Goodbye, 2011


Only one more day in 2011. For me, 2011 was a wonderful year. Our extended family grew through marriage and the arrival of a baby, our son started his MBA at the University of Virginia, we achieved a level of financial independence that allowed me to join Mike in retirement, and we were able to spend time with people that are important to us.

We started the year traveling to Antarctica with Lindblad and National Geographic. We boarded the ship in Ushuaia, Argentina, after a short cruise on a catamaran through the Beagle Channel.

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Here is the Antarctica welcoming committee.

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Shelley

I am intensely curious, with a spirit of adventure that is tempered by my very strong aversion to anything with potential to cause pain. I love travel, photography, reading, gardening, yoga, music and propelling myself through space (biking, dancing, walking, dancing while walking). I've never considered a lack of proficiency in any of the previous activities to be a hindrance, counting on abundant enthusiasm to make up for my shortcomings.

2 thoughts on “Goodbye, 2011”

    1. Thank you. 2011 was indeed a wonderful year–that was before the devastation of covid.

      I’m going back to Antartica in February of 2026, but this time I’ll be traveling alone, because I lost my husband in February of 2023 and my son is now gainfully employed, and can’t take off as much time as he did back then.

      I’m so grateful that we traveled as much as we did when my husband was alive. those are treasured memories.

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