October -- MAUI
Mike and Sandy invited friends Pat and Jesse for a visit to Mike's favorite time-share, on Maui's Ka'anapali Beach. As usual, the sunsets from their balcony are wonderful. The resort escaped the 2023 fire, but the magic show, shops, and restaurants are gone.
May -- SPAIN
Mike and Sandy went on a 14-day Tauck bus tour along the northern border of Spain. The trip covered the towns along the Pyrenees Mountains, and then continued into Basque Country. A few highlight notes and some of their pictures are here.
January -- THAILAND
Sandy and Mike enjoyed traveling on a coach around "quite-near-the-equator" Thailand for almost 3 weeks. They been in Thailand, but not to the mountainous northern part of the country, which this SmarTours trip emphasized. Some notes from Thailand and a few pictures are here.
2018
October -- NEW ENGLAND/CANADA
Mike & Sandy took a fall foliage cruise with their church travel group. After some Boston sightseeing, they boarded Windstar Line's Star Pride. The Star Pride carries just 212 passengers, but has most amenities of a "real" cruise ship. Colors were a little sparse, but pretty regardless. A little sightseeing in Montreal wrapped up the adventure. Some pictures are here.
August -- SANDY 80 FAMILY :
Sandy and Mike took Sandy's 3 boys plus 9 grandkids and great-grandkids (ages from 58 to 1 year) up to the Sun River Resort near Bend, Oregon, for a week as part of her 80th birthday celebrations. Afterwards, Mike & Sandy visited with friends who had moved to Bend, and by a couple they know from Washington state. There are pictures from both weeks here.
2017
October -- GRAND ASIA CRUISE :
Mike and Sandy enjoyed another cruise on Holland America's Amsterdam, which is their favorite "big ship." The Grand Asia 80-day cruise started and ended in San Diego. The trip headed to Alaska, crossed over to Japan and China, stopped at many Asian ports all the way south to Australia and New Zealand, and returned via Fiji, Samoa, and Hawaii. They visited about 30 ports (10 countries) in all. Are there any pictures? Why yes! Some pictures and notes are here.
July -- GREAT LAKES
The small ship (210 passengers) Victory I was Sandy and Mike's home for a cruise hitting all 5 of the Great Lakes. After sightseeing in Toronto, they headed off on Lake Ontario. The itinerary included stops in Cleveland, Detroit, Mackinac ("Mack-in-awe") Island, and Sault St. Marie ("Soo Saint Marie"), plus Manitoulin Island and Niagra Falls on the Canadian side. Disembarkation was in Chicago, where Mike and Sandy added a few days of sightseeing. Trip notes and a few pictures are here.
May -- CHARLESTON & Y'ALL
Mike & Sandy met some nice folks on a trip in Portugal who invited them to come visit at their historic-district Charleston, S.C. home. After that visit, Mike & Sandy entered "road trip mode." Tennessee stops included Pigeon Forge (think Dolly Parton), Oak Ridge, and Nashville. Then came lunch with one of Mike's Alabama cousins, touring a USAF Museum and FDR's "Little White House" in Georgia, and back into Alabama for dinner with Mike's 98-year old aunt. The last stop was Memphis (can you say "Elvis?"). Pictures and notes are here.
2016
October -- >DEJA VU MAUI
Mike & Sandy returned to their time-share on Ka'anapali Beach on Maui, Mike's favorite spot to watch sunsets. Friends Jesse and Pat came along. Lunch at 50's style Cool Cats is always fun, followed by a sunset dinner cruise off Lahaina, with a cloudy sunset behind the island of Lana'i, and a misty moon over the Maui mountains. The "Elvis in Hawaii" show was surprisingly good.
September -- UTAH ROAD TRIP
Mike and Sandy visited five National Parks in Utah, plus the Grand Canyon in Arizona, with friends Pat and Jesse coming along. TAnd since the road home went through Las Vegas, they took in the sensational Cirque du Solei Beatles show. Notes and a few pictures? Click here.
June -- PORTUGAL AND CROATIA
Mike and Sandy took a river boat trip on Portugal's Douro River, which happens to be the center of their wine industry. Following that, they flew to Croatia, and boarded a 26-passenger yacht for sightseeing along the Dalmation coast. Some pictures and notes from both Porugal and Croatia are here now. Click here.
