Mom's Travels with Kathy

Javier and Walter have been planning our trip to New Mexico—the first road trip I’ll have taken since I was a kid and Daddy used to drive us across the USA in three days—good training for my last major road trip, which was a trip from Medea (88 k. from Algiers) to Tamanrasset.  Today I also heard from Jutta, my penpal since 1963, who was 20 k. from Santiago in the Camino de Santiago de Compostela, and from a retired friend Bill, who wrote about the three-week trip he’s taken with his cousin from Toledo to Portugal and now to Madrid .  So it seems fitting that I feature the travels Mom had with Kathy.

Mom’s Major Travels with Kathy

1. Paris, England, & Ireland 1973 They went with Suzy and Kathy's mother Helen.  I joined them from Madrid, but Suzy left Spain ahead of me and joined them earlier.

2.  Paris, Amsterdam, & Algeria 1976. They visited me in Medea, Algeria.

3.  Puerto Rico & St. Johns Virgin Isles 1979

4.  Germany, Austria, & Italy 1980

5.  Road trip across the U.S. 1982 from Pleasant Hill, CA to Quebec, driving & camping with 2 dogs--  Stops to see Missy and family in Harrisburg, Pa, and Dana, Herman, Erik and Karl in Elmhurst, outside of Chicago, Illinois.

6.  Southwest USA--driving trip 1983  Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado & Utah--backpacking in the Grand Canyon--Canyon of the Nava Supi (?)

7.  England & Wales 1984

8.  Boston, Vermont, New Hampshire & Maine--Bike trip in New Hampshire 1988

9.  Portland, Ore., Seattle, Washington, & Jasper & Nanff, British Columbia Driving Trip 1989

10.  Puerto Vallarta, México 1989--rented condo on beach

11.  Amsterdam & Belgium--1990  Bike trip across Holland

12.  Paris & Normandy--Elder hostel 1997  Impressionist art

13.  Alaska Cruise--Elder hostel 1999

14.  Arkansas-mountain Music 2000 Elder Hostel

15.  Scotland Land, People & Clans Elder hostel 2001

16.  Florida--Disney World 2002

17.  Delta-Mississippi River Cruise 2003 New Orleans Elder hostel

18.  New York--Elder Hostel  2004  All boroughs

19.  Cruise--Russian & Scandinavia 2005 Elder hostel

20.  Cruise to Mexico 2007

21.  Cruise to Hawaii 2008  (Ask Kathy about the Bio suit story.)