Vacations Brought us Valuable Time Together

Here's a quick look at the assorted vacations my husband Larry Jamison and I had 1994-2018. It was always fun to go somewhere with Larry because his greatest enjoyment in life, after loving his family, came from having fun. And fun with family brought out the best in Larry. 

September 1994

Larry and I enjoyed swimming in the ocean on Sanibel Island while visiting my brother Dennis and sister-in-law Marie in Florida. We're pictured below with Dennis and Marie at Tarpon Springs, FL. 

In 1994 I took Larry back to my hometown of Great Bend, KS to visit my parents and to show him where I spent the first 40 years of my life. As we drove off, I remember him saying that our NEXT trip would be to Greene County, Pennsylvania where he could show me around his hometown. Unfortunately, we never made it to PA. 

August 1999

We were delighted to be invited by Larry's brother Dick and sister-in-law Linda Jamison to experience "Hot August Nights" in Reno, Nevada in 1999. In the photo above, we're enjoying a favorite group "The Righteous Brothers" sing our favorite "Unchained Melody". 

On the final night of Hot August Nights, a PROM was held, as you can see us dancing in the photo above. I will gladly admit that I fell in love with Larry Jamison on the dance floor. He was a dreamy dancer.

2002 

We were invited to join my twin brother Dennis Margheim and his wife Marie Rocheleau on a vacation in the Bahamas to celebrate Dennis's and my 55th birthday.

 On board ship as we head back to Florida from The Bahamas.

We also enjoyed a trip to San Francisco in 2002. Larry had been working in Oakland, CA as a Scenic Artist on a project at the Visitor Center of the Oakland Temple for his brother, who owned Highland Film Productions. I was able to fly out to join him for sight-seeing, which was my first trip to California! 

2004

Again in April, 2004, Larry was working as a Scenic Artist on a film project with his brother at Highland Film Productions. I flew to Madisonville, Tennessee to visit him and see the sights. 

Dec 2004

Larry & I again met together while he was working for Highland Film Productions in Hawaii. We're pictured above touring the Pearl Harbor area. 

Having a wonderful time at the Polynesian Cultural Center near the campus of BYU-Hawaii.

 On Sunset Beach

Larry and I visited the grounds of the Laie, Hawaii LDS Temple, pictured in the background. 

June 2005

Larry & I are seated on the grounds of the LDS Temple in Salt Lake City, UT.

September 2006

One of our greatest pleasures was spending time with any of our 17 grandchildren. In this picture, we're attending the Highland Games in Estes Park, CO with Alyssa Klein (left) and Taylor Haining (right), daughters of my son Matt Klein. 

July, 2009

This picture is representative of many of the little field trips we took to our favorite sites right here in Colorado. This was at Brown's Creek.

July 2009

Larry and I visited the LDS Temple in Las Vegas, NV, as seen above. 

Larry & I toured Las Vegas with our friends Ken and Lureen Orchard. Lureen is taking the picture below, as we strolled the sidewalks with her and Ken. 

2012

I really like this picture of me and Larry looking in awe at the work done by Jim Bishop at Bishop's Castle here in Colorado. This was one of our favorite "tourist" stops.

June 2013

Strolling Cannon Beach in Oregon while enjoying a day with our daughter Becky Newman and her family. We had attended the high school graduation of our granddaughter Brenna Newman. 

Larry would love for you to think he was being arrested on Cannon Beach. But typical of Larry Jamison, he's just having fun and clowning with these policemen!

July 2014

In July, 2014 we made a trip to Kansas for the burial of my dad, Ernest L. Margheim, in Great Bend, KS. My grandfather owned the Jones Laundry in Great Bend, a business which was managed by my mother for over 50 years. As we drove back to Colorado, we noticed this antique shop that had an old-time washing machine on display. 

Larry is standing in Ness City, KS, where we stopped to remember many of my maternal ancestors from the early 1900s. 

June 2015

We returned gladly to Gresham, OR to visit our daughter Becky Newman's family and to celebrate the high school graduation of our granddaughter Rachael Newman. 

September 2017

 It was with great appreciation that we traveled to Salt Lake City, UT with our daughter Ruthie Brady to attend the funeral services of Larry's brother Dick Jamison. Getting through Security in any airport with Larry was a challenge and a test of patience due to the high content of metal in his body, and assorted surprises in his luggage that would set off the alarms. 

A visit to Salt Lake City wasn't complete without looking around the Halloween shop, where Larry turned into an adolescent with his (right-brained) creative imagination and comfort with drawing attention. 

This isn't really a picture of an old man in his scooter wishing he was 30 years younger parking his Harley Davidson. This is a man who's had a full life, having fun in the shopping center with his wife and daughter Ruthie, while remembering his adventurous days as a Harley Biker (as seen in the photo below, from 1998).

May 2018

Our final vacation took us to Cape Canaveral, FL and Merritt Island, FL where we attended the high school graduation of our granddaughter Alyssa Klein, pictured below with her grandparents. Pictured above, as we'ere shopping and sight-seeing are Larry, me, my twin brother Dennis Margheim, our granddaughter Kindall Johnson and our son Matt Klein.

Due to the visible clouds, we weren't able to swim or get sunshine on the beach on the west coast of Florida, but we had a wonderful time with our hosts Dennis Margheim and Marie Rocheleau after visiting our son Matt Klein on his sailboat at the Port Canaveral Yacht Club.  

Over the years Larry & I also enjoyed many vacations to Salt Lake City, Utah to attend our favorite genealogy conference, RootsTech at the Salt Palace. I will share a separate post to show those highlights, since they were numerous and memorable.