IN A NUTSHELL

Life in Pictures 2022

Pam and Bruce

Love

Smug

Happy

Guna Yala People, San Blas Islands, Panama

Amy's birthday, San Francisco

Nikki & Sophie, Los Angeles

Laurie

Laurie & Catie (Scripps College)

Nikki, Sophie, Yia-Yia & Grandpa Bruce

Connor, Claremont McKenna College

Pam, Laurie, Catie, Nikki, Dad, Amy, Tom

The Family (minus Connor)

Nikki, Amy, Pam & Dad

Photography Exhibit, Art Ark Gallery, San Jose

Canyon de Chelly, Arizona

Amy & Dad, Atacama Desert, Chile

Osorno Volcano, Chile

Jaipur, India

Taj Mahal

Seabourn Quest, cruise from Panama City to Miami

Club Med Colombus Isle (video)

Totally Electric

Saying goodbye to Sophie (19 yrs.)

Home!

HIGHLIGHTS OF another boring year........ with a sprinkling of family photographs by Pam

At the Van Gogh Experience Exhibit in San Francisco

JANUARY

Joe Biden, 46th President of the United States
Zoom calls w/ family, photographers, friends and camera clubs
First Covid Vaccinations

Pam gets her first jab

FEBRUARY

Zoom calls w/ "same as above"
Second Covid Vaccinations
Bruce begins art and artifact catalog

Our first major piece, a tribal carving from the Sepik River, Papua New Guinea 2004

MARCH

Pam begins ambitious program to lose 15 pounds
Los Angeles for 12 days to see Perkins/Berger family, friends
Bruce catalogs 200+ pieces of Perkins/Berger Art & Artifact Collection

Niece Karen Perkins (62), Triathlete, Pacific Palisades, CA

APRIL

Pam gives Zoom presentations "Around the World in 7300 Days"to Revel members, Gould Academy classmates, and local travel club
Zooms for baby shower, camera clubs, girlfriends, photography workshops

Pam in Papua New Guinea 2004

MAY

Two day overnight excursion to the seaside village of Capitola
Outdoor birthday party for best friends
Bruce joins SIR (Seniors in Retirement) for golf outings
Pam loses 11 pounds

Ocean swimmers in Capitola

JUNE

DC for granddaughter Catie Cryan's high school graduation &
Celebration for Bruce's birthday
Skyline Cycling Club's Farewell party for Leslie
Several photography field trips for Pam

Lauri and the graduate Catie Cryan (with Dad Tom Cryan in background)

JULY

Pam returns to lap swimming and continues biking several times a week
Celebration for granddaughter Sophie's First Birthday in Los Angeles
Dinners with friends
Pam loses 15 pounds (goal attained)

Sophie's first birthday (July 12th)

AUGUST

San Francisco Symphony at Frost Amphitheater, Stanford
Bruce presents his Iran video (a labor of love) to travel club
Celebrated our 20th Anniversary in Pacific Grove and drank a 2002 Joseph Phelps Insignia, Wine Spectator, 2005 Wine of the Year
August 25th Cross Country Road Trip begins

Twenty Two Years Together

SEPTEMBER

Cross county road trip covering 29 states from California to Maine

9,563 Mile Drive
228 Average Miles Per Day
461 Miles Longest Driving Day
223.349 Gallons of Gas costing $754.64
42.82 Miles Per Gallon (Lexus Hybrid)
29 States
36 Hotel Nights
Average Cost for Paid Lodging Nights $163.36

Amazing round trip from California to Maine

OCTOBER

HIKE, BIKE, SWIM (Pam)
GOLF, GOLF, GOLF (Bruce)
COVID Boosters
Dinners and catch up with friends
Pam diagnosed with Melanoma Insitu (early, early stage)
Pam loses 20 pounds

Pam and riding buddies, Deb and Martie

NOVEMBER

Southern California road trip to visit kids and grandkids at Claremont-McKenna and Scripps
Bruce's hip replacement surgery (SUCCESSFUL)
Pam's melanoma margin surgery (SUCCESSFUL-Negative biopsy)