We'll spend the last 2 weeks we have with my parents in Illinois,

我們將與我在伊利諾伊州的父母一起度過最後兩週。

visiting with many friends and family there before passing our COVID tests and boarding a plane for Japan.

在通過COVID測試並登上飛往日本的飛機之前，我們在那裡拜訪了許多朋友和家人。

Well guys, welcome to Ohio.

好吧，夥計們，歡迎來到俄亥俄州。

We're in Ohio!

我們在俄亥俄州!

Ohayogozaimasu.

Ohayogozaimasu。

[Life in Japan Theme Song]

[生活在日本的主題曲]。

Green light to our hotel.

為我們的酒店開綠燈。

3...Jump! Jump, jump.

3...跳!跳吧，跳吧。

For happy kids on a road trip, just look for a hotel with a pool, and you're set!

對於在公路旅行中的快樂的孩子來說，只要尋找一個有游泳池的酒店，你就可以了!

The next day we went by an attraction so enormous, we just had to stop and take a look for ourselves.

第二天，我們經過一個如此巨大的景點，我們不得不停下來，親自看一看。

Ark Encounter!

方舟奇遇記!

Whoa, look at this. This is awesome.

哇，看看這個。這真是太棒了。

So we're about to the ark. This ark if from the story of Genesis, a Biblical story about the flood that covered the whole earth.

是以，我們即將到方舟。這個方舟如果來自《創世紀》的故事，一個關於覆蓋整個地球的洪水的聖經故事。

And God spoke to his man Noah, told him to build an ark.

上帝對他的手下諾亞說話，叫他造一隻方舟。

And it's in these proportions. We don't know if it was exactly like this, but it was these proportions.

而且是按照這些比例。我們不知道它是否完全像這樣，但它是這些比例。

And we're going to tour this thing now.

而我們現在要去參觀這個東西。

They had all kinds of cages for the animals.

他們為動物準備了各種各樣的籠子。

Whoa, chips! And pepsi.

哇，薯片！還有百事可樂。

I didn't know they had Pepsi and chips on an ark.

我不知道他們在方舟上有百事可樂和薯片。

I'm sure Noah had coffee on the ark.

我確信諾亞在方舟上喝過咖啡。

Come over here and look up.

到這裡來，抬頭看看。

Noah, are you up there?

諾亞，你在上面嗎？

We're heading up the deck.

我們正在向甲板上走去。

Up, up, up and away!

上升，上升，上升，離開！

Ok, the kids are walking up the ark.

好了，孩子們正在往方舟上走。

Look, at the ark.

看，在方舟上。

It's amazing inside.

它的內部是驚人的。

Maybe his wood work shop looked a lot like this, huh?

也許他的木工車間看起來很像這樣，嗯？

What would it have been like back then?

那時候會是什麼樣子呢？

We spent the morning seeing how Noah and his family could have survived on the ark with the technology and animals from ancient times.

我們花了一個上午的時間，看到諾亞和他的家人是如何利用古代的技術和動物在方舟上生存的。

For the adults and older kids it was fascinating, but the limited stamina of the younger kids kept us moving along.

對於成年人和年齡較大的孩子來說，這很吸引人，但年齡較小的孩子有限的耐力使我們一直在前進。

Look at all the herbs.

看看所有的草藥。

That's a loom. That's where they would weave things together.

那是一個織布機。那是他們將東西編織在一起的地方。

Eating and meeting.

吃飯和開會。

But even on the ark, we were able to find a few thrills for the kids.

但即使在方舟上，我們也能為孩子們找到一些刺激。

Kids only. Go. Oh, kids only area?

僅限兒童。走吧。哦，只有兒童區？

It got you! Whoa!!

它抓住了你!哇！！！

Very cool. I think I'm going to get this magnet for the fridge.

非常酷。我想我要把這個磁鐵放在冰箱裡。

So cool. Now you can tell if there's an earthquake. Just look at the ark.

太酷了。現在你可以知道是否有地震了。只要看一下方舟就知道了。

When we came out, wouldn't you know it, it's raining! Oh my goodness.

當我們出來的時候，你不知道嗎，下雨了!哦，我的天啊。

What a rainy day but what a huge ark!

好一個雨天，但是好一個巨大的方舟啊!

We're a wet, wet, wet picture. Wet picture!

我們是一張溼的、溼的、溼的照片。溼漉漉的照片!

I wasn't expecting a flood when I visited the ark.

