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2017 – Alaska – August

August 19 – 26

Lodging

Princess cruise ship

Attendees      

Bob & Annie
Tom & Kirsten & Paula
Dave & Lori
Nicole & Megan
Daniel & Allison
Lorraine
Stephanie & Gene
Joan & Chuck
Barb & Deeon
Morgan via suitcase proxy

Highlights

Vancouver, Canada
Ketchikan
Lumberjack show
Totem Bight
Juneau
Tracy’s Crab Shack
Mendenhall Glacier
Skagway
Glacier Bay Anchorage

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Vansgiving

2014 – Michigan – October

October 5 – 12

Lodging

Hotel rooms in St. Ignace
Rental house in Munising, MI

Attendees      

Bob & Annie
Tom & Kirsten
Dave
Nicole & Megan
Daniel & Allison
Lorraine
Stephanie
Jean & Ralph **
Joan & Chuck
Cathy **

Highlights

Waitress Judy at Big Boy restaurant
Mackinac Bridge
Mackinac Island
Tahquamenon Falls
Whitefish Point
Pictured Rocks
Miners Castle
Rabbit Patch Road
Kitch-iti-kipi

** = first Vansgiving

There were sixteen of us
In our oddball clan,
Driving around in a
White passenger van.

We crossed the bridge
Some five miles long
Should we skip a meal?
That would be wrong

To Big Boy for chow
And harassment by Judy
She was tons of fun
But not much of a cutie

On to Mackinac Island
Just east of Mighty Mac
Saw a few sights
And then we came back

Rental house in Munising
Was filled with stools of steel
It’s time to play cards
Have a seat so I can deal

We had long daily drives
To see waterfalls and such
We saw what we could
But there’s really not much

We truly were stuck
On Rabbit Patch road
Where we disembarked
To lessen our load

Using rotting sticks
We dug out the sand
We pushed it free
And then clapped our hands

To Root Beer falls
In the cold and sleet
Looking at faces
I think people are beat

Our Thanksgiving feast
Was from turkey to cake
Nicole made her dessert
The traditional bake

This reunion is over
We’re in the homes we know
But next year in July
It’s Montanada we go.

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Vansgiving

2008 – Flagstaff, AZ – November

November 26 – 30

Lodging

Rental house in Flagstaff, AZ

Attendees      

Bob & Annie
Tom & Kirsten
Dave (plus one)
Nicole & Megan
Daniel & Allison **
Lorraine
Whitney
Stephanie

Highlights

Grand Canyon
Lenox Crater
Wupatki National Monument
Sunset Crater National Monument

** = first Vansgiving