5. Hong Kong. Skyscrapers, ferries, the tram to Victoria Peak, the Chinese Carnival, being the only Americans at the Nathan Hotel, buying a new wedding ring (sapphires!) for Peggy and a new-fangled video camera to record all of our fabulous trip! Whole lot of people milling around--to keep our kids (8, 7, and 6) safe when we were walking, I'd be in the front, the kids in single file behind me, and Peggy at the end, making sure no ducklings get lost!
4. New Zealand. We rented a motor home and toured the northern half of North Island. The New Zealand temple (where we broke the new video camera...), Rotorua crafts and geysers, caves, sheep galore, a series of KOA type campgrounds, visiting our friends the Middletons from our years in Samoa. What a great, green country!
3. Samoa. Got there just in time (after a day's stopover in Fiji) for the annual Independence Celebration, and got to show Sam and Afton a little of their heritage. Interesting to see old haunts from a seven-years-later perspective. We enjoyed nights at Aggie Grey's and the Tusitala.
2. Hawaii. My parents were sponsoring an extended Steele family reunion, to mark my dad's retirement, so we went to Hawaii for that. Polynesian Cultural Center, condos at Turtle Bay, the beach, tour of the island, family times, and the highlight of baptizing Sam, Tom2, and Jeff in the ocean just down from the Laie temple.
1. Salt Lake City. During the reunion, my Grandpa Eral Henderson died, so at the end of the reunion everyone flew to Salt Lake and attended his funeral. Grandma Ruby Henderson had not told us till the end of the reunion, so as not to spoil our time together.
And then we flew back home to Saudi Arabia via Europe. Niiiice trip!
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I remember that Hawaii trip...we had so much fun. I also remember being wet alot of that trip. E was just a toddler and she would walk off the edge into the pool with no fear!
I miss Grandpa...can't believe he's been gone that long!
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