{"id":20785,"date":"2019-06-04T16:44:06","date_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:44:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/?p=20785"},"modified":"2019-06-04T16:44:06","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T20:44:06","slug":"travelers-summer-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/clemson.world\/archive\/travelers-summer-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Travelers Summer 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Phil \u201983<\/strong>, Ann \u201987<\/strong>, Gracie \u201919<\/strong> and Wilson \u201913 Scott<\/strong> found a Clemson-colored beach hut among many others on Brighton Beach in Melbourne. \u201cI had a presentation I was giving in Melbourne, Australia, at the Sigma Theta Tau International Research Congress (Nursing Honor Society),\u201d Ann says. \u201cWe turned it into a family vacation.\u201d<\/p>\n

Graham Abbott \u201956 and his son Graham happened to run across Larry Grimes, emeritus professor of applied economics and statistics, in Olympic National Park.<\/a> Alaska: Mike Barnhart \u201972 and his wife, Alexa, visited the Arctic Circle.<\/a> <\/a> Australia: Charlotte Cobb \u201991 and her husband, Stephen, celebrate the National Championship win in Sydney: \u201cWe were in Santa Clara for the National Championship game and flew out to Sydney the next day.\u201d<\/a> California: Virginia Dillard \u201918 on the slopes surrounding Lake Tahoe, which sits on the border of California and Nevada.<\/a> Canada: Becca Driggers Doswell \u201990 braves the cold at Niagara Falls in Ontario.<\/a> Colorado: Brent \u201908 and Sarah Stone \u201910, M \u201912 Gregorich, their son, Connor, Tommy Stone \u201978, Liz Stone \u201912, Judy Stone and Catherine Carmignani enjoying the Colorado Rocky Mountains on vacation.<\/a> Scotland: Erica Harper \u201913, M \u201916 and Lucas Harper \u201917 with Lucas\u2019 parents, Eric and Lyn Harper, in Leven, Fife, a seaside town in Scotland.<\/a> Wyoming: Bryan J. Hamby \u201910 and his sister Heather Hamby Hill \u201912 paid Old Faithful a visit in Yellowstone National Park, December 2018.<\/a> Honduras: Siblings Nick \u201914 and Alyssa \u201917 James scuba dive 60 feet underwater with their Tiger Rag in Roatan.<\/a> France: Elizabeth Milam \u201987, M \u201988 with her sons, Carson Lomas, a first lieutenant in the U.S. Air Force, and Turner Lomas \u201920, at the Chateau de Chambord. Milam, director of student financial aid, celebrated her 30th year working at the University in Dec. 2018.<\/a> Utah: Elizabeth Lander Purcell \u201976 and Roger \u201975 and Wanda Watson \u201976 Heffelfinger hiking in Zion National Park.<\/a> Ecuador: Alex McBryde, Shawn Williamson, Rebecca Williamson '12, Katelyn Ausborn, Amy Blackwell, Aidan Smith and Mark Smith hiked 15,953 feet to the Jose F. Rivas refuge at the Cotopaxi volcano in Ecuador during a mission trip.<\/a> Israel: Kay Lindsay Sporrer \u201982 on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in Tiberias. \u201cThis sea is mentioned many times in the Bible, but probably the most well-known is when Jesus and Peter walked on water.\u201d<\/a> France: Kevin Prufer \u201979 at the finish line of the L\u2019Alpe D\u2019Huez stage of the 2018 Tour de France.<\/a> Croatia: Ashley Page \u201910 vacationing in Dubrovnik.<\/a> Italy: Michal Clark Miller \u201982 and Emily Perrotta \u201918 visited the famous Trevi Fountain in Rome.<\/a> Argentina: Will \u201984, Sandra \u201983 and Collins \u201915 Mauldin visiting Iguazu Falls. Collins served in the Peace Corps in neighboring Paraguay from 2016-18.<\/a> Utah: Tom M \u201991, Nancy \u201981, Pearson \u201918 and Laura \u201918 Mann at Corona Arch, a sandstone arch near the Colorado River, during a family trip.<\/a> California: Harry Childs \u201989, right, and Oscar Outen rep the Tigers in San Francisco during a trip to see the National Championship.<\/a> Arizona: Madison Cain \u201918, Gabrielle MacDonald \u201918 and Laura Mann \u201918 enjoy Antelope Canyon, a slot canyon in Arizona, as part of their graduation trip.