TRIP LIST

Perhaps the following list will help answer the question, "Have you been to ____?" As you can see, extensive travel occurred since retirement in 1996. 

1967

·       Married - Dallas Honeymoon

1969

·       Hemisfair - San Antonio

1971

·       New Orleans

1972

·       Vicksburg and Natchez

1973

·       Mexico - Mexico City, Taxco, Acapulco

1974

·       Alabama - Mobile

1975

·       Arkansas - Hot Springs, Eureka Springs, Queen Wilhelmina State Park

1976

·       Disney World (Contemporary Resort)

1977

·       Alabama Coushatta Indian Reservation, Galveston, Houston

1978

·       New Orleans King Tut exhibit

1979

·       Alabama, Georgia, SC, NC, Tennessee

1980

·       Singapore

1981

·       London       

·       Corpus Christi, Laredo, San Antonio

1982

• Disney World   
• Washington on Brazos, New Braunfels, Fredericksburg

1983

• Bangkok, Thailand and Hong Kong

1984

• Washington, DC, Williamsburg, Richmond, Monticello

1985

• Hawaii - Honolulu, Maui     
• New Mexico, Albuquerque, Santa Fe

1986

• Great Britain - London, York, Edinburgh, Strafford-upon-Avon                
• Amarillo, Palo Duro Canyon

1987

• Hot Springs

1988

• New Orleans

1990

• Nashville, Gatlinburg, Lynchburg

1991

• New Orleans
• Memphis, TN Catherine the Great exhibit
• Hodges Gardens

1992

• Alaska (Holland America Line - Noordam)

            Seattle, Victoria, Vancouver, Sitka, Ketchikan, Juneau

1993

• Caribbean - (RCCL -  Monarch of the Seas)  Martinique, Barbados, Antigua, St. Martin, St. Thomas, San Juan
• Miami (Carnival Cruise Lines FAM trip)    
• Phoenix, Grand Canyon
• Galveston
• Miami (ARTA Cruise Conference)
• Nashville (Christmas)

1994

• Caribbean (Majesty Cruise Line - Royal Majesty) Nassau Bahamas; Key West, Florida
• London, Dover, Leeds, Canterbury, Oxford, Bath
• San Antonio
• Orlando (Big Red Boat FAM trip)
• Denver, Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak
• Cruise - (Carnival Cruise Line - Fascination) New York City to St. John, New Brunswick and Halifax,                      Nova Scotia Two nights in New York at the Hilton on 53rd 

• Vancouver (Ship to Shore Conference)
• Boston
• Las Vegas (MLT FAM trip)

1995

• New Orleans (Monet exhibit)
• Tampa/St. Petersburg (Treasures of the Czars exhibit)
• San Francisco
• Cruise - (Princess Cruise Line - Royal Princess)  South Hampton, Stockholm, Copenhagen, Helsinki, St. Petersburg, Paris, Berlin
• Huntington, WV
• Palm Beach, FL (The Breakers)
• San Antonio (Hyatt Hill Country Resort) - (Christmas)

1996

• Travel Trade Leisure Winter Cruise A Thon Fort Lauderdale         
• Carmel Valley and Monterey CA - The Highlands Inn
• Cruise - Bermuda (Celebrity Cruise Line - Zenith)   Hamilton, St. George, The Royal Dockyards - 1 night New York
• Jackson, MS (Palaces of St. Petersburg exhibit)
• Huntington, WV
• Walt Disney World - Hilton Lake Buena Vista (Christmas)           

1997

• Cruise - Holland America Cruise Nieuw Amsterdam  - Western Caribbean: Jamaica (Montego Bay ,Grand Cayman, Cozumel and New Orleans (Faberge  Exhibit Prior to cruise)
• Houston (Egypt Exhibit) 
• Savannah, GA and Charleston, SC and Hilton Head Island
• Driving trip to Huntington, WV return through Kentucky (Lexington, Daniel  Boone National Forest, Shakertown, Berea, Frankfort, Jim Beam Distillery, Paducah
• Houston (Russian Jewels exhibit)     
• Las Vegas (Treasure Island)
• Colorado, Breckenridge and Vail
• Ohio, Columbus, Wine country, Dresden, Zoar, Marietta, Fenton Factory,                                           Wooster, Zanesville
• China, Beijing, Xian, Shanghia, Suzchou, Guilin, Hong Kong
• Callaway Gardens, GA (Christmas)

