HAPPY NEW YEAR 2015!
From Karen & Paul Van Buren
Please share some of
our 2014 in photos |
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In March, we spent 10 days visiting Amy in
Washington, DC, and staying at
The Society of the Cincinnati's Anderson
House, where Paul is a member.
We were apparently a little early for the
Annual Cherry Blossom Festival! |
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Paul &
Erik attended Stanford basketball games,
and the Cardinal reached the "Sweet 16" in
the NCAA Tournament. |
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In April-May, we cruised from Tahiti to New York via the Panama Canal
with our Australian friends Rob & Meg Thomas. Amy joined us from
Tahiti to Lima, Peru. |
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Moreau |
Bora Bora |
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Swimming with the sharks on Fakarava |
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Huahine |
Pitcairn Island, pop. 50 &
emigrants wanted! |
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Rapa Nui (Easter Island) |
 Amy,
Meg, Rob, Paul & Karen |
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Pachacarmac Inca site, near Lima, Peru |
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Cruising through the Panama Canal |
At Hemmingway's Home, Key
West, Florida |
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New York City |
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We attended a taping of The Daily Show
with Jon Stewart |
The new Freedom Tower was
nearing completion & we visited the 9/11 Museum |
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In June, Paul was recognized as a 50-year member of the State Bar of
South Dakota |
Paul attended Sioux Falls Canaries
baseball games |
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In August we visited Scotland on a Rick Steves Tour |
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The obligatory Scottish bagpiper |
We learned about the then upcoming vote for an Independent Scotland -
"No" won |
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Where J.K. Rowling started writing
the Harry Potter books |
We were fortunate to get a rare glimspe of the elusive Loch Ness Monster |
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In August, Erik enrolled at the University of
South Dakota's Law School |
The California drought lowered the water level at Pine Mountain Lake;
think rain! |
In October, Paul went
to South Dakota for
The University of South Dakota's Dakota Days (homecoming)
and to visit Erik at USD Law School |
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The Dells in
the Big Sioux River at
Dell Rapids, SD, Paul's home town |
Corn on one of our South Dakota farms,
almost ready to be picked |
Our soy beans, ready to be harvested |
Paul got to ride on conbines
harvesting soy beans, including this one with a 40 foot swath, but could
not touch the controls |
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Paul with life-size statue of USD Professor
W.O. ("Doc") Farber (1910-2007), beloved mentor of many
USD Political Science students |
USD Band in
the DakkotaDome |
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Mini-reunion of Paul's Dell Rapids, SD, classmates |
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in October, Paul's Stanford Law School Class of 1964 had a 50-year
reunion |
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| Stanford had another good football
season |
Paul & Stanford Law Classmate Stan
Doten |
In November, we cruised from
Lisbon, Portugal,
to Rio de Janierio, Brazil |
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| Sintra,
Portugal |
Tangier,
Morocco |
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| Karen & cobra
in Tangier, Morocco |
Tenerife,
Canary Islands |
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Cabo Verde Islands |
Rio, Sugar Loaf on the left |
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Amy came home from DC & Erik from
South Dakota for our traditional
Christmas
morning photo |
Happy New Year 2015
from Karen & Paul! |
Paul & Karen
Van Buren
Los Altos,
CA |
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