My Vacations

So I can find specific trips more easily:

Covid years:

2021-Sept. 25-29 trip to N. Myrtle Beach with Angie and family

2021 May Florida trip to Reunion

2021-june 11-18 STL and Knoxville trip

2021-Feb-25,26,27,28  long weekend trip to Lake Marion, SC with the Hicks kids

2020-sept/Oct Destin, Fl. 4 night vacation 

2020-6 Panama City Beach trip

2020-5-15 - to St. Louis to work on clearing out the Graybrooke house:

 

 Pre-Covid years:

2019 Last cruise with Ken, Dec.:  cruise

2019 Jan/Feb Hawaii:  Kauai (15 /Carolyn 1st); Maui (solo then Tim and Faith 1st)

2018 Yellowstone: with Angie, Josh, and Layla:

2018 Jan/Feb Hawaii:  Maui (with Fischers)

2017 Nov. 28-Dec. 12 -- 11 nt HAL sunfarer cruise; 3 nt S Florida: cruise

2017 Nov. Mother/Daughter trip to Sapphire, North Carolina

2017 May South Florida 10 night trip: cruise

2017 Feb. 4-11 Orlando trip:   

 

2016 Dec 4-16 Koningsdam 10nt, ABC : cruise

2016  Sept. 20-23 quickie trip to Margaritaville, St. Thomas!

 

2016 Aug. Hawaii:  Maui 

         Sept. Hawaii:  Kauai (14)

2015 Dec Oregon/ kids :  Oregon

 

2015 Nov 8-15 Western Carib :  cruise

2015 May Knoxville, Sevierville,Gatlinburg birthday trip

 

2015 April 17-May 1 S Carib cruise :  cruise

 

2015 Feb Hawaii:  Kauai (13) 

         Feb Hawaii:  Maui

 

2014 Dec 6nt girls Carib cruise :  cruise

2014 August Southern Utah vacation: Bryce, Zion, Grand Canyon, Snow Canyon

2014 Oregon Sept. (continuation from Utah), Crater Lake, Clear Lake, waterfalls, Coast  :  Oregon

 

2014 April 11-22 Caribbean cruise:  cruise

 

2014 Jan Hawaii:   Kauai (12)

 

2013 Dec Mother/daughter Carib cruise  :  cruise

2013 Oct. St. Thomas 9 day vacation to the island!

2013 July Cleveland for the National Senior Games

 

2013 Feb Hawaii:  Maui / Baileys

2013 Feb. trip to Florida (Sea World) : Florida

 

2012 May Hawaii:   Maui/Carolyn

 

2012 Nov 8-13 Southern Carib cruise :  cruise

2012 Edisto Beach---cute little South Carolina coastal town

 

2012 Hawaii:  Kauai (11/Schneiderjans)

 

2011 Nov 5-11 Eastern Carib cruise :  cruise

2011 Oct.--Pompano Beach, Florida Sisters' trip :  Florida

 

2011-April 29-May 1st to the Biltmore Estate for Emily and Brian's wedding:

2011 Feb Hawaii:  Kauai (10)

2010 Nov 5-12 Easter Carib cruise : cruise

2010 July Oregon Kims wedding  :  Oregon

 2010 Feb Hawaii:  Kauai (9/ Tim and Faith 3)

2009 Dec. 6-13 sisters Mexican riviera  :  cruise

2009 Oct - Pompano Beach, Florida :  Florida

 

2009 Aug 16-23 Ken's 1st cruise: Alaska :  cruise

2009 - June; Sunny West Palm Beach : Florida

2009 May--vacation to the Sunshine State : Florida

 

2009 FEb Hawaii:  Oahu (me solo) 

         Feb Hawaii:  Kauai (8th/ Angie and Josh 1st)

 

2008 Oct 25-31 Mexico cruise with Carolyn : cruise

 

2008 March Hawaii:  Kauai (7th)

 

2007 Aug 24 31 Alaska cruise with Dad :  cruise

2007 March-Southern California---Vacation and photographing Rachelle's wedding!

 

2007 Feb Hawaii:  Kauai (6th)

2007 Jan. San Antonio---a winter wonderland!

 

