Travels

Year	Month	Trips	Life
1991
	Sept	Sheperdstown, WV trip	G & J’s Bagel meeting Fri. Sept. 13th; Becton Dickinson annual picnic 14th
	Oct
	Nov
	Dec.	J’s first trip to Asia: Singapore; Batam View family trip, Indonesia
1992
	Jan.	G gives training in Kuala Lumpur, Guangzhou
	Feb	G gives training in Kuala Lumpur, Brunei, Sarawak
	Mar
	April	G comes to Baltimore for meetings and training. To Philadelphia to provide tech support. Camping with J at Cunningham Falls Park, Catoctin Mtns., Maryland
	May
	June	J visits Singapore again; G&J Cameron Highlands, Penang trip.
	July
	Aug
	Sept	G & J arrive separately in Zürich, marry in Buochs (24th); honeymoon traveling to Jungfrau, Matterhorn, etc.
	Oct	G to Jakarta, Indonesia to give training	Sambal causes her some dysentery
	Nov	Nov. 20- Jerry arrives to settle in Singapore
	Dec	Family Segamat trip, trapped by floods. Sarawak family Xmas trip. G&J Jakarta, Puncak, Bandung trip.	G lectures in Bandung
1993
	Jan.	G&J Chinese wedding banquet at York Hotel for 100.
	Feb	2nd banquet at American Club. Grace travels to Malaysia, S. Korea, Taiwan, doing training & tech support for Becton Dickinson.
	Mar	J accompanies G to Hong Kong and Kunming; Dali trip.	G does training in Kunming. J starts work at Hewlett-Packard. G does training in S. Korea.
	April	Family goes on Becton Dickinson trip to Pulau Besar, E. coast of Peninsular Malaysia. J accompanies G to Beijing	G does training in Taiwan. J’s friend solves BD’s big problems at Beijing trade show.
	May	US trip: Baltimore, San Diego, San Francisco
	June		J starts 2nd full-time job: teaching at Nat’l U. of Singapore.
	July
	Aug	G delivers lecture at Cebu, Philippines. G & Corina Rameker deliver Marcus to Menlo College, California.
	Sept	No. Sumatra organized tour — G&J’s last for 15 years! Batam View trip, G&J
	Oct	2 week Sulawesi trip: Makassar, Tana Toraja, Manado, Ternate in the Moluccas.
	Nov	G lectures on Waste Management in Surabaya.
	Dec	Family trip to Hong Kong, Hanoi, Saigon, Mekong Delta, etc.	Grace is unexpectedly pregnant! J’s NUS boss murdered!
1994
	Jan.	New Year’s in Can Tho, Mekong Delta	Jerry still teaching at NUS; keeps working at HP.
	Feb		Grace has a miscarriage.
	Mar		Grace has surgery for cysts
	April		Grace’s boss won’t allow her a trip to US; she quits Becton Dickinson!
	May	Baltimore, Rehboth Beach, San Diego, San Jose, Carmel, San Francisco (Marcus), Stockton (Ruby), Chico, Calistoga
	June	Bali trip with Jerry’s mother Fay, Melisa and Marianne.	Jerry refuses deal, quits teaching at NUS; the University head who refused Jerry the promotion promised by his murdered boss is poisoned but survives. Jerry keeps working at HP.
	July		Christine has successful bypass surgery
	Aug	G&J & housekeeper Sari return to her Central Java village; G&J go on to Jogjakarta.
	Sept
	Oct		We announce our plan to move to San Francisco to Christine; she is invited to come but furiously refuses.
	Nov	Elliot & Rachel come from Baltimore to Thanksgiving. Then we go with them to Jogja (Borobodur, Prambanan too).
	Dec	We organize a family reunion to celebrate Christine’s & Fay’s 80th birthdays in Hong Kong. Fly to Xiamen ("Amoy") where Christine grew up with her, Fay & kids.
1995
	Jan.	Shanghai, Hangzhou, Suzhou scrapes & adventures. Melisa & Marianne return home for school with Christine. Marcus, Fay & we fly to Xian. Marcus & Fay return to the U.S. G&J go to Luoyang, Kaifeng & Nanjing.
