Year in Review

New Years Eve - celebrated the New Year with Ann and Bob Wolters, visiting LV from Maryland.
January - spent a week in Phoenix with Audrey and Arpad Karika in their timeshare. Celebrated my 65th birthday on the 13th with them.
February - drove to St. George, Utah, for a four-day Elderhostel program which encompassed the geology of Zion National Park, a day at a 5-star spa, and healthy eating/homeopathic medicines. Left knee began hurting during the trip. It took months to find out that I had a torn cartiledge which still needs to be repaired.
March/April - busy with activities in the Desert Newcomers Club, Red Hat Society, and playing bridge a couple of times a week.
May - spent ten days back East visiting with Barb Crowl, my old HS buddy in NJ, and attending a family reunion in NJ. Drove down to Milford, Delaware to spend time with my sister Merle and her husband Joe.
June/July/August - HOT, HOT, HOT. Activities same as March/April.
September - went on my first cruise, a two-week cruisetour to Alaska on Princess Lines. Great, great, great. Travel companions were Merle and Joe, Audrey and Arpad and friends of Audrey. Spent another week in Vancouver, Victoria (Butchart Gardens) and Seattle visiting with Sandy and Frank Breen (friends from Madagascar) and Marie Wickens (an old grammar school friend from NJ.) See separate blog on my Alaska cruise experience.
October - spent a week with Chantal Bolstein (Madagascar friend) and Roseanne Messina (friend from school in NY) visiting three national parks -- Zion, Bryce and North Rim of the Grand Canyon in Utah and the South Rim of the GC in Arizona. Ran into a guy I worked with in Islamabad at a small pitstop just north of the North Rim. Talk about a small world.
November - traveled to South Africa (36 hours going, 38 hours returning) on November 15 to visit with Samantha and her children Oriah and Kei for 2-1/2 weeks. Celebrated Oriah's 5th birthday on November 28. It rained 14 out of 17 days there. Spent a weekend at a Bhuddist Retreat Center attending a women's retreat with Samantha and her mother-in-law. See separate blog on this trip.
December - will spend Christmas holidays with Audrey and Arpad in Albuquerque.

Preview for 2008
President of the Desert Newcomers Club for 2008
Elderhostel trip to Desert Hot Springs, CA in February

Happy Holidays and Best Wishes for 2008.

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