Pam and Bruce 2021 IN A NUTSHELL

 

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)

(L-R)  Catie, Laurie, Sophie, Nikki

DECEMBER

• Bruce's recovery goes well, walks w/o cane and begins PT 
• Travel club holiday party 
• Dinners with friends
• Bike rides
• New computer for Pam

More photos from 2021

Amy Berger

Art display in living room