Washington DC, and got to visit most of the people we’d hoped to
see (as well as several we hadn’t expected). What a wealth of
warmth, literally and figuratively! And our apologies to those of you
we missed; we’ll hope for better luck next time…
All our gatherings
and activities need not be detailed here, but a few photos from
our cross-country travels may be enjoyable:
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| Thanksgiving at the Stubsons, where everything ended up on the table except for plates. We eventually found them. |
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| Katelinn & Camden used to sit in this tree stump in Lithia Park (Ashland). The gnomes have grown! |
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| David Ingalls & Art playing beautiful ukuleles that David creates |
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| Putting up Christmas lights at Clarence's house in Sedona-- though they were no comparison to the light on the red rock cliffs in the background |
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| Hiking near Phoenix with Kay & Bill (hard to see, but the palo verde has Christmas ornaments on it) |
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| Train park in Phoenix decked out for the holidays... |
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| ...and we all had a fun ride! (Lynn, Les, Peterson, Landon) |
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| Art & Mary enjoying Art's & Mary's |
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| Christmas carols at the Wertheimers: Katelinn, Nancie, Art, Andrew, Camden |
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| Skating on the pond behind Cheryl & Eric's house |
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| New Year's Eve pajama party with Daddy/Lou and his friend Betty |
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| The World's Best Reuben (sorry, New York, the W.B.R. is really in Philly) |
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| A great day in DC |
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| Art was looking forward to snow for ages, and he got it-- on the very last day we were in the States! |
Finally, we’d like
to thank the many people across the country who opened their homes to
us. Hopefully we didn’t end up like fish after three days...
In chronological order:
Washington--Jim & Carol Van der Veen; Arline Borella
Oregon--Larry & Corinne Stubson; David Ingalls & Jan Lippen-Holtz; Thomas & Lou Heumann; Bill & Marilee Grimm
Arizona--Clarence Shaw; Kay Monette & Bill Walsh; Les Linn, Lynn Tuttle, Landon & Peterson
Kansas--Lou Linn; Eric, Cheryl & Andrew Wertheimer; Jim Linn
Ohio--Mark & Alice Lemle
Michigan--Gordon & Judith Hammerle
Pennsylvania--Camden Shaw
Maryland/DC--Mary Linn & John Kidd
A HUGE THANK
YOU
to all of you for your generous hospitality!