	Feb
	Mar
	April	G&J Sta. Barbara, San Francisco: with Marcus search unsuccessfully for a house. Baltimore; STC conference in Washington, DC.
	May	Rhode Island, Cape Cod, Boston, Cambridge, Maine, Long Island
	June	Tioman resort stay, off E. coast of Peninsular Malaysia (family)
	July	Stephanie & Georgeanne visit us in S’pore. But Fay has a massive stroke; G&J fly to San Diego.
	Aug	We unexpectedly buy our current house. We pack up & move to S.F. with Melisa & Marianne.	Jerry’s mother Fay dies.
	Sept	G&J drive to Mendocino to celebrate their wedding anniversary.	Melisa & Marianne start school in San Francisco.
	Oct
	Nov	Gold Country trip (family). 1st of 3 San Diego trips to clear Fay’s condo (?)
	Dec	Family trip to Baltimore, New York and Vermont.
1996
	Jan.	Christine arrives in San Francisco (Jan. 1).
	Feb	2nd San Diego trip (?)
	Mar	G & Christine fly to Hong Kong. J meets them in Singapore. G&J West Sumatra trip: Padang, Bukittinggi, Lake Maninjou.
	April
	May	Seattle: J lectures on basing yourself overseas at STC conference; Joel & Susan; Ruth in Olympia, Cindy in Roslyn
	June	3rd of 3 San Diego trips (?) Montréal (Joan & Harry), Ottawa (Jonathan), Toronto (Mike & Betty)…
	July	Buffalo (Ralph & Diane), Finger Lakes, New York, Long Island (Gloria & Harry), Baltimore (E&R et al)
	Aug	Singapore trip (?)
	Sept	We take Melisa to begin UCLA. Sequoia & Yosemite on the way home.
	Oct	We deliver Marcus to Salt Lake City & Provo to begin his LDS Mission in Houston.
	Nov	Singapore trip
	Dec
1997
	Jan.
	Feb
	Mar
	April	Singapore trip?	Poh Lee here
	May
	June	Manhattan: We stage Aunt Joan & Uncle Harry’s 50th wedding anniversary.
	July	G&J visit Tongatapu (Tupou), Ha’apai, Vava’u, then W. Samoa & Fiji.	Marianne 6 weeks in Kenya, builds schools.
	Aug	G&J tour New Zealand, N. Island. Meet Marianne & Christine in Singapore.
	Sept	Christine flees Singapore air pollution ("The Haze"), arrives for 5-month sojourn with us in San Francisco
	Oct
	Nov	Freq. Flyer 10-day trip to Barcelona, Murcia, Granada, Seville, Córdoba.
	Dec
1998
	Jan.	Yosemite trip (?)
	Feb	We bring Christine back to Singapore to prepare for The Move that July. UCLA trip to see Melisa’s performance.
	Mar		Grace on board of Parents Coalition; helps run Public Affairs Council at her church
	April		Grace takes monoprint course.
	May	Visit schools in Seattle with Marianne; Roslyn (Cindy)
	June
	July	In Singapore. We pack up Christine, move her to 82 5th Ave., San Francisco!
	Aug		renovating Christine’s house; she moves there from our house in October
	Sept	G&J’s first trip to Lake Tahoe
	Oct	Tomales Bay kayaking; lightning trip to Yosemite with Elliot & Rachel
	Nov.	England trip: Cotwolds, Devonshire Moors, Dartmouth, Mousehole. J breaks leg; Truro hospital, Brian & Gail in Salisbury.	Jerry’s Thanksgiving Eve surgery back in San Francisco.
	Dec
1999
	Jan		G starts painting class (thru May)
	Feb	New York, Shelter Island with Gloria, Baltimore, Blackwater Falls in snow with Elliot & Rachel.	J on crutches thru March
	Mar	Sonoma trip, J still on crutches
	April	Visit Wash. U. in St. Louis with Marianne. Visit Melisa in Los Angeles.
