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2010 - 2 Tri's and a Half marathon
2009 - 2 Tri's and 2 10K's
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2003 - 6 Flags 10 times this year - 6 Flags Roller Coasters
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2000 - Y2K was the year of BEACHES and LIGHTHOUSES. I dug my toes into sand at 9 beaches and saw 4 lighthouses in year 2000. Go to Lighthouse pictures for a complete list.
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1995 - Broke my arm/shoulder in January so I changed my Jackson Hole trip to Snowbird in April. Also skied Alta. Limited night life, carry skies to the slope. ASC trip. Wayne and Sandy etc.
1994 - February:I lead an ASC trip to Snowshoe, WV. also Catalochee, NC Scott, Jim, etc
June - Spent a month traveling to China, Hong Kong, Thailand, Singapore journal or pictures. May.
1993 - Sun Valley with ASC/Jim Malone. Catherine, bfriend, Scott, and Jim
Jamaica trip that I won on Star 94
1992 - Park City, Deer Valley, Alta. Homestead resort with T&S and P&S and Tom
1991 - Steamboat, Vail in group ski in/out condo. Skied "Cyclone" and "Drop Out" War started. Also Feb skied Beech and Hawksnest (we were the only ones skiing it was so cold), NC.Jim, Arlene, and Scott.
1990 - Ski Camelback, Poconos, and Hunter. Visited David in NJ and P&S in NY. Bought black pants that still fit in 2003!
1989 - Ski Vail Colorado. First ASC trip/Jim Malone Peggy, Catherine, and Scott
1988 - I moved from Gainesville, Florida to Atlanta, Georgia. As of 2025, I still live in Atlanta, but I alternate months going to Oklahoma.
Ski Beech, NC. Move to Atlanta.
1984-1987 I lived in Florida
I moved from Iowa back to Gainesville, Florida in August, 1983.
1987 - Ski Lake Louise, Sunshine, Nakiska in Banff Alberta Canada With Don a.h.
1986 - Ski Killington, Mt. Snow, and Pico in NH and Vermont. Visited brother in NY.
1985 - Ski Snowshoe, WV. T&P. Sugar, NC Pricilla.
1984 - Ski Scaly, Sun Valley, and Sapphire Valley, NC. T&P
1982-1983 I lived in Iowa
I moved from Florida to Ames, Iowa to get my Masters degree in Agricultural Economics at Iowa State University.
My father has a PhD in Agricultural Economics in 1961
My Grandfather has a Masters degree in Agricultural Education in 1938
1983 - Ski an Iowa hill and cross country skiing. Diane, Steve, Damona, K7, etc. Moved back to Florida.
1982 - Ski Beech, Scaly, NC. Packed my car, skied on my way to moving to Iowa.Went with Paul and friends
1976-1981 I lived in Florida
My family moved from Kentucky to Gainesville, Florida when I had 3 months left in 11th grade. I went to Gainesville High School.
My father worked for University of Florida: Professor and Chairman Agricultural Information Department, Government Relations Director for UF Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS), and University of Florida Government Relations Director.
1981 - Ski Gatlinburg, TN sorority, Priscilla, and Rick
1980 - Travel to Key West. This was our last family vacation. Ski Sun Valley and Maggie Valley, NC sorority, Priscilla, and David
1979 - Trip to Europe - 16 countries T&P
Skied for the FIRST TIME in my life in Saas Fee, Switzerland on June 23 in the middle of the summer. A horse cart transported us to the base of the gondola. I fell in love with everything about skiing and I've skied almost every year since then.
1976 - Vacation in 1960 Pontiac and travel trailer to California Sequoia, Yosemite Natl Park, San Francisco, Muir Woods, Avenue of the Giants (Trees).
1972 -1975 I lived in Kentucky
My family moved from Minnesota to Lexington, Kentucky. I went to Morton Middle school and Henry Clay High School.
My father worked for University of Kentucky, Professor and Head of Public Information Department providing publications, radio-TV, audio-visual and news support for College of Agriculture.
1974 - Vacation to Blue Ridge Mountains Georgia, Atlanta, Tennessee, North Carolina: Biltmore, Asheville, Chimney Rock Park, South Carolina: Carowinds.
1973 - Vacation to Hershey, Pennsylvania, New York, Niagara Falls (August), Stratford, Canada. '
1972 - Vacation to Tennessee: Nashville, Memphis, Arkansas: Little Rock, Fort Smith, Oklahoma: Tulsa, Sand Springs, Stillwater, Texas: Waco, Austin, Zapata, Corpus Christi, Louisiana: Baton Rouge, Missippi: Hazelhurst, Alabama: Birmingham (3653 miles, gas was $.52 per gallon). Virgina: Williamsburg, Pennsylvania: Philadelphia, Washington DC, West Virgina, Ohio
1968-1971 I lived in Minnesota
My family moved from South America to St. Paul, Minnesota.
My father worked for University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Agricultural Journalism Associate Professor. /p>
1970 - Vacation to New England: Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Michigan (Ford Museum, Edison Institute), Ohio (8 President’s homes), Pennsylvania, New York (Niagara Falls in Buffalo, Corning Glass, Buttermilk Falls in Ithaca) Ontario, Canada (Alexander Graham Bell Homestead), Massachusetts, Vermont, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine.
1969 - Vacation to Nebraska, Colorado, Donner Pass, Utah, Nevada, California, Muir Woods, San Francisco, Disney, Arizona, Grand Canyon Arizona, New Mexico.
1968 - Vacation to South Dakota: Badlands, Mt. Rushmore, Rapid City, Black Hills, Wyoming: Yellowstone National Park, Grand Tetons, Montana: Glacier National Park, Oklahoma for holiday.