2006 Oct Hawaii:  Maui (1st/ dad)

2006 July trip to Oregon and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington  :  Oregon

 

2006 Jan Hawaii:  Kauai (5th/ Tim and Faith 2nd/ Dad 2nd)

 

2006 Jan Baja / Carolyn  :  cruise

2005 Oregon July trip with Barb (Crater Lake) :  Oregon

 

2005 Feb Hawaii:  Kauai (4th)

 

2005 Feb do over Disney cruise/Dad :  cruise

2004 july graduation Carib cruise with Angie :  cruise

 

2004 Hawaii:   Kauai (3rd/Tim and Faith 1st)

 

2004 Feb 1st ever cruise: Disney disaster cruise/Dad :  cruise

 

2003 Aug Hawaii:   Oahu/Dad 

2003 June 25-July 8 --- European vacation with Angie: Prague, Ronchamp, Geneva, Rome, Cinque Terre, Barcelona, Paris

2003 June Yellowstone--- a Geological Wonder

 

2003 March Hawaii:    Kauai (2nd/Dad 1st)

2003---Orlando, Feb., with Dad and Angie : Florida

2003-San Francisco and beyond

2002 Oregon/Montana/Yellowstone summer trip :  Oregon

2002 London trip---April 16-24, with Carolyn

 

2002 Jan. Hawaii:   Hawaii: Big Island

2002 Jan. first trip to Orlando with Dad: Florida

 

2001 July Oregon :  Oregon

2001—Grand Cayman, June 2-9

2001 April New Jersey with Dad

 

2001  Jan. 2nd trip to Hawaii:   Kauai (1st x)

          Jan. Hawaii:  Oahu (2nd x)

2000 July Oregon / Faith (1st) :  Oregon

1999-Florida/Bahamas trip

 

1998 June Oregon  & Seattle (/ Holly ) :  Oregon

 

1998 Hawaii--our 1st trip   Oahu

 

1997 July Oregon  (/Shannon) :  Oregon

1997 March/April---Great Britain

 

1996 July Oregon and BC and Seattle :  Oregon

1996 New York City and Ellis Island

 

1995 July Oregon - Maupin  :  Oregon

 

1994 July Oregon (/ MaryAnn)  :  Oregon

1980-1993 Oregon :  Oregon

Oregon

For most of our children's young lives, we made regular summer vacations to Oregon.  It was a relatively cheap vacation for us since we could stay with my parents and they were even paying half our airfare---at least for the first 5 or 6 years.   Even though the kids didn't always appreciate vacationing there every year, it grew on them.  Now in their adult years, they often talk about moving there.  In fact, I really thought Ken and I would live there after he retired! 

We spent a couple weeks in Oregon every summer from about 1980 up until about 2008 (when neither of my parents were around anymore).  After that, we still went from time to time, but for a specific purpose (a niece's wedding, a family reunion X-mas on the beach, and to show Oregon to some friends who had never been there before).

I decided to go back into my archived photos and blog about some of those trips.

2015 Oregon 3 week Christmas trip with the "kids" 

2014 Oregon (continuation from Utah), Crater Lake, Clear Lake, waterfalls, Coast---with Schneiderjans

2010  July trip --- Kim's wedding

2006 July trip to Oregon and the Olympic Peninsula in Washington

2005 Oregon July trip with Barb (Crater Lake)

2002 Oregon/Montana/Yellowstone summer trip 

2001 Oregon (showing Dad around Oregon)

2000-Oregon Vacation (Faith's 1st trip to Oregon)

1998 - Oregon with a side trip to Seattle (with Holly)

1997 Oregon summer vacation (yurt and Crater Lake) / Shannon

 

1996 Oregon and Seattle and Vancouver,BC

1995 Oregon (North coast surfing and Maupin white water rafting) 

1994 Oregon (mother-in-law with us)

 

1980-1993 the early years

Willamette Valley

 

Oregon Coast

 

I still love Oregon!  Don't see us ever moving there now.  Probably wouldn't be able to enjoy it like we did when we were younger---hiking, floating, visiting with family (still have a sister and a couple nieces there, but not as many family members as we use to have there).  How I miss those days!!!!