April -- MIKE TO MEXICO
210 teenagers from Mike & Sandy's church, and their adult supervisors, traveled to Tijuana, Mexico, to build new homes for 14 poor families. You can read about this annual project, plus see a few pictures of Mike and his crew building their house, here.
2015
November/December -- ATLANTIC ADVENTURER
Mike and Sandy's 50 day Mediterranean cruise (round trip from Florida) on Holland America's Maasdam took them to some new ports (e.g., Canary Islands, Morocco, and Gibraltar), and included an extended stay off the ship for several days of sight-seeing in Rome. (Sandy had a "medical mis-adventure" early in the cruise, but they still enjoyed the trip. Back home, gall bladder surgery took care of the problem.) A few notes and pictures are here.
August -- VOYAGE OF THE VIKINGS
Mike and Sandy took Holland America's Veendam from Boston to Greenland, Iceland, and Norway, and back to Boston, with stops in Canada and Europe thrown in for variety. After the cruise, they spent a few days visiting friends on the shores of Lake Huron about 5 hours north of Detroit. You can see selected pictures and some notes on most of the cruise HERE. Spoiler Alert!: Greenland isn't green, and Iceland has very little ice.
March -- WORLD'S LARGEST CRUISE SHIP
Mike & Sandy sailed the Caribbean on "Allure of the Seas," then the largest (6200+ passengers) cruise ship in the world. They're usually on 1500-passenger Holland America ships, so this ship was amazing (but surprising well managed). The ride is very smooth -- compared to typical Holland America ships, this one is almost twice as wide, longer, and much heavier -- it can't go through even the new large Panama Canal locks.
Mike wanted to check out this ship, which has numerous superlatives (Zip-line, surf-boarding, water-theater show like at the Bellagio, a full-sized ice skating rink, etc.), and two jaw-dropping features: the huge attrium "park" in the middle of the ship filled with over 12,000 live plants, and below that, an enclosed "main street" promenade where shops, restaurants, bars, etc. are found. There was fabulous entertainment, and impressively good food. You can see more about the Allure, and a few pictures from the ship, here.
2014
November -- PALM SPRINGS AREA
Friends Pat and Jesse have a Palm Springs time-share, and invited Mike & Sandy for a week in the desert. Besides the in-town attractions, about 5000 feet over Palm Springs is the little mountain town of Idyllwild (reminds one of an old Lake Tahoe town) - Sandy found a fun little Christmas shop targeting Grandmas.
October -- MAUI AGAIN
Mike & Sandy returned to their Westin time-share on Maui's Ka'anapali Beach, with friends Jesse and Pat joining in. This visit included a ferry ride to the nearby island of Lanai for lunch at the Four Seasons resort. Another day was spent around Lahaina's harbor. At the end of the week, they dodged Hurricane Ana, which brought winds and lots of rain after they left.
September -- SAN DIEGO VISIT
Mike & Sandy, with Bakersfield friends Buzz & Doreen, headed to San Diego. Old Town ("California's birthplace") was great, the aircraft carrier Midway was a great tour, and Sea World didn't disappoint. At the zoo, a Giant Panda was adorable, and lunch with a cousin of Sandy's she hasn't seen in 60+ years was fun.
June -- MEDITERRANEAN SAILING
Mike and Sandy joined the travel group from their Danville church for a week's sailing in the Mediterranean on the Wind Surf.
This ship actually sails, but doesn't rely on the wind (big diesel engines, too) -- it puts the sails up at least a while every day for the beauty of it, if nothing else. The ship carried its 312 passengers from Rome to Barcelona, with five stops along the way. Notes on the trip, plus a few pictures, are here.
January-February -- ANTARCTICA - IGUAZU FALLS
Mike and Sandy went on a "really cold and really hot" adventure on Holland America's Prinsendam. Words can hardly describe Antarctica, nor the amazing Iguazu Falls, on the Argentine-Brazil border. A few pictures, and brief notes on the trip, are here.
2013
August -- NEW ENGLAND ROAD TRIP
Mike and Sandy enjoyed a fall New England road trip, from Buffalo, New York, and traveling backroads of upstate New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Some notes and a few pictures are here.
