Here is the first vacation gallery with pictures from our travel and initial arrival in northern Wisconsin. Due to COVID we mostly stayed to ourselves with Grandma Ellen and Grandpa Art being the only family we interacted with. Thankfully Chez Jacobs is a great place to hunker down. Some early snow helped us get in the holiday mood as well.
Repat begins! We weren't sure we would make it out of the country for vacation due to COVID but the stars ended up aligning. Here is Crystal in the Dammam airport awaiting departure.
Killing time waiting for our plane to board.
flight over Greenland on the way to the US. Quite a view.
More Greenland fjords as the sun rises
There was a bit of snow on the ground when we arrived. Here is Nora in Ben's old letter jacket taking in the clean air.
Nora loves helping out in any way she can. Here she is shovelling snow off the deck. Never complains, this one.
Nora in some fresh fallen snow
Cold outside, cozy inside.
The view from the south side of the chalet looking across the swamp.
The lake-facing side of the house.
Crystal wanted to clear the snow before it melted and refroze.
The lake had not iced over yet.
Sun peeking behind trees out back by the Tamarak bog.
Enjoying a family fondue tradition. Held a bit early this year so we could do it together.
A wasp nest in a tree behind the house was pretty interesting.
Another shot of the wasps' nest.