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He
Dressed Hisself: Lindsay visited Oma and Opa for her 5th birthday |
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Three
Generations of Girl Scouts: Lindsay, Mom and
Oma as Girl Scouts |
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Marti's
Mushrooms: Marti Gilbertson signed up for a
seminar at Fungi Perfecti- He took the bus from Wisconsin
and we met him and gave him a tour of the Northwest |
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The
Poor House:
Our
Anniversary trip - A trip to
the Poor House in Troutdale, Oregon |
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Manressa
Castle: A trip to Port Townsend, WA – a
favorite destination- One of a tradition of trips taken
with IRS seed money – called "Refund Trips-" |
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High
School Reunion: Oma and Opa took Lindsay
& Geoff from Nashville to Wisconsin for John's
High School Reunion |
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The
Palace Of The Sweets:
A trip to Port
Townsend, WA, where we stayed in an old brothel |
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Ocian
In View:
A trip down the
Columbia River and Astoria, OR. Imagining the Lewis & Clark
Expedition of 1806 |
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The
Other Leavenworth: A trip report to Leavenworth, WA- We stayed
at Haus Lorelei and toured the vicinity for four days- We finished our anniversary
celebration with a Picnic and Pops at Lakewold Gardens |
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The
End of the Oregon Trail:
This year's tax
refund trip takes us to the Willamette Valley – the end of the
Oregon Trail |
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Schuck Fest 2001:
The
Schuck Family gathers near
St Louis for our 1st family reunion since our parents 50th
anniversary in 1983 |
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Aloha…
Nui Loa:
Liz and John
take their first trip to Hawaii for their anniversary |
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Fort Ap Achih Mystery Party:
Over the past 12 years we have enjoyed hosting numerous mystery
parties- Based on a theme, we have "traveled" to new lands and
researched some of the customs, traditions, and cuisine- This year our
party took place in Mesopotamia at an archaeological dig in 1895 |
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Fairhaven Castle: Our 5th Annual tax refund seed money takes us
north to Bellingham and the Skagit County tulip fields |
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Double Down To Vegas (1):
Alaska Airline
offers two trips for one discount on airfare to Las Vegas just in
time to select a trip for our 21st Anniversary
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Double Down To Vegas (2):
This half of
the trip to Las Vegas is in celebration of our birthdays |
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The
Holiday Sounder: We take the Holiday Sounder Train to Seattle
for Liz's birthday |
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Hawaii
Cruise on the Norwegian Wind: Tina and Roger Gress join us for a
ten day cruise of the Hawaiian Islands and a four day stay on Oahu |
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The
Napa Valley:
This year's tax
refund seed money is applied to a week' vacation in the Napa Valley
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Oktoberfest Angel:
The Booths and
the Gresses join us for Oktoberfest in Mt Angel, Oregon. It is the
largest ethnic fest in the Northwest. Side trips were taken to the
Mount Angel Abbey, Silver Falls State Park, and the Portland
Farmer's Market |
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Las
Vegas... Trip 3:
Lydia planned a
surprise birthday party for Bob. His brothers and a sister, plus
family friends arrived from Nashville, Bob and Lydia came from San
Diego, and we arrived from Lakewood, WA
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The
Big Easy:
After we
finished our Caribbean Cruise we took our first visit to New Orleans
for a week |
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The Grand Coulee:
Eastern Washington is the location for this year's tax-refund-seed-money
trip |
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Florida Fieldtrip:
After the
Southern Caribbean cruise Liz and John drive to Key West and return
to Tampa |
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Washington D C and Virginia:
A visit to the
Schuck Family - DC Branch, with side trips to Pennsylvania, and
Civil War sites in Virginia and Maryland |
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Washington Wine Trip:
A drive to the Washington State Wine Region to restock the cellar |
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Amtrak to LA:
Amtrak's
Coast Starlight
takes Liz and John to Los Angeles to see the city for the first time
(the visit is split by a cruise to the Mexican Riviera) |
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Disneyland to Pasadena:
The
Mt Carmel High School Marching Band (Sun
Devils) Band Boosters put a package together for family and friends
to see the band perform at Disneyland and in the Rose Parade
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Golden Jubilee:
Sister
Judith Schuck celebrates her jubilee as a nun of the School Sisters
of Notre Dame; We gather in Milwaukee to join the festivities |
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Port Townsend: A
Sweet Return:
We travel to the Victorian seaside community of Port Townsend,
Washington and link up with Rose and Dwight Booth and Tina and Roger Gress
at their campsite at Fort Worden State Park |
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The
Texas Extension: Whenever we fly to a new area we try to
stay a week or so to sightsee. This was the case for this Texas
trip. The Trans Atlantic cruise brought us to Galveston and we
stayed a week longer to tour the region. Tina and Roger Gress and
Traude and Herbert Schrenk also accompanied us for four days of that
week |
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2nd Christmas In
Portland: Tina and Roger Gress, Mark Lybrand, and Liz and
John Schuck take the Amtrak Cascades to Portland for 2nd Christmas.
The goal was to escape heavy snow buildup in Lakewood... to the
heavy snow buildup in Portland |
| 2nd Christmas-San
Francisco: “Where
Little Cable Cars...” Liz
and John fly to San Francisco for post-Christmas and both Birthday
celebrations |
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2nd Christmas in Portland:
Liz and John drive to Portland and stay at
McMenamins' Kennedy School
for four days; they also visit Chris and Lauren Schuck at their second home |
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Oregon Gardens:
Our trip to The Oregon Gardens near Silverton turned
out to be like living in our own personal arboretum |
| Thirty Lovely Roses:
Liz and John celebrate their thirtieth wedding
anniversary with a return to San Francisco |
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Glacier Gold:
Often we fail to check out our own neighborhood and long for
adventures far from our home. So it was with Alaska on
ms Oosterdam... we would say
"Maybe next year!" Now this was "next year"... and now we want to go
again, there is so much more to see. |
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Willamette Wines: Liz and John travel to
Village Green Resort and tour the Southern Willamette Wine Region |
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Sabrina and Geoff's Wedding:
A much anticipated trip to Temecula, California and Wiens Family
Cellars for the wedding ceremony. |