	May
	June
	July	J visits Marcus in Ogden.
	August	Drop Marianne in St. Louis; drive Denver-SLC; Marcus b’day; Yellowstone trip with Melisa, Christine, Poh Lee	50 individuals attend Grace’s 50th birthday in our backyard.
	Sept	Northern Spain, León, Ribadesella, Picos de Europa, La Coruña, Santiago de Compostela, Ávila, Salamanca.
	Oct	Meet E&R in Toledo; Sevilla, Cádiz, Ronda, Granada; G&J alone: Calahonda, Madrid. Karen & Gabe wedding in NY
	Nov
	Dec
2000
	Jan		Grace in painting class (to May).
	Feb	St. Louis (Marianne), W. Lafayette (Bernie & Hope)	Denver airport painting
	March	Amsterdam, Bruges
	April	St. Louis trip with Christine (Marianne); Baltimore, Washington.
	May
	June	Harvard 35th Reunion. Los Angeles trip	Lump discovered at Reunion. Breast Cancer Diagnosis Melisa’s graduation from UCLA
	July	North of Sonoma (1 night!)	Surgery
	August		Chemo begins— Aug. to Jan.
	Sept	Sonoma trip. Donner Lake trip.
	Oct	Big Sur trip
	Nov	Kenwood trip. Timber Cove trip.
	Dec	Clear Lake trip.
2001
	Jan.	Saratoga trip.	Finish chemo
	Feb	Oregon Coast, Portland, Ashland, Nevada City trip.
	Mar	Weaverville, Trinity Alps with Christine.	Radiation, 33 days.
	April		Finish radiation.
	May	Bass Lake trip. Bernie & Hope visit; Susan 60th dim sun
	June	South Carolina (Georgeanne), Durham (Joe P.); Baltimore; Amy Kurtz weddng, Kingston, NY
	July	Stockholm; Norway: Balestrand, Oslo, Bergen, mailboat Geiranger Fjord,
	Aug	Trømso, Kirkenes, Oslo
	Sept
	Oct	Mt. Lassen trip; Grants Pass (Mary Lou & Gene)
	Nov	Incline Village Thanksgiving with Melisa & Marianne.
	Dec
2002
	Jan.
	Feb
	Mar
	April	6 mos. in Europe: Montone in Umbria (5.5 wks)
	May	Florence, Rome, Rimini, Venice
	June	Bellagio; Geneva; Beaune; London, Salisbury, Outer Hebrides, Highlands
	July	Lucerne (8 wks); Zürich
	Aug	Jungfrau; Gornergrat; Swiss Fair; Davos-St. Moritz
	Sept	Lyon; Dordogne; Brittany; Paris; Normandy
	Oct	Provence; Nice
	Nov	Tucson trip: Dan & Christine’s wedding
	Dec
2003
	Jan.
	Feb	Singapore trip with Christine
	Mar	Mt. Lassen trip
	April	(Lake Tahoe (Christine); Los Angeles trip)
	May	St. Louis, Ottawa trip (Christine)	Marianne’s graduation
	June	Los Angeles trip (Christine)	Melisa & Ed’s wedding
	July	New York; Baltimore; drive X-country to Indiana; Black Hills; Yellowstone	Lisa & Dean’s wedding
	Aug	Ogden (Marcus); Grand Canyon N. Rim; Zion Park; San Francisco
	Sept	Lake Tahoe (Mei & Ed)
	Oct	Santa Fe trip
	Nov	Lake Tahoe Thanksgiving family trip
	Dec
2004
	Jan.	New Zealand So. Island: Christchurch, Mt. Cook, Queenstown, Milford Sound, Akaroa
	Feb
	Mar
	April	England trip: Salisbury (Brian & Gail), Oxford (Michael Sullivan), York, Yorkshire Moors, Yorkshire Dales, Lake Country
	May	Shropshire/Cardiff; Cotswolds; London. Chicago. Mexico City; San Miguel Allende/Guanajuato
	June
	July
	Aug	Switz trip (Christine, Melisa): Geneva, Jungfrau, Lucerne, Zürich
	Sept	Pt. Reyes trip (Eileen & Ted)
	Oct	Sedona, AZ trip: Garland's
	Nov	San Miguel Allende/Guanajuato (family)
	Dec	Ogden trip	Marcus & Marnae’s wedding
2005
	Jan.
