In June of 1990, the whole Duncan clan, such as it was, gathered at the South Seas Plantation on Captiva Island, Florida, for Mom and Dad’s 50th Anniversary. Sue had done a lot of the planning, I chipped in on choice of South Seas Plantation, Len and Laurie were living in the area in Fort Myers and …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our third day in Beijing and travel to Xian. Sunday, November 13, 1988 We elected to forego the tour group’s visit to the Temple of Heaven in favor of spending the morning with Mary …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our second day in Beijing, seeing the Ming Tombs and Great Wall. Saturday, November 12, 1988 Bright and early, we boarded the bus and headed northwest to our first stop, the Ming Tombs. The …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our first day in Beijing, seeing Tiananmen Square, the Forbidden City, Summer Palace and Beijing Zoo. Friday, November 11, 1988 Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! Big Day ahead! This day, along with tomorrow’s …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our day touring Hangzhou, flying to Beijing and our first evening in Beijing. Thursday, November 10, 1988 I once again woke early with jet lag (Barb slept fine) and wandered down to West Lake …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our day traveling from Wuxi via Lake Tai by boat, a quick lunch in Huzhou and then by bus to Hangzhou, arriving for the afternoon and evening. Wednesday, November 9, 1988 Still feeling effects …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers our day traveling to Wuxi from Suzhou via the Grand Canal. Tuesday, November 8, 1988 Our day begins early but not so bright as we leave our hotel in Suzhou and take a short …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers Suzhou. Monday, November 7, 1988 After checking out of our nice hotel in Shanghai, it was back on the bus for an hour-long drive across town to the Shanghai rail station. Once there, we …
Barb and Bill take their first tour of China together, along with Kate Garrett and her Mom, Mary. This post covers preparations and the first stop in Shanghai. From the time we got married, Barb and I wanted to arrange a trip back to Hong Kong and to see China. Any serious planning was deferred …
In August 2009, for Mom’s 90th birthday, Sue put together a photo album of Mom and Dad’s life. I know she printed a copy for me but I’m ashamed to say I don’t know where mine went. Laurie found her copy in one of her trunks in Spring 2019 and I took the opportunity to …