TRAVELS

TRAVEL…LORECE
AS OF OCT 31,2019, I HAVE TRAVELED TO EVERY USA STATE, ALL 7 CONTINENTS, AND 97 COUNTRIES, MANY OF THE COUNTRIES MORE THAN ONCE. I WAS ON A FOUR- MONTH- ROUND- THE- WORLD- CRUISE JANUARY THRU APRIL 2011.
EACH WINTER I GO TO A DIFFERENT USA PLACE THAT IS WARMER THAN THE CHICAGO AREA.

BEFORE 1959, I TRAVELED WITH FAMILY IN ILL., KENTUCKY, MISSOURI, INDIANA. 1966, Drove thru Southern States .

1974, Motorcoach tour to Wash.,DC with my daughter Jeanine’s Abbott Junior High Class organized by teacher Walt Martin and his wife Miriam and 3 girls. Had picture made on steps of Capitol Building with member of Congress, Bob McClary. Heard Ted Kennedy speak.

1975, Motorcoach tour to Florida with my daughter Jeanine’s Abbott Junior High Class organized by teacher Walt Martin & family.

1976, Austria and Yugoslavia EHS group
1978, LAS VEGAS with a special friend
1981, FEB., Las Vegas.Married Richard Wilkening on Valentines Day
1982, CLEARWATER BEACH, FL.visited Elsie & Red Andrews.
1986 OR 87 TO COLUMBIA, SC WITH MY SISTER RETA TO VISIT  MY DAUGHTER JEANINE & FAMILY

MARCH 1988, COLUMBIA, SC WITH MOM & DAD TO VISIT MY DAUGHTER JEANINE & FAMILY

SEPT 1988, MACKINAC ISLAND, MICHIGAN WITH MOM, DAD & RETA
1992, 1-20/1-28, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON & OREGON,with a special friend.

1993, MAY, NOSTALGIC TOUR W/LORENE, SO IL FARMS, METROPOLIS,IL UNC LOWELL/AUNT ESSIE & EVANSVILLE IND TO SEE AUNT LOLA,PICTURE WITH OLD SUPERMAN STATUE. NEW WAS PUT UP 6-5-93

1993, Mar.,Rome,Italy w/Dodie&Sandy(on our own).

1994, MAY 16/25..San Francisco, CA with Lorene(on our own).STAYED IN CARTWRIGHT HOTEL, 524 SUTTER AT POWELL, SAN FRAN, CA 94102. TE#(415)421-2865. JACKI KENNEDY DIED

1995, MARCH, London + DAY TRIPS INC BATH ,ENG w/Reta,(on our own)

1995, OCT VIRGINIA BEACH, VA W/RETA.VISIT CARMAN & JOHN. OJ MURDERED NICOLE & RON GOLDMAN 10-3-95

DEC ’95, SOUTH CAROLINA TO VISIT JEANINE & FAMILY
MINNEAPOLIS,MINN.(5YRS)96, 97, 98, 99, 2001, with a special friend..
1996, Hong Kong & China with Notary Group. Hong Kong to return to Chinese rule after 100 years in July 1997.

1996 Hawaii with Lorene(on our own)
1997, COLUMBIA, SC TO VISIT JEANINE & FAMILY
1997 ITALIAN CRUISE LINE,Western Caribbean with Dodie, Jamaica, Cayman Islands
1998 Las Vegas and Grand Canyon with Mom and Dad
1999, 5-27/5-31, MYRTLE BEACH with Jeanine and Holly
1999, New Orleans, Louisiana with Dodie
2000, 7-11/7-14, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, complete physical MAYO CLINIC
2000,AUGUST 18, ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA, surgery at MAYO CLINIC
2001,Feb&Mar.(OAT), Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania. ​I retired 1-31-2001

2001, June, Paris, France w/Dodie(on our own)

2001, Sept., So. IL Shawnee Nat’l Forest with Dad, Mom, Uncle Lowell, Mayna & Jerry. Attended Williams Family Reunion and walked into Nat’l Forest to see Indian Cemetery

2001, Oct., Door County Wisc. with Dad

2002, Jan. Cruise, East. Carib.Carnival Triumph/Goldman fam & Marj Morton(ECC), Puerto Rico; St Croix, US Virgin Islands.

2002, Feb. 8 thru 22 Hawaii (on my own).

