Jack King (TID and Directors Office, 1988) sent greetings from southern Arizona where the temp on July 10th was a very mild 80 degrees. He had just returned from a trip to Honolulu where he ran into Bob Lormand (TID Library retired).  They shared a couple of dinners and had a good talk about the "old days" when they both were in the working world.  He is now preparing to return to China where he teaches the summer session at a university in Wuhan.  He finds teaching in China to be a very rewarding experience and recommends it highly. 

David Hopkins (Plant Engineering, 1991) just returned from his longest trip in his 13 years of traveling. On January 25th, he flew to Cape Town, South Africa and spent 15 days that included a sort Safari before flying to England.  He stayed in Bournmouth, the South of England, for 10 days then flew back to San Francisco for 2 days to repack.  He then flew to Sydney, Australia, the long way via Hong Kong.  In Australia he visited Port Macquarie for 5 days then flew down to Melbourne, Australia to board the cruise ship, Crystal Serenity.  They then cruised to Adelaide, and Fremantle, Australia before crossing the Indian Ocean for 6 days making a one day stop at Mauritius, the Republic of Mauritius before continuing another 5 days crossing  the Indian Ocean back to Cape Town, South Africa and completing a trip around the World.  He spent  3 days in Cape Town again then cruised on to Durban, South Africa and along the West coast of Africa to Zanzibar, Tanzania, Mombassa, Kenya, The Seychelles and then on to Muscat, Oman, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, and Salalah, Oman before sailing to Safaga, Egypt, visiting Luxor & Karnak.  They then transited the Suez Canal to Alexandria Egypt visiting Cairo.  They touched at Gabes, Tunisia before cruising the Mediterranean Sea to Rome, Italy where they disembarked from the Crystal Serenity.  He stayed in Rome for 3 days before flying on to Budapest, Hungry where he again stayed for 3 days before boarding the Riverboat, Viking Spirit for a 7 day trip along the "Blue" Danube. Starting in Budapest they then stopped in Vienna, Melk, and Linz, Austria.  Their next stops were Passau, Regensburg, and Kelheim, in Germany before disembarking in Nuremberg, Germany.  He then flew over to Prague for a three day visit before flying back to England. This time he visited the Lake District in the North East of England for 10 days before flying back to Germany.  He spent a total of 30 days in Germany starting in Berlin and then took a train tour down to the Black Forest, visiting Ludwigshafen, Baden-Baden, Freiburg, Titisee, and Gottingen, Germany before going back to Berlin.  He flew back to San Francisco on June 22.

Jim (Mechanical Engineering, 1996) and Barb (Ehlert) Doggett (Energy, 2002), just returned from an almost month-long trip to Croatia and surrounding areas. They stayed one week on the island of Korcula, where everyone was watching the World Cup on big screen TV’s. The next week they stayed on a small island off the coast of Dubrovnik. They then visited Vienna and came down the Danube River on a hydrofoil to Budapest. In spite of the fact that Europe was having a record heat wave, they had a wonderful time.

August’s Retiree luncheon will be at noon on Wednesday August 16th at the Elks Lodge in Livermore, 940 Larkspur Drive. Our speaker will be Rick Morrow from Cal Trans talking on: "The Status of the Bay Bridge Construction."

There is no Travel Group meeting until January 2007. While you are traveling, take notes and consider sharing your experiences with the Travel Group and the Retirees’ Corner when you return.

Please send any news or input (please include the date and department from which you retired) to Jane or Gus Olson. E-Mail: Jane@LLNLRetirees.org or Gus@LLNLRetirees.org.