1998

• Crystal Harmony Cruise (Panama Canal): Los Angeles, Acapulco, Caldera, Panama Canal, Aruba, Grenada, St. Lucia, Barbados
• Mystic, Ct; Newport, RI; Shaker Village, Berkshires, Deerfield, CT
• Tulsa, OK Taste of Splendor Russia exhibit
• Canadian Rocky Mountains – Tauck - Calgary, Jasper, Banff, Lake Louise, Rocky Mountaineer Calgary to Vancouver
• Jackson, MS Splendor of Versailles exhibit
• New York City Weekend
• Princes Cruise Western Caribbean – Royal Princess:   Ft. Lauderdale, Key West, Cozumel
• Williamsburg (Christmas)

1999

• Los Angeles: (van Gogh exhibit), Queen Mary, Huntington Beach, Temecula (Wine country)
• Crystal Cruise (Crystal Harmony) Mexican Riviera:           Acapulco, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallerto, Cabo San Lucas, San Francisco
• Hartford, CT; Rutland, VT ;Burlington, VT; Woodstock, VT; Centre Harbor, NH; Gorham, NH ;Bar Harbor, ME; Boothbay Harbor, ME; Exeter, NH
• Crystal Symphony (Mediterranean back-to-back): Rome, Valletta Malta, Venice, Mykonos, Kusadasi, Athens 
• Crystal Symphony (Med 2^nd half of back to back) Athens, Istanbul, Yalta, Odessa, Varna, Santorini, Frankfurt
• New York (Christmas) 5 plays

2000

• California Wine Country: San Francisco, Sonoma, Napa Valley
• Alaska (Tauck) and HAL: Seattle, Fairbanks, Denali, Anchorage, Skagway, Ketichan, Vancouver
• Crystal Symphony Cruise Mediterranean:  Venice , Malta, Taormina, Elba, Livorno, Villefranche, Palma De Mallorca, Barcelona
• Fall Foliage (Tauck New England): New York, Boston, Bar Harbor, Quebec, Mont Tremblant, Montreal, Killington, New York

2001

• Europe Holland to Switzerland (Tauck): Amsterdam, Burge, Luxemburg, Strasbourg, Obernai, Tittisee, Freiberg, Lucerne
• Jackson, MS The Majesty of Spain exhibit
• American Orient Express:  Seattle, Glacier National Park, Helena, MT; Great Falls, MT; Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Salt Lake City, UT
• Brenham, TX Ant Street Inn,  Houston Monet and China exhibits
• South Pacific Cruise ( Radisson Seven Seas - Mariner of the Seas):  San Francisco, Nuka Heva, Moorea, Bora Bora, Tahiti, Christmas Island, Hawaii- Big Island, Maui, Honolulu
• Biltmore Estate (Christmas)

2002

• Crystal Harmony Cruise trans Pacific:  Tokyo, Yokohama, Hakodate, Otaru, Dutch Harbor, Kodiak, Seward, Anchorage
• Michigan (Tauck): Grand Rapids, Traverse City, Sault St. Marie, Mackinac Island, (Grand Hotel), Detroit
• Wichita, KS exhibit 400 Years of Imperial Grandeur exhibit
• Europe (Abercrombie and Kent): Budapest, Vienna, Prague
• Uniworld River Cruise (German Christmas Markets):  Frankfort, Wurzburg, Mainz, Nuremberg, Heidelberg, Rudeshein, Koblenz, Cologne

2003

• Houston, TX St Peter and the Vatican exhibit
• Antarctica Cruise and South America Orient Cruise Line – Marco Polo: Buenos Aires, Iguazu Falls, Ushuaia, Antarctica, Santiago
• Crystal Symphony Norwegian Fjords and Paris:  Paris, Dover, Bergen, Hellyset, Gerainger, Tronheim, Honningsvag, Tromso,  Stavanger, Copenhagen
• New Orleans – Ritz – Janet’s Birthday
• Italy – Assisi, Siena, Arrezo, Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Positano, Amalfi, Ravelo, Rome
• San Antonio, Fredericksburg, Wimberley (Christmas)