2002, 5-4/5-12, Boston(on my own)

2002, 5-17/5-19,Nauvoo,IL w/Vicki Frederick &Mimi Locknar,used Sue Brigham’s van. Sue was going, became ill and did not go.

2002, June China & Hong Kong wDodie&her sis & Janet Poyner. BEIJING,XI’AN, CHONGQING, 4-NITE YANGTZE CRUISE SEEING THREE LITTLE GORGES, SHORTEST = QUTANG, 2ND = WU GORGE NOTED FOR “TWELVE PEAKS”, 3 RD LONGEST = XILING AND STOPPED AT THE THREE GORGES DAM FOR A VISIT. CONTINUED TO SHASHI PASSING THRU THE GEZHOUBA DAM LOCKS. DISEMBARKED IN WUHAN & FLEW TO SHANGHAI. THEN TO HONG KONG. ​Defer donating blood until 6-28-03 because Hong Kong is high malaria risk.UNAWORLD

2002, 7-15/7-18, Amish Country, Penn, Ohio, Frank Lloyd Wright homes, Falling Water + Kentuck Knob(?)..Mayflower Tour

2002, 9-11/9-19 Switzerland & More( Liechtenstein, Austria, Germany) with Farm Bureau. This was one year anniversary of 2001, 9-11 attack on NY

2002, 10-3/10-11, New Eng Autumn = Ohio, New York, Mass.,Vermont,RI,Conn, Penn,MAYFLOWER..​62nt BD

2002, 11-7/11-16, Corpus Christi, TX.on my own

2002, 12-4/12-7, Niagara Festival of Lights, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada,,MAYFLOWER

2002, 12-30-02 /1-2-03, Columbia, So Carolina, Jeanine married Martin

2003,3-29/4-9-03,Tunisia&Morocco(N Africa) WITH DODIE & HER SIS CAROL. GUIDE WAS JUNE. UNAWORLD. ​US BOMBED BAGDAD, Iraq MARCH 2003. ​Our tour had armed guards for remainder of tour.

2003, May 17/5-31, Alaska, with Cousin Mayna, HOLLAND AMERICA

2003,Aug.30, So.IL,Golconda, Pope County Community High School 1958,45-yr reunion

2003, 9-27,28,&29, South Carolina to see Jeanine

2003, October 22 to 11-10-03, Ireland with Dodie (OAT) plane was hit by lightning at first landing. Pilot told us the plane is designed to take lightning strikes. All seems OK. Will have the plane checked before we continue.

2003, Dec. 2/28, (OAT)..Flew to Lima Peru…Amazon Wilds, Machu Picchu IN PERU & the Galapagos Islands, Quito & Otavalo, Ecuador…on Christmas eve 12-24-2003, our group had dinner in a 16 thcentury Hacienda in Ibarra, Ecuador. We had breakfast in the same place on Christmas Day 12-25-03. The grounds of the Hacienda were absolutely beautiful. There were avocados and oranges on the trees. The poinsettias were trees taller than our heads. On Christmas Day we visited the town of Otavalo where there were street markets, bands playing, and a beautiful church on the town square with lots of people coming and going. IN THE AMAZON RAINFOREST,IN PERU, WE STAYED IN EXPLORNAPO LODGE. ​Defer donating blood 1 yr , Peru hi rsk malaria.​

2004, Jan 7/19,(GCT) Transit the Panama Canal aboard the QE2, began in Fort Lauderdale and ended in Los Angeles, CA going into ports along the way.WITH DODIE WILLIAMS. 1-7 LEAVE FT. LAUDERDALE, FL; IN PORT: 1-9, WILLEMSTAD ON ISLAND OF CURACAO IN THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES IN THE SO CARRIBEAN SEA (DUTCH OVERSEAS TERRITORY; 1-11 THRU PANAMA CANAL; 1-13 AMADOR, PANAMA; 1-15 ACAPULCO, MEXICO; 1-17 CABOS SAN LUCAS, MEXICO; 1-19 ARRIVE LOS ANGELES, CA.

2004, Feb 24/3-9, (GCT) Torremolinos Spain with day trips from there and overnights in Seville, Spain, Tangiers, Morocco and also a day trip to Gibraltar. WITH DODIE WILLIAMS.