1966-1967 I lived in Chile, South America
My family moved from Bogota, Colombia to to Santiago, Chile in South America.
My father worked for Ford Foundation/University of Minnesota Chilean Agricultural Project, Associate Professor Agricultural Journalism.
1967 - Trip with Chris and Lydia to move back to USA.
Fly from Santiago, Chile to Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Bus to Sao Paulo, Brazil. Board Moore-McCormack Lines, Mormacisle freighter ship
Cruise to Rio de Janeiro, Recife (NE Brazil), Barbados, Caribbean
Got off in Jacksonville Florida but could not find a car to buy. To Savannah, Georgia
Got off in Charleston South Carolina and bought 1960 Pontiac Bonneville
Drive to Oklahoma. Fuel filter problem. Dad bought tools and a new filter at Sears, installed it in the parking lot. Then we continued driving to Oklahoma.
Drive to St. Paul Minnesota where we paid $35,000 cash for the Shorewood Drive house.
1966 - We moved to Santiago, Chile.
We took these trips in the Greenbrier minivan (borrowed from Rockerfeller Foundation)
Trip 1: North to the Atamaca Desert - the driest desert in the world. Used as Mars experiment site since it is similar to the Martian environment. Camped on the beach (dangerous if there was an earthquake!)
Trip 2: South on Pan-American highway. Cruise on the Lake Todos los Santos from Chile to Argentina (600 miles from Santiago). To Laja waterfalls (the Niagara Falls of Chile) where we camped next to the falls.
Trip in Simca when we tried to drive to Portillo but we had to turn around because the car didn't have enough power.
Bought a station wagon, drove to Portillo. The ski resort was not open yet so Dad bribed them to let us stay there. Drove to Christ the Redeemer of the Andes monument at 12,572 ft (3882 meters) on the border between Argentina and Chile. Celebrates the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between the two countries.
1962 - 1965 I lived in Colombia, South America
My family moved from Wisconsin, brief stay in Oklahoma, then to Bogota, Colombia . My brother was 8 weeks old and I was 2 years old.
My father worked for Rockefeller Foundation, Colombian Agricultural Program Communications/Economics specialist. He made $8,200 salary from Rockerfeller Foundation.
1965 - Trip to USA before we moved to Chile
From Bogota, Colombia, fly to Caracas Venezuela, then fly to Trinidad (stayed in the Hilton "upside-down" hotel - you descend from the grand lobby to the rooms)
Board boat: Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. 22,770 tons, 618 feet long
Barbados (hotel wash away with waves)
Antigua (Blue Waters Beach Hotel, visit Sugar Mills)
Virgin Islands - St. Thomas (we stay at "The Gate Hotel" five nights June 28 to July 3 for $18 USD per night)
St. Croix (rented a pink jeep)
Puerto Rico (July 4, toured the city & fort), Jamaica
Get off ship at New York.
New York Worlds Fair on June 29, 1965. Chris and Lydia drove dad's 56 Pontiac from Oklahoma to meet us at the New York fair!
We climbed up the Statue of Liberty to the head. An adult ticket was $.80 and children under 12 were $.40. Elevator was $.10 so we climbed up the steps 10 stories to the top of the pedestal. Then we climbed did the 12-story spiral stairway from the top of pedestal to the head of the statue.
Our family + Chris&Lydia (seven of us) went to Niagra Falls in the 56 Pontiac.
Then travel to Oklahoma, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, and California Disney.
We stayed in St.Paul MN for 3 months, before moving to Santiago, Chile. In 1961 in the USA dad bought a 1962 Pontiac for $2700 and sold it in Colombia for $10,000.
1964 - Shore leave trip, then return to Bogota in January via Central America, and 14 pieces of luggage.
Our route from Oklahoma: Mexico City, Mexico, to Guatemala City, Guatemala - Colonial Hotel or Maya Excelsior Hotel, visit TIKAL Maya Ruins, Antigua
San Salvador, El Salvador - Hotel Nuevo Mundo - Triple room US$15.00 - Hotel Astoria US$6.00 per person, 3 days
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Managua, Nicaragua - Hotel Estrella, founded 1892 $6.45 USD per person per night, meals included
San Jose, Costa Rica - Hotel Regis Volcano erupting, ash everywhere
Panama City, Panama - Airport VIP Lounge, Tina sick, rioting in the streets
Bogota, Colombia
In April we moved to the house on the mountain in Bogota. We took weekend trips to Giradot. Travel to Cali, Colombia. Movies cost $.40 cents. We attended Union Church of Bogota (Apartado Aereo 52615, Bogota, D.E. Tel. [57] (01) 248-5115)
1963 - Caribbean cruise trip
October 12, 1963 Fly from Bogota to Curacao and Bonaire - Netherland Antilles - we stayed at Hotel Curacao Intercontinental.
Boarded Grace Lines ship. The cost was $1680 for our family of five.
Stop in Caracas Venezuela, Aruba (windstorm), Jamaica, Nassau Bahamas, Ft. Lauderdale.
Get off the ship in New York. Took train to Washington DC. Thanksgiving and Christmas in Oklahoma.
1962 -
My family moved from Wisconsin, brief stay in Oklahoma, then to Bogota, Colombia . My brother was 8 weeks old and I was 2 years old.1958 - 1961 My parents lived in Wisconsin. I was born in 1960. And that is where my story starts.
P Aug 1961, April 3 1987 S May 1960 T Oct 1958, Jan 2 1988 June 1, 1956 , 2701 NW 5 Place, 3201 16 Ave
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