In the 1830s, my Grandfather * 5, left his life as a Swedish farmer for a life on the seas. He sailed many seas and eventually met his wife on one voyage. Once married, he left the seas and immigrated to America with his new wife. In America, he and his wife gradually moved west and eventually homesteaded in Colorado during the gold rush of 1860.
Throughout his life, he kept a journal and maintained contact with his family in Sweden. That journal remains with my family and has helped my parents make contact with the family in Sweden he left so long ago.
This April the Swedish family is having a family reunion and has invited my family. My parents are going to go for a week and I plan to go for several days while also exploring Sweden and Denmark on my bicycle.
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