當我參觀方舟時，我並沒有想到會有洪水。

We all got soaked, huh guys?

我們都被淋溼了，嗯，夥計們？

We were soon on our way again, the next step this time would be Grandma and Grandpa's house, and we could hardly wait to arrive!

我們很快又上路了，這次的下一步將是外公外婆的家，我們幾乎迫不及待地要到了。

We're coming up on Champaign, IL,

我們馬上就要到伊利諾伊州的香檳市了。

This is my old stomping ground where I lived for 1 year after college

這是我大學畢業後住了一年的老地方

And I worked at a psychological testing agency.

而我在一家心理測試機構工作。

That's where I worked folks.

這就是我工作的地方，夥計們。

There it was. There it went.

它就在那裡。它在那裡。

And I lived out that way, in the middle of the corn fields.

我就住在那邊，在玉米田的中間。

We only have 1 more hour left.

我們只剩下1個多小時了。

Yeah!! We made it!

我們成功了!

What are you so excited for?

你為何如此興奮？

For the game that you throw the ball in. Oh, basketball?

對於你扔球的遊戲。哦，籃球？

Got the most beautiful chauffeur in the world.

得到了世界上最美麗的司機。

You're too kind.

你太客氣了。

There's something so relaxing about driving through the expansive prairies and fields of Illinois. I love it!

駕車穿過伊利諾伊州廣闊的大草原和田野，有一種令人放鬆的感覺。我喜歡它

Well kids, look. There's Peoria. See all the buildings up there?

嗯，孩子們，看。那裡是皮奧里亞。看到上面的所有建築了嗎？

I'm going to need lots of help to get everything out of the car. EVERYTHING. Yes Mommy!! Yes Mommy!

我需要很多人幫助我把東西從車裡拿出來。所有的東西。是的，媽媽！！！。是的，媽媽!

Uh, there's grandpa. Sitting in the driveway. Alright!

呃，那是爺爺。坐在車道上。好吧！

Oh my goodness!

哦，我的天哪！我的天哪

Hey, big girl! Hey!

嘿，大姑娘！嘿！

There's some kids very happy to be out of the car. I'll don't blame them, it's been a long, long trip.

有一些孩子非常高興能從車裡出來。我不怪他們，這已經是一次很長很長時間的旅行了。

You look so different with short hair!

你的短髮看起來很不一樣!

I know! I look so bad with short hair.

我知道!我的短髮看起來很糟糕。

Oh yeah.

哦，是的。

Big J is shooting baskets with Grandpa.

大J正在和爺爺一起投籃。

It's Panda Express for dinner tonight. It's one of daddy and mommy's favorites.

今晚的晚餐是熊貓快餐。這是爸爸和媽媽的最愛之一。

We're watching the Prince and the Pauper. My goodness, this looks old, doesn't it.

我們正在看《王子與貧民》。我的天啊，這看起來很老，不是嗎。

It is old! No it's not.

它是舊的!不，它不是。

It's only like 50 years old. Oh, really?

它好像只有50年的歷史。哦，真的嗎？

Now Grandma was ready to squeeze a year's worth of fun into 2 weeks.

現在，奶奶已經準備好將一年的樂趣擠進兩個星期。

What are you getting ready for?

你在準備什麼？

Like the horseback riding. Horseback riding?

比如騎馬。騎馬？

The bow in the back? I thought the bow goes in the front? Oh, ok, sure.

蝴蝶結在後面？我以為蝴蝶結是在前面？哦，好的，當然。

Ohhh, how cute Sarah!

哦，好可愛啊，莎拉。

What happened? Where did this come from?

發生了什麼事？這是從哪裡來的？

Hello everybody. Please welcome to the ranch.

大家好。請歡迎來到牧場。

Here we go. Look at that!

我們來了。看看這個！

How is it up there Becca? Amazing.

上面的情況如何，貝卡？很好。

Whoa. Becca you want to wave? Ok.

哇。貝卡，你想揮手嗎？好的。

So while the kids are all out having fun horseback riding, Ruth and I are shopping.

是以，當孩子們都在外面騎馬玩耍時，露絲和我在購物。

Oh, that is a beautiful watch, honey. I always wanted an Apple Watch - here we go.

哦，那是一塊漂亮的手錶，親愛的。我一直想要一塊蘋果手錶--我們走吧。

Giant screen on that.

那上面有巨大的螢幕。

Can you smile?

