Bob & Ilonas 2006 Annual BLOGHi friends, relatives, neighbors - We did a bit of traveling this year. Retirement is great! See below for some of our best pictures. Hope to hear from you. Have a great holiday season and new year. Bob, Ilona, and sometimes Benjamin
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January Oaxaca, Mexico We spent 7 weeks in Oaxaca language school, wonderful food, ruins and other sightseeing, hanging out and enjoying the perfect weather. |
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January Oaxaca, Mexico |
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January Oaxaca, Mexico |
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February Zipolite Beach, Oaxaca, Mexico A week on the most perfect beach, with an oceanfront room, wonderful inexpensive food, clothing optional. Paradise. |
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March Cambridge UK Went to England to visit our first granddaughter Constance and her parents. |
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March Sorrento, Italy Cheap flights from England to Italy, so we went to Palermo, Sorrento, and Rome. Food was much better than in England. |
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April 40th Anniversary Cute couple. |
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May - Gwendolyn Nikki Rouda, born 5/10/06 with sister Constance Our second granddaughter.
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June sailing our boat on Lake Pepin, Minnesota Picture taken by another boat we passed (but we werent racing...) |
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June/July from Miami to North Carolina in the Gulf Stream Helped a friend move his boat, part of the way from Florida to Wisconsin. We sailed the leg from Coconut Grove, Florida, to North Carolina. We were at sea for almost 4 days, 100 miles off the Atlantic coast with a 3-5 knot boost from the Gulf Stream. [a 46 Morgan ketch] |
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Hanging out in the cockpit, far out at sea. |
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July North Channel, Lake Huron, Ontario Our annual 2-3 week trip to Canada with our boat. |
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Interesting anchorage (Dock on the Rock) |
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More views in the North Channel. This one is from a peak we scrambled up to. |
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Baie Fine on the North Channel, before and during an interesting storm. [We need a bigger boat.] |
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August LOWISA (Lake of the Woods International Sailing Association) Bob went by himself, crewing on a Sonar, sleeping with 17 people on a houseboat, and enjoying the nightly parties. |
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September Lake Pepin, Minnesota Bob singlehanding our boat
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September Ben mountaineering in Colorado |
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September - Grandkids in Minnesota Nik, Jennifer and the kids (Constance and Gwendolyn) came for a 2-week visit, during intermission of their multi-year stay in England. Constance is at the helm. |
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The Captain and The Admirable. |
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Nik and our granddaughters |
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Constance, age 2 |
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Gwendolyn, age 0 |
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October Paris, France Finally made it to Paris |
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October Canal du Midi, Southern France 10 days cruising the Canal du Midi, just north of the Pyrenees |
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Went through about 57 locks on the canal |
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Carcassonne a highlight of the trip |
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November Home, MinnesotaWere actually at home for a change. After France, we plan to stay here through sometime in late December.
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November New ZealandBenjamin started traveling around the world. First stop = 3 months in New Zealand. Ilona & Bob stayed home. |
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Thermal stuff, in Rotorua, New Zealand |
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Volcanic stuff, on North Island, New Zealand (Ben in foreground) |
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View toward Milford Sound, New Zealand |
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Queenstown, New Zealand |
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December (actually September) - OregonNik & Jennifer (standing), Gwendolyn and Constance (upside down) |
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