January - April -- WORLD CRUISE
Mike & Sandy's grandest adventure, an around-the-world cruise, is the longest trip (4 months) they've ever taken (and probably ever will). There were 44 ports of call, some old favorites (like Hong Kong) and some amazing first visits (e.g., Easter Island & Cape Town, South Africa). Brief notes, and some pictures, are in six sections:
1 - South America & Easter Island Click here
2 - South Pacific islands Click here
3 - New Zealand and Australia Click here
4 - SE Asia and Hong Kong Click here
5 - Indian Ocean & South Africa Click here
6 - Southern Africa & across the Atlantic Click here
2012
October -- MAUI TIME-SHARE
Mike & Sandy went back to Maui, Mike's favorite of their time-shares, taking along friends Jesse and Pat. The explorers went to the (really high) top of the volcano, walked in the surf, and enjoyed sunsets, a magic show, a 50's-style cafe, and a sugar mill tour. ("Two sweetees at the sugar plant!")
July -- TWO RIVERBOAT CRUISES
Back-to-back riverboat trips took Mike and Sandy to Europe -- the first on the Elbe River in East Germany, and the second on the Danube.
Elbe notes and some pix are here. See Danube notes & pix here.
March -- MEDITERRANEAN-BLACK SEA
Mike and Sandy took a 36-day cruise across the Atlantic from Florida into the Mediterranean and the Black Sea - 12 countries (including Ukraine) and 19 ports. Notes and some pictures are here.
February -- CANCUN TIME-SHARE A visit to their Cancun time-share saw Sandy and Mike, along with friends Buzz and Doreen, trying old favorites (like Cancun WalMart - always good for laughs) as well as explorng some new things. One of these was a day trip to EkBalam, a Mayan ruin somewhat like Chichenitza, but only recently discovered.
2011
December -- NEW YEARS EVE
Mike and Sandy were in Times Square for New Years Eve - you can see it on TV, but the crowd's roar, the confetti and fireworks -- you just have to be there! The 9/11 Memorial is moving, and the Radio City Music Hall Christmas Show was stunning. At 11pm we moved out to our reserved spots on the street for the "ball drop." The entire event is very well organized and policed - we felt very comfortable.
November -- BRANSON TIME-SHARE
Mike & Sandy were guests of friends Buzz and Doreen at their time-share at Branson, Missouri. Branson is like the Las Vegas strip, with entertainment, hotels, restaurants, shops, etc. -- but no casinos, and everything is more mid-western style: most shows have a patriotic or religious tone - very family-oriented.
One of the best shows was SIX - six brothers who are great singers, but also mimic various musical instruments -- you would swear there's a band just off stage, but there isn't.
One day we drove to Bella Vista, Arkansas, where Sandy's cousin Dorothy (95 years young!) lives. She isn't far from Bentonville, so we saw the little Sam Walton store, where WalMart began. On the way back, we ate lunch at Lamberts, famous for waiters who throw dinner rolls to the guests. The College of the Ozarks, where every student must work on campus, was fun to tour.
October -- MAUI TIME-SHARE
Mike & Sandy went back to their Maui time-share, with friends Pat and Jessie. This is Mike's favorite of the time-shares. They stopped at the Halimali General Store for lunch -- this is a Conde Naste and Zagat recommended restaurant, and one of the best on Maui -- delicious ! The team visited a botanic garden (found a Jacaranda tree - never seen in Northern California), and took the famous "Road to Hana."
August -- HOT IN FLORIDA!
Mike & Sandy took Great Grand-daughter Kerri to Disney World and surrounding attractions for her 12th birthday. It was fun, but August in Florida is a real shock to the system! Pictures and notes here.
July -- CRUISING FJORDS & THE ARCTIC
While not the longest, this certainly was the coldest cruise for Mike & Sandy. On the Crystal Serenity, they explored the big fjords of Norway, plus went WAY further north than they've ever been - not quite to the North Pole, but close! A few pictures are here!
March -- ASIA-MIDDLE EAST CRUISE
Sandy and Mike joined a world cruise roughly in the middle, in Hong Kong, traveling towards India and the Middle East. Why? They particularly wanted to see the Taj Mahal in India, Petra in Jordan, and the Luxor temple complex in Egypt. Click here to see some of our pictures.
