Terrible 10th Company Reunion

Every year all of the members of the 10th Company, Class of 1963 from the US Naval Academy get together for a reunion.  This year Rick and Lynn Kleinfeldt hosted the gathering in Dayton, Ohio.  During the early 1900s, Dayton was the center of innovation in the United States.  The most important invention to come from Dayton at that time was the Wright Brother's airplane.  However, it wasn't the only thing.  There were about 16 auto manufacturers in the area.  NCR started in Dayton  and NCR established health care for all of its workers.  This was long before Keiser did for the ship workers in Oakland during WWII.  In fact the US patient office was located in the area due to the number of patient applications. 

AS a day trip, we went to Cincinnati for a visit to the Krohn Conservatory and had a riverboat cruise and dinner.

Here are some pictures of the reunion:

 The Carousel of Innovation at Carillon Park, Dayton

 10th Company Attendees on the Carousel

The Original Wright Airplane at Carillon Park

 Hugh on a Flying Model of the Wright "B" Flyer

Waterfall at Krohn Conservatory, Cincinnati, Ohio

Miscellaneous Summer of 2017 Adventures

The summer of 2017 has been a very busy one for us.  We celebrated our 50th anniversary in July with an almost week long party, took a three week trip in September to Europe, had our daughter's and her family visit for a week in June, and hosted our two oldest grandsons for a week (Cairn in June and Kellen in July). 

In between all of this we were able to squeeze in several other interesting August activities which are pictured below:

 Hugh: Tour d'Organics, 16 Mile Bike Ride in August

 Georgia: Tour d'Organics, 16 Mile Bike Ride in August

 Biking the Truckee River in August with the Browns

Back Stage with the Band "Pink Martini" at Sonoma State's "Green Center" on Georgia's Birthday

River Cruise Down the Rine and Mosel Rivers, September 2017

We met up with our river boat for the cruise in Basel after our week in Switzerland.  The cruise took us to parts of France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands.  Along the rivers are numerous castles, some renovated into hotels or expensive residences, but most were in ruin.  We toured several the Heidelberg castle in Heidelberg, the Reichsburg castle in Cochem,  had dinner in Satezvy castle outside Cologne. 

We visited the cathedrals in Cologne, Luxembourg, and Trier, had lunch in the casino at Baden Baden, visited the military cemetery in Luxembourg, and visited the Rijks Museum in Amsterdam.  All in all it was 12 wonderful days. 

Here is a sampling of our photos:

 Hugh and his Brother Jim at the Fortress at Schaffhausen

 The Rhine River Falls Outside of Strasbourg, France 

 The Casino at Baden Baden

 The Heidelberg Castle

 One of the Numerous Castles on the Rhine

 Georgia with Her Knight in Armor at the Reichsburg Castle

 The Military Cemetery at Luxembourg with those who Lost Their Lives at the Battle of the Bulge in WWII

 Georgia and I Outside the Bishop's Residence in Trier, Germany

 The Castle Satzvey Outside of Cologne, Germany, Where we Had Dinner

The Rijks Museum in Amsterdam

A Week In Switzerland, September 1-7, 2017

As apart of our anniversary celebration, we went to Europe for three weeks in September.  The first week we spent on our own touring Switzerland, as we had never been there before.  Our tour consisted of three days in Geneva, three days in Lucerne, and a final day in Basel before joining a Tauck River Cruise. 

In Geneva we took a side trip to Gruyeres for some chocolate tasting, cheese making, and wine tasting. In Lucerne, we went on a boat ride across Lake Lucerne, a cog rail trip up Mt Platus, and then came down the mountain on a cable car and ski lift gondola.   After the cable car ride, we took time out at mid-mountain to try their toboggan run.  Still kids after all these years.

Here are some of our pictures:

Fountain in Geneva on Lake Lemon

Georgia and Me at the Botanical Gardens in Geneva

The United Nations Building in Geneva

Georgia in Gruyeres

The Old Church Bridge in Lucerne

Mt. Platus as Seen Across the Lake

The Cog Railroad Up Mt. Platus,  Inclines of 48 Degrees

Cable Car Coming Down to the Mid Point on Mt. Platus

Fifth Wedding Anniversary, July 29, 2017

This year Georgia and I celebrated our 50th wedding anniversary with a full weekend on celebrations.  My brothers came on Wednesday for a Bar-B-Q of rack of lamb.  On Thursday we went out with my brothers for a dinner celebration at one of our favorite Italian restaurants.  On Friday Georgia's sisters all were in town and we celebrated with them, my brothers, and about 50 of our friends at a dinner at the "Bel Marine Yacht Club" with a live combo providing music.  Saturday, our actual anniversary date, we had 30 family members to the house for a dinner party.  We closed out the celebration with brunch on Sunday morning at "Sams" a well known restaurant on San Francisco Bay.  Here are some pictures of the weekend's event of us celebrating "The Summer of Love 1967":

 Georgia and I with the Golden 50 at the Bel Marine Yacht Club

 Walking Through The Raised Swords, 50 Years Later Outside the Yacht Club

 Cutting the Cake.  The Top on the Cake is the One From Our Wedding in 1967

 Georgia and I with our Daughter, Son-in-Law, and three Grandsons on the Swing at Our House

 Georgia and her Sisters, Yvonne and Liz, our Daughter, Melissa, and our niece, Nicole

 Georgia and My families at the Saturday Night Dinner at our House

The Sunday Brunch Party at "Sam's" on San Francisco Bay

GG Camp for the Two Oldest Grandsons

Each summer, Georgia and I have out two oldest grandsons come to visit us for a week, so we get some one on one time with them and that lets their Mom and Dad get a little break.  This summer they both came up in June for a week with our daughter.  Then Cairn stayed for another week in June and Kellen came up in July, just after the 4th.  The common event in both visits was "smores" at the fire pit.  In addition, we took Cairn to Sacramento to visit the State capital, as he will study it this next year.  Here are some pictures of their visits:

 Kellen and Cairn at Rebounders. a Trampoline Palace in Rohnert Park

 Georgia and Cairn Enjoying "Smores" at the Fire Pit

 Cairn at the State Capitol Senate Chamber in Sacramento

 Kellen and Georgia Enjoying "Smores" at the Fire Pit

Hugh and Kellen with the Jigsaw Puzzle they put together without a picture and with two Pieces Missing