Life is a trip.

locks 21 & 22

Cycling the Erie Canal – July 2007

Michael Sharkey and Howie left Winterset Farm to begin an 8 day cycling trip from Buffalo to Albany along the Erie Canal

Calle de las Flores.

Andalucia Spain – November 2006

Bebe & I flew to Seville, Spain to begin a 10 day trip through parts of the Andalucia region that we had missed during our honeymoon 52 years earlier.

Bebe’s 75th Birthday BBQ Bash – June 2006

Bebe planned and engineered a very special party to celebrate her 75th birthday

Aimé, Béatrix, Leslie

Skiing Heavenly Valley 2006

Bebe & I flew to Reno accompanied by our 3 grand kids from Québec, Henry, Aimé and Béa. We were joined by Leslie and Colin for some Heavenly skiing

Courchevel, Val d’Isère – France 2006

a two week trip to our favorite areas in Europe, Val d’Isere and Courchevel, France accompanied by Rod & Joy Hayes of Montreal whom we had met at Vail in 2003.

Ole in Sea Girt in 1941, age 7

Ole Whittle, 1934-2005

April 2005 my little sister, Ole, passed away at age 71

Christmas 2004 at Heavenly Valley with the Carrigs

Bebe, Howie, Kristen and Travis flew to Reno on December 23 to spend Christmas with Leslie, Blaise and family

Bicycling the C&O Canal in 2004

Tim Parsons and Howie drove 13 hours south to Little Orleans, Maryland in order to access to the 185 mile C&O Canal towpath.

St. Petersburg-Moscow cruise – September 2004

Bebe, Howie and Marilyn Abbott visited Helsinki, Finland then St. Petersburg, Russia, then on the river cruise ship m.s. Yesenin to Moscow

50th wedding anniversary at the Bitter End Yacht Club – 2004

Bebe & Howie celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with their family with a week at the Bitter End Yacht Club in Virgin Gorda in the British Virgin Islands.