January -- PALM SPRINGS & SOUTHWEST
Mike & Sandy drove to Palm Springs, visiting son Rick and seeing some shows at McCallum Theater. They saw the old Palm Springs Follies, and then drove east to Scottsdale to visit Earl and Karin. (Earl was best man at Mike and Sandy's wedding.)
2010
July -- BALTIC CRUISE
Mike & Sandy joined their church's travel group for a Baltic cruise on the Star Princess, including Copenhagen,Stockholm (Nobel Prize sites), Oslo (1952 Winter Olympics sites), St. Petersburg (Hermitage Museum, Peter Hof beach palace), Tallin (medieval walking town in Estonia), and Gdansk, Poland (castle of the Tuetonic Knights). We were on the ship on the 4th of July for the many festivities.
April -- KAUAI TIME-SHARE
Mike & Sandy, along with Mike's daughter Ginger and her husband Blake, spent a week at the Westin Princeville resort on Kauai. Sightseeing included a helicopter ride all over the island.
Click here for a few Hawaii pictures.
February -- CANCUN TIME-SHARE
A new Westin time-share opened in Cancun, and Mike & Sandy, with friends Buzz and Doreen, went down to check it out. It's impressive, and faces east, so you see sunrises rather than sunsets. Of course it has a great beach, and enormous pools with water slides. A visit to the Cancun WalMart is a kick; sort-of like a WalMart, and sort-of like a loud and lively Mexican fiesta. One highlight was a trip to Chichenitza, the largest of the Mayan temple complexes, around 800 years old. And in the spirit of learning about the local culture, Mike and Buzz enjoyed meeting one of the dancers at a local show.
January -- CARIBBEAN CRUISE, PLUS FLORIDA-ALABAMA ROAD TRIP Mike & Sandy attended a financial seminar held on a cruise ship, with many investment advisors as speakers. The ship visited 3 ports, but unusually cold weather was a damper. Back on land, Mike & Sandy visited some old California friends who've moved to Florida, and then some of Mike's relatives (including a 95 year old aunt) in Alabama. Mike also visited the cemetery where his Mother and Father are buried.
2009
May -- VANCOUVER: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
August -- OREGON - WASHINGTON ROAD TRIP Mike & Sandy headed north to visit friends in eastern Washington State. They included lots of sightseeing - some natural (Oregon coast, Crater Lake, Olympic Peninsula) and some man-made (Grand Coulee Dam, Boeing 747 factory). We have a photo of teenager Sandy at Vidae Falls, so we checked to see if it had changed. An air museum in Oregon with the Spruce Goose, and one of the enormous hangers used by blimps in WW II, were interesting. The Oregon coast's Cannon Beach is a beautiful vacation spot, and the Olympic Peninsula's Lake Quinault Lodge (similar to Yosemite's Ahwanee Lodge) takes you back in time. Mt. St. Helens was interesting before stopping by Seattle's public fish market, the Space Needle, and the "Sleepless in Seattle" houseboat. Tours of Boeing's 747 assembly plant, as well as Grand Coulee Dam, were astonishing. Mike & Sandy later had lunch with a nephew Sandy hadn't seen in 30 years. Heading south, the northwest California redwoods are huge, and always impressive.
May -- MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE Mike & Sandy spent three weeks in the Mediterranean on Holland America's Noordam. Ports of call were in Italy, France, Spain, Tunisia, Greece, and Turkey. Highlights included the old Roman towns of Ephesus and Pompei, the site of the first Olympic Games in Greece, the Phoenecian town of Carthage (Hanibal and his elephants came from there), and Dubrovnik, a medieval walled city in modern day Croatia.
A few of our cruise pictures are here!
April -- Maui time-share with Sandy's boys (Mark's Birthday)
February -- SOUTH-EAST ASIA/VIETNAM Mike & Sandy, along with friends Gary and Joan, spent 18 days touring Vietnam, Cambodia, and Thailand. Although the Vietnam government is officialy communist, capitalism is booming -- the country's mascot should be the motor bike, which has practically replaced the bicycle, once ubiquitous.
