Happy
Hanukkah Merry Christmas Feliz
Navidad
Happy Kwanzaa
Feliz Dia de Reyes Happy Eid al-Adha
It is time once again to reflect
on the past and hope for the future. We have much to be thankful for this year.
Superstition Mountains |
Overlooking the 17th hole |
Ajo H.S. Class of 1961 |
Vina’s maiden Aunt Queta passed
away at the age of 92 in April. Vina is
settling up the estate.
In May we headed off to San Diego
where we spent the summer. Towards the
end of June we began a two week cruise up the Rhine, Main and Danube Rivers.
Our travels began in Amsterdam and concluded in Vienna. In between we visited 15 cities and towns,
went through 66 different locks, and gained a sense of history from the middle
ages through World War II and up to today. We had a great time and made many
new acquaintances. A detailed blog of the
trip with day-by-day descriptions and pictures may be found at: http://garyandvina.blogspot.com/2011/07/cruising-great-rivers-of-europe-2011.html or by scrolling down this blog.
In San Diego we discovered and
joined two senior hiking groups and explored parts of San Diego we had not
discovered before. Again it provided the
chance to get to know more good people.
We got to watch the Parade of Tall Ships entering San Diego Bay again this
year. It is an amazing sight to
see. In September we were able to
visit with Vina’s cousin Olivia and Ben Skwierez at Vina’s sister Elsie and Eddie Avalos’ home in Los Angeles.
Vina, Marilyn Jo and Cricket |
On the home front, Bob, Natalie
and Mike are well and working hard in San Diego. Bob and Natalie were able to come to Arizona
for Thanksgiving, which we shared with Vina’s sister Cricket, now well on her
way to recovery from her liver transplant last year, and her husband Marty,
their son Marty Jr., and his wife Larissa and cousin Jimmy.
The Kleemann's - Gary, Vina, Natalie, Bob and Mike |
Please click on any of the
links to see pictures.
We have posted pictures
collected throughout the year at: http://picasaweb.google.com/garykleemann.