你能微笑嗎？

Hi!

你好!

Look at that. Good job Anna.

看看這個。幹得好，安娜。

Ok, well hold on for your life.

好吧，為了你的生命堅持下去。

Can you do a smile for me?

你能為我做一個微笑嗎？

We got it!

我們得到了它!

Let's talk about the insane size of things in America.

讓我們來談談美國事物的瘋狂規模。

Honey, we ran out of coffee. Again!

親愛的，我們的咖啡用完了。又來了!

Hi.

你好。

Oh, there's Anna. She feels very comfortable on the horse. And Becca.

哦，那是安娜。她在馬背上感覺很舒服。還有貝卡。

There you go. Now, are you going to give her a kiss? Give him a kiss?

這就對了。現在，你要給她一個吻嗎？給他一個吻？

Ok.

好的。

Hold it flat like this.

像這樣平舉著它。

Can I, can I? I want to do it. Ok, good.

我可以，我可以嗎？我想這樣做。好的，很好。

I'm going to throw you up there, ok?

我把你扔到上面去，好嗎？

Whoa buddy! He knows how to be a cowboy.

哇，哥們兒!他知道如何做一個牛仔。

Look at you. Hi. How is it? Good?

看看你。嗨，怎麼樣？好嗎？

Mommy, mommy? Can you sit here. What?

媽咪，媽咪？你可以坐在這裡。什麼？

Breakfast pizza. Eggs, bacon, cheese.

早餐披薩。雞蛋、培根、奶酪。

And the birthday girl.

還有生日的女孩。

Happy birthday to you.

祝你生日快樂。

Happy birthday. Happy birthday. 42 years old, thumbs up!

生日快樂。生日快樂。42歲，豎起大拇指!

Happy birthday. Oh wow. It's so beautiful. It's a sunflower.

生日快樂。哦，哇。它是如此美麗。這是一朵向日葵。

Ruth is going to be 42. Joshua. I love you. Joshua.

路得就要42歲了。約書亞。我愛你約書亞。

Awe, did you draw all those hearts? That's so good. Give me a big hug.

啊，這些心都是你畫的嗎？真是太好了。給我一個大大的擁抱。

One more.

再來一個。

Awe.

敬畏。

Whoa! I need to work on my presentation a little bit, but.

哇!我需要在我的演講上多下點功夫，但是。

Today's trip is a little over an hour.

今天的行程是一個小時多一點。

Not too bad.

不算太壞。

We celebrated Ruth's birthday and then took a trip down memory lane, going to see our first house and friends that go way, way back.

我們為露絲慶祝了生日，然後進行了一次回憶之旅，去看了我們的第一個房子和朋友，這些都是很早很早以前的事了。

Some pretty houses along the way.

沿途的一些漂亮的房子。

With absolutely ginormous lawns.

有絕對巨大的草坪。

There it is, waiting for us.

它就在那裡，等待著我們。

Whoa, this is a nice hotel. No way!

哇，這是個不錯的酒店。不會吧！？

Look at this. How nice.

看看這個。多好啊。

Oh my goodness. That was mommy and daddy's first house.

哦，我的天哪。那是媽媽和爸爸的第一個房子。

There it is. Look. They took down the cherry tree.

就在那裡。你看。他們把櫻花樹拆了。

Oh yeah, the cherry tree isn't there anymore.

哦，對了，櫻桃樹已經不在那裡了。

Alright, let's head on in guys. Yay.

好了，讓我們進去吧，夥計們。耶。

Tell him, say Buddy sit. Buddy sit.

告訴他，說巴蒂坐下。巴迪坐下。

Don't give it to him yet. Buddy sit. Sit! Buddy sit.

先別給他。巴迪坐下。坐下！夥計，坐下。

Ok, you can give it to him.

好吧，你可以把它交給他。

Shake. Shake! Shake.

搖晃。搖一搖!搖晃。

Whoa! Wow.

哇!哇哦。

We got all kinds of backyard games going on.

我們有各種各樣的後院遊戲在進行。

Oh, yum! Watermelon.

哦，好喝!西瓜。

Oh, is this nice then?

哦，那這樣好嗎？

We don't get much time with our friends when we're back, but the time we have is meaningful and precious.

我們回來後和朋友們在一起的時間不多，但我們擁有的時間是有意義和寶貴的。

We value lifelong relationships with others.

我們重視與他人的終生關係。

Watching a video. Doesn't look like they want to go at all.

