeks ago I had some time of from work so I went up to see my dad. And I took some pictures of his place.

This is the view from the house and down towards the fields. However you can't hardly see the fields from all the trees anymore. But you do see the appletrees and the potato and strawberryfield.

The flowers has almost all finnished blooming. It's been way to hot and dry for parts of the summer. So some of the trees has already started to loose their leafes as well. This is the pond, where he's got some goldfish. The fern has already died this year, wich is alot sooner than normal. But at least the waterlilly is in full bloom.

The archipelago - part 2

Ok. I've finally got some time in front of my computer at home. So I figured i should ad some of my own photos from tuseday evening. Some of them tured out a bit blurry, cause the boat went a bit to fast for really sharp pictures.

This is one of the boats that will take you out to the south archipelago of Gothenburg. There are no cars on the islands so tey use mopeds, bikes and wheelbarrows. Some of the islands also use golfcarts these days.

These are some of the old summerhouses on the island where my sister lives. The rich people had some fancy summerhouses out in the archipelago. And some of them still do.

This is Styrsö Tången. It's an old fishingcommunity on the same island. The houses are really close together so they would be more protected from the winds that come in from the sea.

This is a military island where you're not allowed to visit unless you have permission. The entire south archipelago used to be of limits to anyone who wasn't a swedish citizen until about ten years ago or so. I don't remember when they removed that.

This is a typical older house. With the glasporch in front.

Ok, I did get most of my shots done yesterday. But I need to have one more the day before I leave. And on monday I need to check what the TBC test shows. I'm hoping that I still have protection left from the shot I took in 96. That was a nasty one... But I didn't get any sweets, and yet I had 2 shots at the same place. And then I had to go and get the TBC testshot at a diffrent place.

A boattrip in Gothenburgs archipelago

Yesterday a friend and I went on a boattrip in Gothenburgs southern archipelago. The weather was nice, and it was refreshing to feel the wind on my skin after to hot weather during the last week. I havn't had the time to upload any of my pics yet, but I got one form my friend that she took of me.

The food was great, we had the fish and then some pannacotta for dessert. The trip lasted for 3 hours but I wish it would have lasted a bit longer so we could have seen a bit more. We passed by the island where my sister lives and she came to wave at us passing by. Her youngest son came with her and they got some pictures of us as well. But here's a pic of them that my friend took.

Well, I'll add some more pics when I get some freetime at home.