Braden Ellis spent seven days in Washington D.C., sightseeing with his grandparents Steve and Darlene Lindner. Here he is at the White House on May 25.Submitted by Darlene Lindner
Alicia and Pat Moorehead of Long Beach, recently went on a trip to Central Asia; visiting Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. Here they are standing in front of the Turkmenbashi Mosque and Mausoleum in Ashgabat, the capital of Turkmenistan in Central Asia. It was formerly in the Soviet Union, but is now an independent country.
Samantha McCarthy of Long Beach, and Alan Lurie of Lakewood in front of the Tiber River in Rome, Italy on May 15. They enjoyed the sites of Rome for eight days, including a private tour of the Vatican Museum.Submitted by Samantha McCarthy
Bethany Lutheran School of Long Beach took an 8th grade trip to Washington D.C. One of their stops was the National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. The kids are standing in the Boeing Aviation Hangar.
Noelle and Riley Polmanteer joined Stanford Middle School students on their Science Adventure Spring Break trip to Orlando. One of the many adventures was visiting "Gatorland," where they got to hand feed live alligators.
Jack Mobers of Lakewood at the base of Delicate Arch in Arches National Park, Utah. This iconic arch is featured on the Utah state license plate. In late April, Jack and his wife Lynn visited several national and state parks in southern Utah.
Submitted by Lynn Mobers
It was the year 1950 when 2-year-old Anne Marie Holla and her parents left their homeland, Amsterdam Holland, to come to America. They settled in Long Beach. Now, 60 years later, Anne along with her husband Bob Ramirez, went back to her birth place for the first time. We had a wonderful visit with family and seeing the many sights of Holland. What a beautiful country.
In April, Jim and Carol Shoemaker of Seal Beach traveled to the Pyrennes Mountains of Northern Spain. Here we are in front of the Castle of Javier, the birthplace of San Francis Xavier, the patron saint of the Navarre Kingdom. The origin of the Castle dates back to the 10th and 11th centuries.
Rod Dennis and Donna Leslie-Dennis took the Hurtigruten Cruise up the coast of Norway on the ship MS Vesteralen from Bergen to Kirkenes, past the Arctic Circle to within 200 miles of the North Pole. Rod's brother, Larry Dennis, and his wife Lise-Marie from Texas went with them. Lise-Marie is originally from Norway.
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