看了一段視頻。看起來他們根本就不想去。

They don't want to go! Joshua's out the door. Joshua! Bye Joshua!

他們不想去！約書亞出了門。約書亞！再見，約書亞！

Bye. Later Gator. Bye. He's like "I'm going to drive".

再見。再見，蓋特。再見。他說 "我要去開車了"。

Inspired by our Life in Japan videos, good friends of our Jim and Rita started looking for parks around them to explore,

受我們的日本生活視頻的啟發，我們的吉姆和麗塔的好朋友開始尋找他們周圍的公園進行探索。

and they asked us to meet them on the banks of the Mississippi River at Empire Park to see one of their favorites.

他們要求我們在帝國公園的密西西比河畔與他們見面，看他們的最愛之一。

Looks like there's chocolate, is that chocolate? And then plain.

看起來有巧克力，那是巧克力嗎？然後是普通的。

How is that Caleb? Is it good? Awe man. Yeah.

迦勒怎麼樣了？很好嗎？敬畏的人。是的。

And Viviane? You like it too?

和Viviane？你也喜歡嗎？

How is it there girls? Yes?

姑娘們，你們好嗎？是嗎？

The donut was so yummy. Yes, I see it. It's all over your face.

這個甜甜圈太好吃了。是的，我看到了。臉上到處都是。

You ate it too fast for me to even get a video.

你吃得太快了，我甚至無法拍到視頻。

Ok, have fun.

好了，玩得開心。

Go work that sugar out!

去把糖吃完吧!

This is an awesome park.

這是一個了不起的公園。

Let's see. Oh my goodness you're fast. Holy cow.

讓我們來看看。哦，我的天哪，你真快。我的天啊。

Oh, that's the tough part. Awesome.

哦，這才是艱難的部分。真棒。

Whoa. Oh Viviane. Way to go.

哇。哦，Viviane。走吧。

The park was a blast, and we even had time to get in a couple of flight lessons…

公園裡很熱鬧，我們甚至有時間去上了幾節飛行課......。

Caleb's trying a drone. How is it?

Caleb在嘗試無人機。它是怎樣的？

Fun. It's fun? Maybe we can use one of your videos

樂趣。這很有趣？也許我們可以使用你的一個視頻

So one thing I absolutely love America, just about anywhere you go, you can find a garbage can.

是以，我絕對喜歡美國的一件事，幾乎在任何地方，你都可以找到一個垃圾桶。

Down by the river, if you need to throw something away, there it is.

在河邊，如果你需要扔掉什麼東西，它就在那裡。

Ok I want off, someone said.

好吧，我想離開，有人說。

What do you got there Viviane? Stuffed animals.

薇薇安，你有什麼？填充的動物。

Whoa, that's so nice of you guys.

哇，你們真好。

Awe, what do you say? Now we have our own version of Oliver [the dog]. Our own omiyage, souvenir.

啊，你說什麼？現在我們有了我們自己版本的奧利弗[狗]。我們自己的OMIYAGE，紀念品。

Back at the hotel, there was something that had yet to be done.

回到酒店後，有一件事還沒有做。

If our hotel has a pool, we will be at it. We will be at it. The kids must swim.

如果我們的酒店有一個游泳池，我們就會去。我們會去的。孩子們必須游泳。

So you may be wondering where's Becca and Anna, I didn't see them swimming.

所以你可能想知道貝卡和安娜在哪裡，我沒有看到他們游泳。

Becca

貝卡

Anna

菁菁

Are you guys chill-laxing?

你們是在放鬆警惕嗎？

Chill-laxing to the maxin.

寒冷的放鬆到極致。

In previous trips, we've left chargers before, we've left toothbrushes, we've left, what other things have we left?

在以前的旅行中，我們以前留下過充電器，我們留下過牙刷，我們留下過，我們還留下過什麼東西？

Not much because Mommy's usually pretty good. Mommy's usually pretty good about checking,

不多，因為媽媽通常很好。媽媽通常會很好地檢查。

So it was a huge surprise that she left her pillow.

是以，她留下了她的枕頭，這是個巨大的驚喜。

Actually I forgot my pillow in another hotel, about made me cry, because I love my pillow. I brought it from Japan.

事實上，我把我的枕頭忘在了另一家酒店，這讓我哭了，因為我愛我的枕頭。我從日本帶來了它。

But I am looking for another pillow,

但我正在尋找另一個枕頭。

But they only make big, fat pillows, I can't find a super thin pillow.