	Feb
	Mar
	April	Austria trip: Danube, Halstatt, Salzburg; Bavaria
	May	So. Tyrol, Italy; Graz, Vienna
	June
	July
	Aug	Wheeling, WV trip (E&R); Singapore (Christine)
	Sept	Melaka trip. Hong Kong (John Wong).	J’s detached retina in Melaka, emergency surgery in Singapore
	Oct	Boston…	J's 40th college reunion
	Nov	New York (Melisa & Ed), Baltimore (E&R), Denver (Marianne)
	Dec	Redding-Eureka trip	G 3 days/2 nights in Mt. Zion Hosptial for cellulitis, starting Christmas morning
2006
	Jan.
	Feb	Argentina: Mendoza, Iguazu Falls, Brazil, Buenos Aires
	Mar
	April	Salisbury (Brian & Gail); Amsterdam, Utrecht (Julie & Chris); drive to Schleswig Holstein; all around Denmark’s Jutland; Copenhagen
	May
	June	RR across Canada, stops in Vancouver; Jasper-Lake Louise, Columbia Icefields; Winnipeg; Toronto; Ottawa (visit Aunt Joan) Montréal (meet E&R); Quebec; G&J on to New Brunswick, Cape Breton Iland, Sydney, Halifax
	July
	Aug	Santa Barbara trip (S&D); Los Angeles (Lisa, Dean, Hannah Pilar, Karen)
	Sept	Hong Kong, with Marianne, after Christine’s stroke
	Oct
	Nov	Lake Tahoe trip; Utah to visit baby granddaughter Nevaeh
	Dec	Singapore, with kids & newborn Nevaeh, to visit Ahmah on her arrival in Singapore
2007
	Jan.	Chiang Mai, MaeSa Valley, Bangkok, Thailand; Taipei & environs
	Feb
	Mar
	April	Australia: Brisbane, NE Highway, Hunter Valley, Sydney (meet E&R); Blue Mtns; Adelaide, Wilmena Pound with stars, Barossa Valley, coast, Melbourne; J&G alone to Tasmania
	May	On to Singapore. Memorial Day camping in Utah with Marcus & family, Marnae’s parents & friends.
	June	Mendocino trip with Marianne. G&J trip to Klamath Falls, Crater Lake, OR.
	July	Grants Pass, Ashland, OR
	Aug
	Sept	Indiana to see Bernie & Hope, and cousin Paul Huang & Carol; Red Lake, NW Ontario; Kenora; Roseau, MN; Grand Forks, ND
	Oct	Denver to visit Marianne; NY & Mohonk to visit Meilisa & Ed; Philadelphia to visit Pattey & kids; Baltimore to visit Elliot & Rachel et al.
	Nov	Lake Tahoe. Ottawa for Thanksgiving with Aunt Joan & Jonathan, S&D, Melisa & Ed; G&J to Montréal
	Dec
2008
	Jan.	Hawaii: Oahu & Kauai. Singapore (Grace day-trip to Kuala Lumpur); G&J Batam one-nighter.
	Feb
	Mar	Glen Ellen B&B stay.
	April	"Scouting" trip to Southern Italy: Sorrento, the Cilento, Castellabate. Left for S’pore because Christine in hospital.
	May	New York, Denver, Rocky Mtn. Park trip.	Melisa J.D. from Fordham Law, Marianne MBA from Denver U.
	June	Utah lake/reunion trip (Marcus, Marnae, kids)
	July	Ashland Shakespeare Festival; Grants Pass (Mary Lou)
	Aug
	Sept	Lake Tahoe.
	Oct	Singapore sojourn; lv for N. India tour Oct. 31.
