<h2 align="center"><span style="color: #f71652;">Happy Holidays to You, Happy Retirement to Us!</span></h2>
<h4 align="center">From Liz, Dan and Don</h4>
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<h2 align="center"><a name="18card"></a>2018 Events and Travels</h2>{"id":2077,"date":"2018-12-10T13:33:02","date_gmt":"2018-12-10T20:33:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/?p=2077"},"modified":"2021-01-07T12:54:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T19:54:31","slug":"happy-holidays-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/10\/happy-holidays-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays 2018!"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #f71652;\">Happy Holidays to You, Happy Retirement to Us!<\/span><\/h2>\n<h4 align=\"center\">From Liz, Dan and Don<\/h4>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"#18card\">Click here<\/a> to jump below our card.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"672\" height=\"480\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2082 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/XmasCard2018-Pg2.jpg\" alt=\"Christmas card 2018\" srcset=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/XmasCard2018-Pg2.jpg 672w, http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/XmasCard2018-Pg2-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 672px) 100vw, 672px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><a name=\"18card\"><\/a>2018 Events and Travels<\/h2>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<table border=\"0\" width=\"478\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/SunflowerThumb-CAMoments.png\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">X<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>California Moments<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dan turned 70 on July 22! Let the full-benefits retirement begin.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Liz retired in August as planned but Dan kept working until mid December at his boss&#8217;s request. Liz is still learning how to &#8220;relax.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">We got new road bikes and cycled a 65-mile fund raiser in spring.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Don brought floral delights to our back yard, nursing several gorgeous bouquet varieties to bloom.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">In late summer, Don supervised the initial phases of our wine cellar\/TV\/Fireplace redo. It&#8217;s beautiful!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">[Photos in our\u00a0<a style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/AD51ibtnBpi7TJCU8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California Moments album<\/a><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">]<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/WhistlerCCarThumb.png\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">X<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<b>Ski Trip to Whistler with Clark and Darlene<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">In March, we flew to beautiful Vancouver for a day, and then joined Clark and Darlene for the drive to Whistler\/Blackcomb.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">We enjoyed four days of cruiser skiing, delicious meals, and hanging out with these fun and funny friends.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Back in CA, Mammoth Mountain on Memorial Day weekend was our final ski trip &#8212; in the northern hemisphere!<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">[Photos in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/rieSP5hCSpwYkumt2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Whistler album<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/SactoBikingThumb.png\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">X<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\u00a0<b>Biking Sacramento on a Wedding Weekend<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">On a May Saturday, we watched the Tour de California fly through Winters before we biked part of their route ourselves.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">With our ski family, we witnessed Rene and Dana&#8217;s perfect wedding at the Flower Farm&#8217;s garden, just outside of Sacramento. (On Sunday we biked back to the same spot for lunch.)<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">[Photos in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/SU18sqY39cbFhzUx6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sacramento Biking album<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/UpstateNYThumb2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"168\" height=\"149\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">X<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<b>Weekend in Upstate New York<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">Dan&#8217;s aunt and uncle passed away, bringing together dozens of cousins to reminisce at their memorial.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">We visited Dan&#8217;s home town, LeRoy, NY and\u00a0 Nancy and Tom&#8217;s place in Caledonia. We also hiked at gorgeous Letchworth State Park.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">On our last day, we toured the Buffalo waterfront and its exquisite art-deco city hall.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">[Photos in our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/photos.app.goo.gl\/nVUZbD1dzQ8oxN8C9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Upstate New York album<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/SantiagoGreenDoorThumb2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"139\" height=\"144\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">X<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<b>Five Weeks in Chile<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The goal of this August trip was to check out skiing in the Andes near Santiago (it was winter there) and everyday life in a foreign-language country.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">The verdict? Despite fun adventures in the mountains, seaside, deserts and wine country, we won&#8217;t relocate there as a retirement venture, due to language and ski logistics barriers.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">[Photos in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/2018\/10\/winter-in-chile\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Santiago album<\/a>]<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tbd.png\" align=\"right\" \/><\/td>\n<td><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">X<\/span><\/td>\n<td>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0<b>Dad&#8217;s 90th Thanksgiving!<\/b> <span class=\"post-teaser-more\">&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/10\/happy-holidays-2018\/\" title=\"Permanent Link: Happy Holidays 2018!\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read more...<\/a> <i>(435 words, 7 images, estimated 1:44  mins reading time)<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">&#8220;What better gift for Dad&#8217;s 90th birthday than his own satellite and internet access?&#8221; thought Liz, with Dan and Don.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">It was a joint project to set up the network and the iPad Pro &#8212; and we delivered it to Dad over Thanksgiving week, since his birthday is the 28th of November.<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: left;\">[Photos in our\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/xxx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dad album<\/a>]<\/li><\/ul><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":null,"protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,123],"tags":[143,144,142,128],"class_list":["post-2077","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-journal","category-photos","tag-canada","tag-chile","tag-skiing","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2077"}],"version-history":[{"count":31,"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2109,"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2077\/revisions\/2109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2077"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2077"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/getrolling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2077"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}