Author: morris
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Western Canada Chapter Update: Cinco de Mayo One Day Late
Western Canada TCC Coordinator Tim Skeet reports: “Our smallest chapter with the largest area got together for a ‘one day late’ Cinco de Mayo celebration on Sunday, May 6. Mexico was the theme of the get-together, but Vanuatu, Lord Howe Island, vacation rentals and airline mileage reward programs were also discussed.”
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Photo From the June Meeting of the Arkansas TCC Chapter
Arkansas members met at Samantha’s Tap Room & Wood Grill on June 9 in Little Rock. In attendance (from left to right) were: Aaron Lubin, Steven Clift, Marcia Bingham, Linda Bell, Judith Clelland, Charles Merkel and Bill Clelland.
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Bastille Day in Dallas: A Successful Texas & Oklahoma Chapter Gathering
Members and guests shared stories about St Pierre and Prince Edward Island, fraud calls revealing favorite souvenirs, Amelia’s DNA tests, travel delays made good with a pool in the room, Rick’s cafe in Casablanca, creative ways to get through flights, National Geographic experts, Camino de Santiago highs and lows, explorer descendants in Antarctica, amazing guides…
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Report From the May 2018 TCC Gathering in St. Louis, Missouri
The St Louis TCC Chapter met for lunch on May 19 with 14 members and guests at the Edgewild Restaurant & Winery. Glenn Detrick, former Associate Dean and current Adjunct Professor at Washington University, led us in a discussion on how we can learn from our travel experiences to develop both perspective and an informed…
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Philadelphia TCC Chapter Celebrates Its First Decade
The Philadelphia Chapter happily celebrated its 10th anniversary on Sunday, May 20, with a cocktail party in the garden of Chapter Coordinator Jane Berryman’s historic colonial home in the Old City section of the city, followed by a four-course roast suckling pig banquet at Amada, culinary home of Iron Chef Jose Garces. Twenty-three people were…
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Diverse Destinations Discussed During Annual Chicago-Area TCC Gathering
Since 1991, Tom Flannigan has hosted the annual Illinois meeting at his home in Winnetka. The group chatted about travel to Kaliningrad, Bhutan, Albania, Azores, and Sri Lanka.
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TCC Member Spotlight: Patti Van Humbeck, Campbell River, B.C., Canada
I am fascinated by every aspect of the places I travel to – the history, military conflicts, politics, what people do for a living, their language, currency, cities and towns, unique architecture of homes, temples, churches, their food, national dress, music, dances, local art, museums, art galleries, religion, customs and of course, the flora and…
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Destination: Ogasawara Islands
By Pamela Barrus This is part of a continuing series of some of our more challenging places to get to. Is it difficult? It’s not difficult but the Ogasawara Islands (known as the Bonin Islands during the time of American occupation) lie off the beaten path some 1000 km southeast of Tokyo. There are no…
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September 2018 Photo Contest Winner: Richard Wheeler of New York, N.Y.
Congratulations Richard! You’ve won a year of free dues! Lots of photos of Bolivia and Chile for this quarter’s South America theme. Don’t give up if you weren’t the lucky one. Please keep submitting! Our December photo contest will have a holiday theme. Click for contest details » From Uyuni, Bolivia, we drove for four…
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A Message From the President
While there is not a trip I’ve taken that I regret taking, the truth is travel is not always fun and it is not always easy. Sometimes it forces us to face our fears and learn how to overcome, or at least temporarily manage them, to get by. Here are some examples. Sea Sickness On…
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