	Nov	Delhi, Jaipur, Rajastan, Orchha, Kajuraho, Varanasi, etc. Back to Singapore. Thanksgiving at home with Melisa & Ed, Marcus & Marnae & kids, S&D.
	Dec	Furiously pack up house for our intended 1 year in Teggiano, house renovation!
2009
	Jan.
	Feb	Arrive Rome, drive to Teggiano, Campania. Rent an apartment with great view for one year but — after only 2 weeks in Italy — Grace has to return to S.F. for treatment.	Pain forces Grace to a rural hospital. The cause is a pleural effusion — a metastasis to the lung lining. Fluid is drained (thoracentesis) to reduce the pain and make it possible for her to fly home.
	Mar	Inverness/Point Reyes trip (VRBO)
	April	Lake Tahoe trip	Drive to Incline Village ER in snow for breathing difficulty
	May		Grace’s mother Christine, 95, dies. Grace cannot travel but Melisa & Ed, Marianne & Marnae all fly to Singapore.
	June	Healdsburg trip (VRBO)
	July	Santa Barbara trip (S&D)	Grace has a difficult ride down 101 and later has to spend a day in the ER in Santa Barbara.
	Aug	Ashland Shakespeare Festival (VRBO); Grants Pass (Mary Lou); Jacksonville (Karen Giese)
	Sept	Lake Tahoe trip
	Oct	Camden, Maine sojourn (VRBO) with Melisa; G&J to Moosehead Lake in the North Woods	Severe pains in back, wrist
	Nov	Thanksgiving in New Rochelle (Melisa & Ed’s new house); Baltimore (E&R)
	Dec	West Carribean cruise with Melisa & Ed	Oral Xeloda chemo stops the pain. Grace now experiences 8 or 9 months (not counting the sudden surgery in April) that are the closest to normal she will get.
2010
	Jan.	Key West trip with Melisa
	Feb	Yosemite trip
	Mar	Ogden trip (Marcus, Marnae, Nevaeh, Mitchell). Grace considers Jerry’s proposal of a trip to England or Italy "too tame." She investigates our friend Merrill Higham’s Israel-Jordan trip that we had earlier tried twice to make.
	April	Grace travels solo to Ogden for Mitchell’s 2nd birthday!	Emergency surgery for fluid around the heart, 8 days before plane leaves for Israel & Jordan.
	May	Israel & Jordan tour organized by Merrill Higham, with Melisa & Ed.
	June	Ashland Shakespeare Festival; Jacksonville (Mary Lou & Carol)
	July	West Marin "practice" camping trip with Marcus. Santa Barbara trip (S&D)
	Aug	Drive to Yellowstone via Oregon & Idaho; Utah friends; Flaming Gorge camping with Marcus, Marnae, Nevaeh, Mitchell
	Sept	Grace & Linda Stinson Beach trip. G&J 2 Russian River trips.
	Oct	College reunion, Cambridge; New York (Melisa & Ed); Bklyn wedding (Bernie & Hope), Baltimore
	Nov	Thanksgiving in San Jose (Linda & Gina)
	Dec	Eureka trip
2011
	Jan.	Yosemite and Santa Barbara trip (S&D)
	Feb	Lake Tahoe trip with Elliot & Rachel
	Mar	Pacific Grove trip. S&D 130th b’day in Sta. Barbara
	April	Italy trip: Apulia, Teggiano, Umbria (Marcus, Marnae, Marianne, Stig), San Quirico d’Orcia, Venice
	May	South Lake Tahoe trip
	June		Bad chemo, loses 15 lbs. To ER & hospital Sun. 6/26.
	July	Could NOT go to Ashland Shakespeare Festival (S&D took our place)	Cancer detected in brain. Ommaya surgery, chemo, infection detected & cured, radiation. Loses ability to walk.
	Aug		Loses ability to talk 7/31. Home 8/2, 24-hr care. Many visitors, many from far away.
	Sept		Stops chemo, officially hospice 9/1. Talks more 15th. Dies Sun morn. 18th.
	Oct
	Nov
	Dec