2004, 8-12/8-17, Biloxi, Miss.Visited Jeanine. Stayed in Beau Rivage. Jeanine was in training. Beau Rivage was destroyed by hurricane Katrina 2005 —rebuilt by 2006.

2004, 11-10/11-15, Savannah, Georgia. Saw all things related to Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil. Jeanine & Marty came part of time.

2004 & 2005, 12-29-04/ 1-19-05, (GCT)Chilean Fjords & the Strait of Magellan, Began in Buenos Aires, Argentina and ended in Santiago Chile. W/Dodie, 22 days,12-29-04, Wed., fly to Buenos Aires, Argentina for Land tour 12-30, 31, & 1-1-05, New Year’s party in Buenos Aires…Montevideo Uruguay…Cruise Atlantic Ocean…Puerto Madryn, Argentina…Cruise Atlantic Ocean…Port Stanley, Falkland Islands…Cruise Cape Horn…Ushuaia, Argentina…Cruise Beagle Channel/Glacier cruising…Punta Arenas…Cruise Strait of Magellan…Cruise Patagonian Channels/Chilean Fjords…Cruise Canal Darwin…Puerto Chacabuco, Puerto Montt, Chile…Cruise Pacific Ocean, Santiago/Valparaiso & Vina del Mar, Chile…Land tour of Santiago, Chile…fly home.

2005, 2-21-05/3-16-05, (Vantage) W/DODIE, 24 DAYS=Hong Kong,CHINA;BANGKOK & CHIANG MAI,Thailand; DELHI & AGRA & JAIPUR,India(3-5/3-10); London ​Defer donating blood 1 yr.

2005, 9-26/ 10-14,(GCT) America’s Majestic National Parks, South Dakota, Wyoming, Utah, Arizona, Colorado, 19 days

2005, Nov. for Thanksgiving, So Carolina to see Jeanine

2006, Jan 28 thru Feb.17 /06, (GCT) 21 days, ITALY.

2006, TH,June15&FRI June16,Lincoln Museum +, Spfld, IL, ​Let Me Arr IT

2006, Sat.Sept.30 thru Sat. Oct.7, 8 days, New Eng, Mayflower Tours with EHS’58 classmates PAT HARRIS SOKODY & PAT ZIRK MILLER. ALSO, EHS ’58 JOYCE BAKER STOFFREGEN’S DAUGHTER, VICKI.

2006, Wed. Nov.1 thru Nov.24, 24 days, 3 cont.VANTAGE TRAVEL CO; Lisbon,Portugal, 4 DAYS; Casablanca, Morocco,1 DAY; Arrecife, Lanzarote,Spain,1 day; Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Isl(Spain?)1 day;Mindelo, Sao Vincent, Praio, Santiago, Cape Verde,2 days;CROSS EQUATOR,W.11-15;Recife,1 day- Salvador,1 day- Rio DeJaneiro,4 days,Brazil; Vantage,W/Dodie flew to Portugal,then cruise ship Holland America, ms Rotterdam until 3 nights in Rio de Janeiro, Thanksgiving lunch in Rio…flew home from Rio.

BLOOD DONATION DEFERRED ONE YEAR TO 11-25-07 BECAUSE OF SANTIAGO, CAPE VERDE

2007, MARCH, 6 THRU 17 = 12 DAYS, MAYFLOWER MOTORCOACH TOURS, TUCSON TREASURES; MISSOURI, OKLAHOMA, TEXAS, NEW MEXICO, ARIZONA, traveling with 50 seniors from Mid America bank club.

2007, 8-19-07 thru 9-5-07, 18 days, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, OAT, traveling with EHS’58 classmate, Karen Aylward Harris. Note: OAT cancelled Guatemala part of trip.

2007, 11-28-07 thru 12-24-07, 27 days, Turkey, GCT, traveling with friend/neighbor, Dodie Williams

2008, 4-14-08 thru 5-9-2008, 26 days, O A T; AFRICA: SOUTH AFRICA,(JOHANNESBURG, KRUGER NAT’L PARK, CAPE TOWN, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE, ROBBEN ISLAND), ZIMBABWE (VICTORIA FALLS, HWANGE NAT’L PARK),BOTSWANA (CHOBE NAT’L PARK), NAMIBIA(MUDUMU NAT’L PARK, OKAVANGO DELTA), TRAVELING WITH EHS ’58 KAREN AYLWARD AND 2 OF HER FRIENDS SANDY FILBY AND MARGIE JONES + 12 OTHERS.