但他們只做大而肥的枕頭，我找不到一個超級薄的枕頭。

But anyway, today we are going to be visiting a couple different churches and driving a whole lot.

但無論如何，今天我們要去參觀幾個不同的教堂，並開了一大堆車。

So we just finished our second church today. We had a great time.

所以我們今天剛剛完成了我們的第二個教會。我們玩得很開心。

Meeting with everybody, talking with everybody. We had to race here. It took us 3 hours to get here and now we have one more visit to do.

與大家見面，與大家交談。我們不得不在這裡比賽。我們花了3個小時才到這裡，現在我們還有一個訪問要做。

This is Cissna Park. The little city where my father grew up.

這裡是西斯納公園。我父親長大的那個小城市。

A city of about 800 people in the middle of the fields of Illinois.

在伊利諾伊州的田野中，有一個約800人的城市。

We're coming up on the town square, and up here was the one place you could go to a playground, and they had a slide.

我們正走到鎮上的廣場上，在這裡是一個你可以去玩的地方，他們有一個滑梯。

That's where Grandpa grew up?

那是爺爺長大的地方？

Yes, this the town where Grandpa grew up!

是的，這就是爺爺長大的小鎮!

After more visits with good friends, it was time to move on again.

在與好朋友進行更多的訪問後，又到了繼續前進的時候。

That was our last visit of the day and now we are on our way back home to Peoria.

這是我們今天的最後一次訪問，現在我們正在返回皮奧里亞的路上。

We had to get back to Peoria for our last week in the States, and Grandma Reutter had some big fun planned.

我們必須回到皮奧里亞，度過在美國的最後一個星期，魯特奶奶計劃了一些大的樂趣。

Wait, can somebody tell me what's happening here first?

等等，誰能先告訴我這裡發生了什麼？

So, we're going to put these mentos into this. Wait, wait, wait.

所以，我們要把這些曼陀羅放到這個裡面。等一下，等一下，等一下。

My mother was a school teacher for years and did the most amazing science experiments with us growing up and now she does it with our kids.

我母親在學校當了多年的老師，在我們成長過程中做了最令人驚奇的科學實驗，現在她也對我們的孩子做了這些實驗。

3, 2, 1... Oh no.

3, 2, 1...哦，不。

Whoa. That was quite a volcano.

哇。那是一座相當大的火山。

It was a Coca Cola volcano.

那是一座可口可樂火山。

The mentos are a candy, did you know that?

曼妥思是一種糖果，你知道嗎？

Did you want to eat it? Yes.

你想吃它嗎？是的。

Grandma said no though. No eating. Right. It's for the volcano.

但奶奶說不行。不吃東西。對。這是為火山準備的。

The Coca Cola 'cano.

可口可樂公司的 "卡諾"。

3, 2, 1

3, 2, 1

3, 2, 1..

3, 2, 1..

My mom waits until the diet cola goes on sale and then buys it for these experiments. And saves it for when her grandkids come.

我媽媽一直等到減肥可樂打折，然後買來做這些實驗。並把它留到她的孫子們來的時候。

Here comes Anna Cakes. The last one. Let's see if it can be the best one yet.

安娜蛋糕來了。最後一個。讓我們看看它是否能成為最好的一個。

That's how it should work. I want to do it again!

這就是它應該發揮的作用。我想再做一次!

Wow! That's how it should work there. My goodness!

哇!這就是它應該在那裡工作。我的天啊!

Look at all the mentos, the mints, at the bottom of that. My goodness.

看看所有的曼陀羅，薄荷糖，在那底部。我的天啊。

Cleanup time.

清理時間。

Blast off! A blast off?

爆炸了!爆炸？

Yeah, and the bottle is just going to fly up in the air.

是的，瓶子就會在空中飛起來。

The bottle's going to fly up in the air? They fill it with some water and compress some air in there and then let it go 'toosh'.

瓶子會在空中飛起來？他們在裡面裝上一些水，壓縮一些空氣，然後讓它 "飛 "起來。

Hit the compressor! Here it goes!

打擊壓縮機！來了！

My camera lens was not wide enough to capture how high these bottles went!

我的相機鏡頭不夠寬，無法捕捉到這些瓶子有多高!

Whoa! Oh my goodness!

哇!哦，我的天啊！

It is never a dull moment at grandma's house.