In Hanoi, we saw the Ho Chi Minh memorial, and a water puppet show. Halong Bay (UNESCO World Heritage Site) is filled with limestone islands and spires -- and with junks, like this one where we spent the night. In Hue, we stayed in the mansion of the old French Governor. Our visit to the sea-side village of Hoi An (don't miss this if you visit Vietnam) coincided with their annual Lantern Light Festival, and along the way, we passed China Beach, a favorite R&R spot for American GI's.
We visited the Mekong Delta area, and were amazed at what takes place out on the water (including huge floating markets). We had a final delicious dinner back in Saigon with our guide before we left Vietnam.
Our visit to Cambodia was all about 900 year old Angkor Wat, a huge, well preserved temple and palace, and Cambodia's top tourist attraction. It's another "one-of-a-kind-in-the-world" place. Nearby is Angkor Thom, a location used in the movie "Lara Croft: Tomb Raider."
Last stop was Bangkok, where we visited some former Californians now living there, and had our farewell dinner overlooking the river.
2008
November -- LAS VEGAS
Friends Lee and Shirley visited Mike & Sandy's Maui time-share a few years ago, but ended up buying a Marriott time-share just off the Strip in Las Vegas, so they invited Mike & Sandy to come see. They did, and saw 4 shows (Blue Man Group, Bette Middler, The Rat Pack, "O"), and went to the big Nellis Air Force Base annual air show. Of course they had lots of good food, too!
October -- ALBUQUERQUE ROAD TRIP Mike and friend Dick went to see to the big Albuquerque hot-air balloon festival, stopping at some air museums on the way. The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs is beautiful, and nearby Peterson Air Force Base had old Cold War-era missle exhibits. The hot-air balloon festival was amazing, from the Dawn Patrol event through the mass ascension, with about 600 balloons launched at once. On the way home, a visit to the Air Force "bone yard" near Tucson (sort of a junk yard for old military aircraft) broke up the trip.
September -- EAST COAST ROAD TRIP Mike and Sandy flew to Boston, rented a car, and headed for Cape Cod, where they saw cruise friends Len and Ann, and toured the Kennedy's Hyannis compound and Provincetown. A look at Mystic, Connecticut, and then onto the ferry for the trip over to Long Island and "the Hamptons." From a room overlooking Times Square, Manhattan was toured, including Katz Deli (famous for the scene in the movie "When Harry Met Sally".) Being in the studio audience of a live TV show was fun, and then it was off to Pennsylvania (Mike had no idea there was a town named after him), and Philadelphia and Gettysburg. Washington featured the new Air & Space Museum Annex. On the way to Colonial Williamsburg we saw La Plata, a town where Sandy lived 50 years before.
June -- CRUISING THE DANUBE RIVER
Mike and Sandy's first "river boat" adventure was GREAT, and touched 5 countries. Danville friends Marv and Joni, and Bakersfield friends Buzz and Doreen, joined in. There were scenic river views, fun shore excursions, lunch in a Croatian family's farm house, and touring in beautiful Budapest.
Here's the team on the boat's observation deck, touching the Black Sea, visiting a river town, seeing a sunset and a village church steeple, a Serbian defense ministry building hit by a NATO cruise missile in the early '90's, our lunch on the farm, and on the hill overlooking Budapest.
May -- OMAHA AND THE MID-WEST ROAD TRIP:
Mike and Sandy were in Omaha for the annual meeting of Warren Buffet's company (which also included a closeup sighting of Bill Gates), and a visit with cousin Karma, who was at their wedding 33 years earlier. They added on a road trip around the mid-west, heading to Chicago, Springfield (Abe Lincoln presidential library), to St. Louis, and then to Branson, Missouri, for some fun shows. Last they visited Bentonville, Arkansas, the home of Dorothy, another cousin of Sandy's and quite spry at 92, and of WalMart, with the original dime store on the town square.
February -- AIR MUSEUMS. Mike and 3 friends toured air museums around the state, including former Castle AFB, an airpark by Air Force Plant 42 (home of the Space Shuttle, the B-2, F-35, SR-71, etc.), and March AFB. Two private museums in Chino had planes that had appeared in various movies. Last stop was the Commemorative Air Force in Camarillo, with lots of WW II planes. Dinner at the Proud Bird Aviation Restaurant near LAX was a hit, as well.