2008, 6-15/6-29, 15 days,VANTAGE,(SINGLE), ICELAND & GREELAND.while visiting the island of Grimsey, the northernmost point of Iceland we reached the Arctic Region by Air Iceland and crossed the Arctic Circle on June 24, 2008.

2008, 9-5/9-9, 5 DAYS, GOLCONDA, IL, PCCHS ’58 50-YR REUNION AND OVERNIGHT 9-8 IN SHELBYVILLE WITH RETA & BERNIE.. DAY OF TOURING WITH MAYNA=OLD HOME PLACES, FARMS, CEMETERIES

2008, 9-20/10-11-08, 22 days, GCT,(SINGLE), ST. PETTERSBURG, RUSSIA; HELSINKI, FINLAND; SWEDEN – DENMARK – NORWAY. ​68 th BD,BERGEN,​ ​NORWAY​.

2008,11-19-08/12-5-08,27 DAYS,G.S.T, ISRAEL,EGYPT,& JORDAN w/Elaine Duford.​THANKSGIVING DINNER ON RIVERBOAT ANUKET ON NILE RIVER, EGYPT​.

2009, 1-22-09/ 2-12-09, 22 DAYS, ATLANTA. GEORGIA;JEANINE, HOLLY&BRIANNA WILL VISIT ME IN ATLANTA.
2009, 2-27- TO 3-18-09,20 DAYS, OAT, JAPAN,INCLUDING TOKYO & HIROSHIMA w/ Dodie Williams

2009, 4-21 to 5-10-09, 20 days..(Vantage- single) KINGDOMS OF ARABIA: DUBAI, FUJAIRAH, OMAN, BAHRAIN, QATAR.

2009, 5-17 TO 5-21-09, 5 DAYS, TRAVEL WITH LORENE TO BRADENTON, FLORIDA TO VISIT RETA AND BERNIE.

2009, 8-9 TO 8-13-09, 5DA, 4 N, YUMA, CO, VISIT LORENE

2009,10-14 TO 10-28-09, 14 DAYS, GCT, ENGLAND, SCOTLAND & WALES(SOLO)note: post trip to Scotland was cancelled by GCT 10-14-09

2010, FEBRUARY,ALL MONTH, CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA, DAUGHTER, GRAND DAUGHTER & GREAT GRAND DAUGHTER WILL VISIT & EXPLORE WITH ME. RETA & BERNIE WILL VISIT & WE WILL GO TO SEE UNCLE LOWELL IN HENDERSONVILLE, N.C..

2010, 3-24 TO 4-10-2010 = 18 DAYS, G. C. T. ,SOLO, HOLLAND & BELGIUM IN SPRINGTIME, RIVER CRUISE 2010, M/S RIVER ARIA, SERNADE DECK, CABIN 406 WITH BALCONY. the NETHERLANDS, AMSTERDAM, VOLENDAM, MARKEN, LEIDEN, ENKHUIZEN, HOORN,KEUKENHOF, THE HAGUE, SCHOONHOVEN, KINDERDIJK, ROTTERDAM, DELFT, VEERE, TERNEUZEN, ZEELAND; BELGIUM, GHENT, ANTWERP, BRUGES, MENIN, KNOKKE, FLANDERS, DAMME. On Easter Sunday, 4-4 on board M/S River Aria, there were chocolate bunnies on pillows.

2010, 5-9- TO 5-16-2010, ​SO IL​ WINE TOUR & OLD HOME PLACES, CEMETERIES, KY LAKE & BARKLEY LAKE, & PADUCAH, KY WITH LORENE AND MAYNA. WE 3 GALS GOT PICTURE W/NEW(1993) SUPERMAN STATUE IN METROPOLIS, IL. MAYNA WROTE A WONDERFUL JOURNAL AND PROVIDED COPIES TO LORENE AND ME.

2010, 6-3-2010 TO 6-22-2010 = 20 DAYS, G.C.T.,SOLO, SICILY& MALTA.

2010,7-14-2010/7-28-2010=15DAYS,G.C.T,NOVA SCOTIA & CANADIAN MARITIMES.

