Bob & Annie Tom & Kirsten Dave & Lori Nicole & Megan Lorraine Jean Joan Cathy Barb & Deeon
Highlights
Dollywood Stampede dinner show Moonshine Parrot Mountain Smokey Mountain Alpine Coaster Fireworks Smokey Mountains National Park Tail of the Dragon Road Ruby Falls Incline Railway Rock City The Ark Encounter (half the group)
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
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.
Rental house in Hancock, VT Timeshare in Lincoln, NH
Attendees
Bob & Annie Tom & Kirsten Dave Nicole & Megan Lorraine Joan Morgan Nate (for Thanksgiving dinner)
Highlights
Skip Marrow’s home and The Art of Humor Gallery (VT) Morgan Horse Farm (VT) Ben & Jerry’s (VT) Sugarbush Farm (VT) food poisoning (VT) Cornish-Windsor Bridge (VT/NH) Franconia Notch State Park (NH) Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site (NH) Flume Gorge (NH) Pemaquid Point Lighthouse (ME)
Bob & Annie Tom & Kirsten Dave Nicole & Megan Lorraine Whitney Stephanie Joan and Chuck ** Morgan Nate ** (for Thanksgiving dinner and whale watch cruise)
Highlights
Duck Tours (MA) Touring Boston (MA) Green Animals Topiary Garden (RI) The Breakers (RI) Ellis Island (NY) Ground Zero (NY) Cover up scrape on top of van with white paint (MA) Tihonet Village Cranberry Bog Tour (MA) Whale watch cruise (MA) Plymouth Rock (MA)
Bob & Annie Tom & Kirsten Dave Nicole & Megan Lorraine Joan ** Morgan **
Highlights
Tom’s first bingo card Durango to Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad Silverton Country and Western Dinner Show Mesa Verde National Park Bowling Lake Vallecito’s Tour of Carvings Ouray Box Canyon Falls Park
Bob & Annie Tom & Kirsten Dave (plus one) Nicole & Megan Lorraine Stephanie Jean ** Jenna **
Highlights
First year for Vansgiving in the summer Old Faithful Hayden Valley Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone Grand Prismatic Spring Firehole Falls Mammoth Hot Springs