January -- MAUI TIME SHARE (Mike really likes this one!)
2007
September -- MEXICO'S COPPER CANYON
Know about Mexico's Copper Canyon? It's longer and deeper than the Grand Canyon, but is reached only by train. With friends Buzz and Doreen, Mike and Sandy headed down to see it, with a bit of nostalgia thrown in, on some restored 1950's era Pullman cars.
Sandy and Mike enjoyed a two-week trip to Alaska, with one week on a cruise ship and one week on land. Lots of glaciers, bears, and moose!
May -- JAPAN AND CHINA VAN TOUR
With friends Lee and Shirley, Sandy and Mike spent nearly 3 weeks in Japan and China. Mt. Fuji and a ride on a bullet train were highlights in Japan, while the Three Gorges Dam, the Terra Cotta warriers, and the Bund in Shanghai were most memorable in China.
2006
September -- ROAD TRIP MT. RUSHMORE / YELLOWSTONE
January -- UP CLOSE AT THE PASADENA ROSE PARADE
2005
November -- NEW ENGLAND FALL FOLIAGE CRUISE (Princess)
April -- ROAD TRIP GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS
January -- PANAMA CANAL CRUISE (Crystal)
2004
May -- MACHU PICCHU VISIT PLUS GALAPAGOES ISLANDS CRUISE
2003
May -- COACH TOUR - AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND (Tauck)
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
2002
March -- TAHITI / SOUTH PACIFIC CRUISE (Renassance)
January -- AROUND HORN OF SOUTH AMERICA CRUISE (Princess)
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
2001
June -- SINGAPORE: BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
2000
May -- OBERAMMERGAU PASSION PLAY / GERMANY / AUSTRIA (Traflagar)
March -- HONG KONG: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1999
July -- VANCOUVER / ALASKA CRUISE (Princess)
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1998
September -- SOURTH EAST ASIA CRUISE (Holland America)
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1997
January -- SHANGHAI: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1996
June -- MEDITERRANEAN CRUISE (NCL)
March -- VIENNA, AUSTRIA: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1995
June -- PHOTO SAFARI: KENYA / TANZANIA
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1994
August -- SHANGHAI, CHINA: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
May -- SAIL BOAT CARIBBEAN ADVENTURE
Back in 1994, Sandy and Mike were part of a small group that chartered a sailboat in the Caribbean for a week.
March -- BIG ISLAND OF HAWAII: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1993
May -- BALI, INDONESIA: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1992
November -- NEW ENGLAND FALL FOLIAGE (Tauck)
1991
October -- GUNTERSVILLE, ALABAMA (RELATIVES)
September -- TAIPEI, TAIWAN: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
March -- PANAMA CANAL / MEXICO CRUISE (Princess)
1990
September -- PHUKET, THAILAND: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
February -- MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA: BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1988
December -- AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
September -- SOUTHERN EUROPE / CROATIA (Trafalgar)
January -- HONOLULU: MIKE'S BUSINESS + SIGHTSEEING
1987
July -- OREGON COAST
1986
September -- ROME, ITALY
August -- GLASGOW, SCOTLAND
July -- VENICE, ITALY
July -- OSLO, NORWAY
June -- TRIER, GERMANY
April -- IRELAND
May -- VIENNA, AUSTRIA
February -- CANARY ISLANDS, SPAIN
1985
October -- BEDAPEST, HUNGARY
JSeptember -- LISBON, PORTUGAL
September -- COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
August -- PARIS, FRANCE
July -- AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
July -- BRUGES, BELGIUM
June -- LOIRE VALLEY, FRANCE
April -- BARACELONA, SPAIN
February -- TIGNES, FRANCE (ALPS)
January -- Mike takes job in London, and Mike & Sandy begin two years
of every-weekend European sightseeing!
1984
July -- GREEK ISLANDS / TURKEY CRUISE (Royal)
1983
June -- SCANDANAVIAN CAPITALS CRUISE (Royal)
1982
April -- CARIBBEAN CRUISE (FIRST ANNIVERSARY) (Royal Caribbean)
April -- MEET THE NEW BRIDE TOUR - ALABAMA
1981
April -- KAANAPALI BEACH, MAUI (HONEYMOON)