2010, 8-5-2010 TO 8-30-2010, 26 DAYS, O A T, (SOLO) ANCIENT KINGDOMS, THAILAND, LAOS, VIETNAM, CAMBODIA, & BURMA (MYANMAR)

2010, 11-26-2010/ 12/13-2010, OAT (solo)18 DAYS ANTARCTICA .ROSALIE KESS FROM NY WILL BE ON THIS TRIP. WE MET IN JAPAN FEB 2009. IN ACCIDENT ONBOARD ​SHIP CLELIA 1​2-2-2010, I SUFFERED DISLOCATED SHOULDER AND CUTS ABOVE MY LEFT EYE. IN THE DRAKE PASSAGE, A “ROGUE WAVE” TOSSED THE SHIP, FURNITURE AND PASSENGERS ABOUT. SEE NEWS REPORT ON UTUBE.

2011, 1-3-2011/ 4-26-2011, 114 DAYS, WORLD CRUISE, (solo), VANTAGE, HOLLAND AMERICA LINE, ms AMSTERDAM. 43 PORTS, 27 COUNTRIES ON SIX CONTINENTS. BEGIN & END IN FORT LAUDERDALE FL.; CAYMAN; PUERTO LIMON (SAN JOSE),COSTA RICA; THRU PANAMA CANAL; MANTA, ECUADOR; CALLAO (LIMA), PERU; EASTER ISLAND, CHILE; PAPEETE, FRENCH POLYNESIA; BORA BORA, FRENCH POLYNESIA; RAROTONGA, COOK ISLANDS;ALOFI, NIUE NUALF; CROSS INT’L DATE LINE; NUKU ALOFA, TONGA; NEW ZEALAND =AUCKLAND, TAURANGA (ROTORUA),NAPIER, WELLINGTON, CHRISTCHURCH (LYTTELTON), DUNEDIN(PORT CHALMERS), OBAN(HALFMOON BAY); CRUISED EASTBOUND FJORDLAND NAT’L PARK; AUSTRALIA = HOBART, TASMANIA, PORT ARTHUR, SYDNEY, CAIRNS; MADANG, PAPUA NEW GUINEA; MANILA, PHILLIPINES; HONG KONG, CHINA; PHU MY (HO CHI MINH CITY), VIETNAM; SINGAPORE, REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE; CRUISED THRU STRAIT OF MALACCA; COCHIN, INDIA; MUMBAI(BOMBAY), INDIA; DUBAI, U A E; OMAN =MUSCAT & SALALAH; SAFAGA, EGYPT; AQABA (PETRA), JORDAN; THRU SUEZ CANAL; ISRAEL = ASHDOD & JAFFA; KUSADASI (EPHESUS), TURKEY; PIRAEUS (ATHENS), GREECE; ITALY = NAPLES & CIVITAVECCHIA (TARQUINIA/TUSCANIA); SPAIN = CARTAGENA & CADIZ; FUNCHAL (MADEIRA), PORTUGAL; 6 CONTINENTS = ASIA, AFRICA, NORTH AMERICA, SOUTH AMERICA, EUROPE, & AUSTRALIA.

2011, 5-16 / 5-21-2011, NEW YORK CITY WITH NAT’L BANK GROUP INCLUDING EHS ’58 PAT ZIRK MILLER(LIVED IN 121 OAK TIL 10 YRS OLD), EHS’58 JOYCE BAKER STOFFREGEN’S DAUGHTER VICKI. SHE ROOMS W/ PAT Z. M. & LIVES ON RYERSON AROUND CORNER FROM 121 OAK. ALSO GOING JACK & MARLENE SHALES. TOTAL = 28 TRAVELERS.

2011,8-25/9-22,29 DAYS,VANTAGE,(SOLO),MONGOLIA,CHINA,TIBET,SHANGRI-LA & YANGTZE RIVER CRUISE

2011, 11-13 /11-28-2011, W/G C T , (SOLO) RIVER CRUISE, ROMANCE OF THE RHINE & MOSEL, CRUISE THRU GERMANY. LAND IN BRUSSELS, ​BELGIUM​, TRANSFER TO ANTWERP, BELGIUM FOR WALKING TOUR BEFORE EMBARKING ON RIVERBOAT, M/S RHAPSODY. IN PORT IN ​NETHERLANDS​ ( WILLEMSTAD & KINDERDIJK & NIJMEGEN); PORTS IN ​GERMANY​ = BONN, COCHEM, BERNKASTEL, TRIER, TRABEN, BOPPARD, SPEYER ; STRASBOURG, ​FRANCE​; BASEL, ​SWITZERLAND​. SIDE DAY-LONG TOUR OF SMALL INDEPENDENT COUNTRY, ​LUXEMBOURG​.

