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Where to find me during the year

January: Anny Gerber in Switzerland turns 75 and of course I have to be there for the celebration!

February 8 - 25: Dubai encore! A Seven-day cruise roundtrip Dubai with a two-nite pre-cruise tour in a 5-star hotel in the center of Dubai. Mother, 2 sisters, cousins and lots of friends are coming along. 92-year-old Armina wants to see Petra (Jordan) again one more time so after the Dubai trip I'm taking her, my mother, and a couple others there for a couple days on the way home!

March 6: Rocky Mountain Craft Show in Billings. Mother and I will be promoting her book, "As I Remember, Stories of Eastern Montana's Pioneers."

March 27: Spring Art and Craft Show in Helena, selling "As I Remember."

March/April: No, this is not 'vacation' for me! Three weeks of very hard work and lots of help from friends and family made possible a nearly impossible dream Mother has had for 30 years.... switching the dining room and kitchen around, and of course lots of other mini-projects wrapped up in the bigger one!

April 14 - 21: Washington DC and Virginia Gardens tour with people from several east coast retirement communities.

April 30 - May 3: Las Vegas

May 9 - 17: Small group tour in the southwest national parks.

May 17 - 21: Five Amish fellows from Illinois will join me for a trek from Vegas through Southern Utah to Grand Junction.

May 24 - June 6: "Ladies in their Eighties" tour in Arizona, southern Utah and Las Vegas.

June 7 - 13: Washington DC with the White Family - Bill & Charlotte White and 3 Grandkids

June 15 - July 2: MYW tour of Switzerland, France, Germany and Austria, including the Oberammergau Passion Play.

July 5 - 14: Colorado and Utah with a van-full of Amish gals from Illinois.

July (14)16 - 19: Kauffman family reunion in Bozeman and I'm in charge. That means the two days prior will be busy with preparations.

July 23 to August 1: Canadian Rockies with group of seniors from east coast retirement communities.

August 3 - 8: Yellowstone and Region with a family from Geneva, Switzerland

August 15 - 22: Lynn Miller and cousin Jerry come out from Illinois to help me build a cabin on my land.

August/September: The rest of this time will be for concentrating on getting everything done with the cabin.

September 25 - October 5: MYW Peaks, Parks, and Canyons tour.

October 7 - 15: New Mexico with retirees from ACTS Florida and Central - Balloon Fiesta, Santa Fe, Taos, etc.

November 6 to 21 and November 20 to December 5: South Africa again, but two tours back to back!

December: Switzerland

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FEBRUARY - Several people have requested my Dubai trip again, but I've been far too busy this year to make any plans for it. Once things calm down a little end of August I'll see how much interest there is and go from there. Watch this space for more info.

APRIL - South Carolina, Charleston, Hilton Head etc. - ACTS

EARLY MAY - Virginia Gardens and Plantations tour (Shell Point)

MID-MAY - Switzerland to celebrate Abraham Gerber's 80th birthday!

MAY/JUNE - Southwest USA and Yellowstone with small group from Switzerland

JUNE/JULY - MYW Tour to Yellowstone, Black Hills and Canadian Rockies

JULY - Black Hills, Yellowstone, Tetons, Glacier with John Knox Village and ACTS Florida and ACTS Central

SEPTEMBER - Coastal Maine tour - ACTS Florida and ACTS Central

SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER - MYW New Mexico and Arizona tour - Cactus and Canyons

OCTOBER - Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta, Santa Fe and Taos with John Knox Village residents

NOVEMBER - Possibly South Africa again