Dave's trip to America: part 1

Last month I took my sons Tatsuki and Satoshi to America for a few weeks. Recently we have been going every summer so that my kids can spend time with their grandparents and other family members in the US. I will post about my trip in a series of blogs:

2025 America trip: report 1

July 30 - August 2

We flew out from Okayama on July 30. This year’s route was Okayama to Haneda in Tokyo to Chicago to Harrisburg. The final flight got delayed about 90 minutes due to a lot of bad weather around Chicago. Even with the delays and running around to 3 different gates in Chicago, it wasn’t a bad trip overall.

The first day in Quarryville we were hoping for some sunshine to help us adjust to the 13 hour time difference but we got a heavy squall and flash flooding instead. It rained about 3 1/2 inches (9 cm) in just a few hours. We were driving to the local library that my brother Anthony volunteers at and came across a flooded out road. We reversed back and took another route.

My mom signed the boys up for a summer reading challenge at the library and they got some prizes for reading enough books during the past month. They also borrowed some books from the library including Ta’s favorite “Calvin and Hobbes”.

On Friday we went out to the movies to see Fantastic Four, which was pretty good. We enjoyed bottomless popcorn and recliner lounge seating.

On Saturday, all my brothers got together at my parents’ house. My brother Chris brought his daughter Mia, and my younger Mike and his wife Amy brought their new dog Sammy, which was very cute. It was nice to hang out and catch up with everybody after a year.