2012, 1-3-/4-4-2012=92 DAYS, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

2012, 5-13-2012 TO 5-24-2012, 12 DAYS, VANTAGE, CUBA, CIENFUEGOS=4 NITES, HAVANA=6 NITES,

2012, 7-31-2012 TO 8-15-2012, 16 DAYS, O A T, GREEK ISLAND CRUISE, ATHENS, & ISTANBUL.ISLANDS=SYROS, MYKONOS, DELOS, NAXOS, SANTORINI, AMORGOS, PATMOS,

2012,9-21 TO 10-07-12, 17 DAYS, GCT, NORTHWEST NATIONAL PARKS; WASHINGTON, IDAHO, MONTANA, CANADIAN PROVINCES OF BRITISH COLUMBIA AND ALBERTA; SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, VICTORIA ON VANCOUVER ISLAND, SPOCKANE, WASHINGTON, IDAHO’S COEUR D’ALENE CATALDO STATE PARK, KALISPELL, MONTANA TO GLACIER NAT’L PARK IN MONTANA, BANFF IN ALBERTA CANADA, JASPER IN JASPER, CANADA, SUN PEAKS/MOUNT ROBSON IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA….LUNCH 9-30 AT FAIRMOUNT CHATEAU LAKE LOUISE, ATHABASCA RIVER RAFTING AND MALIGNE LAKE CRUISE WITH DINNER ON 10-1

2012, 12-27 & 28, CHARLESTON, SC, CHARLESTON MARRIOTT, 170 LOCKWOOD BOULEVARD, 1-843-723-3000

2012, 12-29 TO 1-5-2013, HISTORIC SOUTH CRUISE CHARLESTON, SC TO JACKSONVILLE, FL, PORTS OF CALL

…….BEAUFORT,SC; HILTON HEAD, SC; SAVANNAH, GA,(NEW YEAR EVE 12-31& 1-1-2013); SAPELO ISLAND, GA;
……..BRUNSWICK, GA = JEKYLL ISLAND & ST. SIMONS; AMELIA ISLAND AT FERNANDINA BEACH, FL.

2013,JAN,FEB,=AMELIA ISLAND,HAMPTON INN & SUITES,19 S. 2 ND ST, FERNANDINA BEACH, FL 32034, 1-904-491-4911.

2013 MAR, THE BARKSDALE HOUSE INN, 27 GEORGE ST., CHARLESTON, SC, 29401, 1-888-577-4980

2013,4-30 TO 5-17, HOLLAND & BELGIUM IN SPRINGTIME, AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, BRUGES, BELGIUM, GCT WITH JEANINE, (A repeat for me. See 2010, 3-24/4-10)

1-7-2014 to 2-4-2014 KEY WEST, FL = 28 NITES
3-2-14 TO 3-10-14 = 9 DAYS, MAYFLOWER (BANK TRAVEL CLUB)- COWBOY COUNTRY, MISSOURI, OK, TEXAS
5-25-14 TO 6-18-2014,, GCT, 25 DAYS, RUSSIA, MOSCOW TO ST. PETERSBURG; ROMANIA; TALLIN, ESTONIA; HELSINKI, FINLAND
11-12-2014 TO 11-16- 2014, 5 DAYS, SUMTER & COLUMBIA, SC TO VISIT JEANINE, HOLLY & BRIANNA.

1-6-2015TO 2-3-15, 28NITES/29DAYS= FAIRHOPE, ALABAMA
3-11-2015 TO 4-4-2015, VANTAGE, 25 DAYS, MONAC0, FRENCH RIVIERA + RIVER CRUISE MARSEILLE TO NORMANDY
9-25-2015 TO 10-17-2015, GCT, 23 DAYS, EASTERN EUROPE= BERLIN, GERMANY; POLAND; CZECH REPUBLIC; SLOVAKIA; HUNGARY; VIENNA, AUSTRIA WITH DAUGHTER JEANINE.
M1-4/TU3-1-16,57 DA, SAN DIEGO,CA,COMFORT INN,GASLAMP,660 G ST,SAN DIEG0, CA 92101

2016, M 6-27/W 7-20-16, 24 DAYS, OAT, NORTHERN GREECE, ALBANIA, MACEDONIA, SERBIA.
TH 10-6 TO 10-23-2016, 18 DAYS, VANTAGE, EXOTIC ISLANDS OF INDONESIA (ASIA);JAVA= JAKARTA, YOGYAKARTA, & BALI=JIMBARAN, UBUD.