2004

• Crystal Harmony New Zealand and Australia and Australia :Auckland, Rotoruo, Christchurch, Dunedin, Milford Sound, Tasmania, Melbourne, Sydney – A & K Private Tour: Sydney, Adelaide, Kangaroo Island, Ayers Rock, Cairns, Lizard Island, Sydney
• Crystal Symphony British Isles – Dover; Guernsey; Invergordon; Edinburgh; Lerwick, Shetland Islands; Dublin; Waterford; Rouen
• Crystal Symphony Baltic – Rouen; Antwerp; Oslo; Gothenborg; Warnemunde; Tallinn; St. Petersburg; Stockholm
• A & K Southern Africa in Style – Cape Town, Victoria Falls, Chobe Chilwero, Chief’s Camp Moremi National Park, Johannesburg, Mala Mala
• Philadelphia – Longwood Gardens, Winterthur, Liberty Bell, Independence Hall (Christmas)

2005

• Crystal Symphony South America -  Buenos Aires, Argentina; Montevideo, Uruguay; Puerto Madryn, Argentina; Port Stanley, Falkland Islands; Cape Horn, Ushuaia, Argentina; Puerto Arenas, Chile; Puerto Monte, Chile; Vaporaso, Chile; Santiago, Chile
• Abercrombie & Kent Peru and Galapagos  - Lima, Cusco, Machu Picchu, Quito, Eclipse Galagagos
• MN, ND, SD, IA, NB, WI -Minneapolis, Bemidji, Fargo, Bismarck, Mount Rushmore, Sioux City
• Seattle, Anacortes – whale watching
• Crystal Serenity Spain and Portugal – Madrid, Barcelona, Cadiz (Seville), Casablanca, Rabat, Madeira, Portimao, Lisbon

2006

• A & K Egypt – Cairo, Sun Boat III Abu Simbel, Aswan, Kom Ombo, Edfu, Esna, Luxor, Abydos, Qena, Dendera, Cairo
• San Diego and Laguna Cliffs CA
• Crystal Symphony Transatlantic Miami – Lisbon  Madrid
• Switzerland – Luzerne, Lugarno, St. Moritz, Zermatt Montreux, Gstaad, Interlaken, Zurich
• London Crystal Symphony Transatlantic Dover, Edinburgh, Invergordon, Thorshavn Faroe Islands, Reyjavik, Iceland, Nuuk Greenland, New York
• Polar Bear Exploration – Winnipeg, Tundra Buggy Lodge, Churchill Canada, Winnipeg

2007

• Las Angeles – Getty Museum, Ritz Carlton Marina del Ray
• A & K Dubai and India – Dubai, New Delhi, Agra, Taj Mahal, Dubai
• Austria and Bavaria – Vienna, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Neuschwanstein, Munich
• Philadelphia – Four Seasons 40^th anniversary (Fountain Restaurant), King Tut
• Nashville – Compton Family Reunion
• Alaska – Brooks Lodge, Redoubt Bay Lodge, Captain Cook Hotel, Denali Back Country Lodge, Alyeska Lodge
• War Eagle Craft Fair, Arkansas, Bella Vista Craft Fair, etc
• Uniworld Christmas Market Cruise River Countess: Vienna, Durnstein, Linz, Pausau, Regensberg, Nuremberg and Zermatt

2008

• Los Angeles, Flight to Lindblad National Geographic Explorer Sea Lion in La Paz, Cruising Baja California to Cabo San Lucas to San Carlos; by bus to La Paz Flight to Los Angeles
• New Orleans Ritz Carlton 41^st Anniversary
• Cracow (Stary Hotel) and Moscow (Ararat Hyatt) and Golden Ring
• Oak Hill,, Alabama & Columbus, Georgia
• Athens (King George Palace) - Regent Navigator of the Seas – Athens, Rhodes, Alexandria, Suez Canal, Safaga, Aqaba, Muscat, Dubai- Cairo, Sharm el Sheikh, (Four Seasons) St. Catherine’s Monastery, Cairo

