November 2011 archive

Special Family Visits, 2011

We were fortunate to get together with ALL our family twice in 2011 – once here in Ohio and at my birthday celebration in Orlando (Disney World!). We also had a brief visit to a local theme park (Great Wolf Lodge) with Elizabeth and family. It’s a rare treat to get everyone together and we …

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Vietnam and Cambodia, March 2011

We had visited Cambodia a few years ago but only for few days in Siem Reap with the sole purpose of visiting the Angkor Temple complex there. We had never visited Vietnam but it had been on our list for some time so when Viking River Cruises initiated a cruise on the Mekong River that …

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Sacramento Visits 2011

In addition to visiting our California family as part of our Oregon road trip, we also visited Sacramento in February and December.

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Road Trips in the United States, 2011

We took four deriving trips throughout the year. 1) Local to Kentucky to visit Louisville and Frankfort 2) Eleven southern states (Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Virginia) with my brother Geoffrey 3) Western States (Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana) with our friends Keith and Zena …

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Road Trips, 2011

We took four road trips within the US this year. One – to Louisville and Frankfort, KY – was extremely local, whereas others took us to the Southern States (Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia) with my brother Geoffrey, Western States (Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Idaho, and …

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England Visits in 2011

We made two trips to England (in addition to one over the New Year, covered in the 2010 Journals) and spent most of the time at our nephew’s flat in Ilkley. During the summer visit, Molly stayed with her sister in Besford and attended her sibling reunion and, later, we both spent a week in …

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