2016, SA DEC 10 TO W DEC 28, 2016, OAT, SOUTH INDIA AND SRI LANKA. ​INDIA​ = CHENNAI, MAHABALIPURAM, KANCHIPURAM, KOKILAMEDU, COCHIN(KOCHI), KUMARAKOM,KERALA;​ SRI LANKA​ = COLOMBO, KANDY, PERADENIYA, HABARANA, POLONNARUWA, SIGIRIYA, NEGOMBO, DAMBULLA CAVE TEMPLE.
2017, TUES JAN 10 TO TUES MAR 7, 57 DAYS, SANTA MONICA, CA
2017, TUES JUNE 13 TO TUES JUNE 20, COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA. DAUGHTER, GRAND-DAUGHTER, GREAT-GRAND-DAUGHTER LIVE IN SOUTH CAROLINA. WHILE I AM THERE, SIS & BRO-IN-LAW FROM FLORIDA WILL VISIT.

2017, WED 12-13 & THURS 12-14, WISCONSIN DELLS WITH BANK TRAVEL GROUP
2017 & 2018, WED 12-27 TO TUES MARCH 6, 69 NITES, TUCSON, AZ, THE DOWNTOWN CLIFTON, HOTEL.

2018, CUBA, APRIL 7 TO APRIL 19-2018 W/ OAT. DAUGHTER JEANINE WILL TRAVEL. HER 1ST TIME TO CUBA, MY 2ND TIME. I VISITED CUBA 5-13-12 TO 5-24-12.

Aug 13 & 14,2018, SPRINGFIELD, IL, GOVERNOR’S MANSION TOUR +F.L.W. DANA -THOMAS HOUSE WITH SUE&VICKI.
AUG 20/23, 2018, TBK BANK GROUP, AGAWA CANYON TRAIN TOUR IN CANADA.
2018, SAT 9-8 / FRI 9-14, ADIRONDACKS & LAKE PLACID, FINGER LAKES WITH TBK BANK GROUP.

2019 WINTER= SO CAROLINA: COLUMBIA,JAN 9/14; SUMTER,JAN 14/21; BEAUFORT,JAN 21/MAR 13.

2019, 9-24/9-30,TBK BANK GROUP, SOUTHERN LAKE SUPERIOR, MIN, MICH, WISC.

2019, 10-14/10-31-19, VANTAGE TRAVEL CO, CENTRAL ASIA, THE STANS, THE SILK ROAD, TURKMENISTAN, UZBEKISTAN, KAZAKHSTAN.
Winter, 2020, Jan6/Mar23, 2020, Savannah, Ga, 77 nites.

Winter , 2021 at home because of COVID19 virus

2021,4-24 toured Farnsworth House in Plano with daughter, Jeanine.

2021, June 30, toured Lake Cuomo in Crystal Lake, Wisc with Hampshire seniors.

2021, August 17,  one day River Cruise, TBK Bank, Steamboat on Ill River Ottowa to Peoria.

2021, Oct 17 thru Oct 20, 4 days, Kentucky tour with Dundee seniors.

2021, Dec 14 & 15, Starved Rock, Utica, IL with Dundee seniors.

2022, Jan 1 to April 1, Mount Dora, Florida, 90 nites.

2022, Oct 11 to Oct 19, Mackinac island and Grand Hotel with Jeanine.

2023, Jan 3 to April 4, 91 nites, Mobile, Alabama

AS OF OCT 31,2019, I HAVE TRAVELED TO EVERY USA STATE, ALL 7 CONTINENTS, AND 97 COUNTRIES, MANY OF THE COUNTRIES MORE THAN ONCE. I WAS ON A FOUR-MONTH-ROUND-THE-WORLD CRUISE FROM JANUARY THRU APRIL 2011.
EACH WINTER, I GO TO A DIFFERENT USA PLACE THAT IS WARMER THAN CHICAGO.

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June 25, 2023,Updated, Lorece