2009

• Hong Kong, Bangkok, Siem Riep, Golden Triangle, Chaing Mai, Bangkok
• Chicago - Anniversary Trip
• Tanzania - Serengeti, Ngorongoro,  Lake Manyara  (Kleins Camp, Grumeti River Camp, Ngorongoro Crater Lodge, Lake Manyara Tree Lodge)
• Princess Royal Princess - Athens, Santorini, Patmos, Kushadasi, Haifa, Ashdod, Port Said, Alexandria, Venice

2010

• Seabourn Spirit - Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Uruguay, Punta Del Este, Uruguay, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Salvador de Bahia, Natal, Brazil, Fortaleza, Santarem, Anavilhanas, Manaus
• Road Trip  - Home through Arkansas, Tennessee (Memphis) (1), Kentucky,  Ohio (Cincinnati)(1) Niagara Falls, Ont, Canada (3), New York. Wellsboro, PA,  Dickson, PA (1), drive thru Western New Jersey; Valley Forge, PA,  Lancaster, PA (2), Hersey, PA, , Gettysburg, PA; Hagerstown MD (1); Berea, KY (2);Little Rock, AK (1); Home
• Munich, Oberammergau (Passion Play), Spain - Santiago de Compostella, Granada, Cordoba, Seville, Madrid, El Escorial     

2011

• Chaing Mai, Thailand, Laos, Vietnam, Singapore
• Portland, OR, Eureka, CA, Red Woods of CA. Avenue of the Giants, Hwy 101 to Washington border, Portland, CA
• Frankfurt, Germany; Colmar, France; Naples, Italy; Venice, Italy; Seabourn Cruise: Koper, Slovenia; Triluke Bay, Croatia; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Split, Croatia; Hvar, Croatia; Rovinj, Croatia; Ravenna, Italy; Korcula; Croatia; Kotor, Montenegro; Vodice, Croatia; Opatija, Croaia; Zurich, Switzerland; St. Gallen, Switzerland

2012

• India: New Delhi; Varanasi; Khajaraho; Agra; Jaipur; Udaipur; Mumbai; Cochin; Kerala
• Driving Trip: Durango, CO & Santa Fe, NM
• American Cruise Lines: New England from Maine to Rhode Island
• Weekend in New England
• Uniworld Christmas Markets Cruise: Munich; Passau; Salzburg; Vienna; Bratislava; Budapest with addition of Prague and Dresden

The Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Perot Museum of Nature and Science

Dallas, TX

27 February 2013

We went with the Watermere group to the Perot Museum. The drive down took about an hour because of traffic, and we arrived at the museum about 10:30. 

The museum was crowded and there were many, many school children; one docent told us there were about 2,000 children scheduled for today. The museum was over-crowded with too many children for them to properly interact with or view the exhibits.  A website explains all the possibilities   http://www.perotmuseum.org/about-the-perot/index.html   While we found most of the museum geared toward young people and containing interactive exhibits, there were portions we enjoyed. We made some photos of some of those areas.

Lower Level contains the Jan and Trevor Rees-Jones Exhibition Hall which had an exhibit on how the museum building was constructed.

And the Sports Hall

And the Moody Family Children’s Museum 

On Level 2, we enjoyed the Being Human Hall, and the Texas Instruments Engineering and Innovation Hall and the Discovering Life Hall

 

After those two levels, we decided to eat lunch. The Café has a very disappointing and expensive menu of salads, sandwiches, pizzas, and other fast food. Should we return, we would either eat some place outside the museum or bring food with us.  Most of the school groups left shortly after noon, so the afternoon portion wasn’t as crowded. 

We went to Level 4 containing the dinosaurs in the T. Boone Pickens Life Then and Now Hall and the Expanding Universe Hall.  

 

 

The mezzanine contains the Rose Hall of Birds.Here you could fly like a bird, see like a hawk, and do other activities.

 see like a hawk, and do other activities.

On Level 3, we found the Rees-Jones Foundation Dynamic Earth Hall somewhat boring because it was like an Earth Science course in middle school. We did enjoy the Tom Hunt Energy Hall 

and the Lyda Hill Gems and Minerals Hall. 

We then made our way back to the Level 1 to wait for the group. The return trip to Watermere began with a driving tour of Dallas’ West End as well as Dealey Plaza; the Schoolbook Depository; and the JFK Memorial. Light traffic made for a quick trip home and we arrived around 3:00.