<\/a> California: (15) Kristen \u201911 and Atticus \u201911 Mabry ascended up the Mountaineer Route of Mount Whitney to a height of 14,505 feet. \u201cThe Mountaineer Route takes three days from the Whitney Portal but affords amazing views of the night sky and glacier lakes. Following the descent, we traveled through (the other) Death Valley at -282 feet.\u201d<\/a> Germany: Robin Lynn Kirk \u201978 and her husband, Bob, took a trip through Bavaria and snapped a shot with her Tiger Rag in Dinkelsb\u00fchl, Bayern, \u201ca medieval Imperial City with marvelous history and architecture and fabulous people!\u201d<\/a> Connecticut: Drew Hyde \u201984 and his son, Greg, toured ESPN headquarters in Bristol. \u201cIn the National Championship hallway is a display of all the D-1 football teams\u2019 logos. You can press any of the logos and it will activate the playing of that school\u2019s fight song. Yes, we heard \u2018Tiger Rag\u2019!\u201d<\/a> Germany: Jim Hayes \u201968 and his wife, Sheron, along with Emory Washington \u201954 and his wife, Betty Lou, at the Mercedes-Benz assembly plant in Rastatt. The couples were on a Rhine river cruise, which took them from Amsterdam to Basel, Switzerland.<\/a> Scotland: Jerry and Linda Flanders, Angela Phillips \u201983, Meghan \u201914 and Joe \u201913 Scott, Ashley \u201910 and Colin \u201911 Cyr, and Mitch and Sheila \u201987 Cox at the Wallace Monument, erected for the Scottish hero William Wallace, in Stirling.<\/a> British Virgin Islands: (33) Shannon Christopher \u201991 and Christopher \u201991 Chase, Jill Christopher Wolf \u201989 and her husband, Michael, Cece Stark \u201993 and Lance \u201993 Burnett, and Carissa Pace Ivey \u201998 and her husband, Michael, chartered the 42-foot catamaran known as the Sea Tiger to sail the British Virgin Islands. \u201cWe met people from all over the world who stopped to ask us about the giant Tiger Paw sail \u2026 or just to say, \u2018Thank you for beating Alabama!\u2019\u201d said Shannon. \u201cBest trip ever.\u201d<\/a> Australia: Keith Hendrix \u201998 made friends with the kangaroos of Lone Pine Koala Sanctuary near Brisbane.<\/a> Puerto Rico: Father and son, Christopher \u201990 and James \u201920 Dickey, near Patillas during an UMCOR mission trip for hurricane repair in the area.<\/a> South Korea: Gina Gennaro \u201916 traveled to Seoul to visit her friend who teaches English there. \u201cDuring the week, while [my friend] was at work, I solo traveled around the city to visit all the palaces and temples and shrines. [Gyeongbokgung] Palace was the biggest and my favorite.\u201d<\/a> Syria: Hayes McDowell \u201914, a first lieutenant serving as base commander in Syria during a 10-month tour under Operation Inherent Resolve, showed off his love for Clemson before the Military Appreciation Game against Duke in 2018.<\/a> Denmark: Mark McKinney \u201995 in Aarhus at dusk, there for a LEGO company meeting.<\/a> Hungary: Left to right, Pat Pankopp, Ken Pankopp \u201974, Sue Reichert Rysinski \u201975, John Rysinski \u201975, Bill Cooper \u201970 and Sarah Cooper ended their fall cruise through Central Europe in Budapest and took a photo overlooking the Danube River.<\/a> Nepal: Victor Quintero \u201914, right, hiked to Mount Everest Base Camp, which sits at 17,600 feet, with his guide, Jamling, in October 2018.<\/a> Arizona: Tommy Ryan \u201991 and his two sons, Alex Ryan \u201914 (pictured) and Austin Ryan, traveled to the Havasupai campground in the Grand Canyon. Havasupai is one of the most remote Native-American reservations in the U.S., which Tommy describes as \u201ca beautiful campground in the midst of running streams and spectacular waterfalls.\u201d<\/a> South Africa: Stephanie J. Shipley \u201993 surrounded by the wild beauty of Kruger National Park.<\/a> Colorado: Lisa Walker \u201903 and her husband, Todd, and children, Avery and Warren, took a family trip to Beaver Creek for some skiing.<\/a> Uganda: Bill Anderson \u201968 aboard the African Queen on the White Nile River in Murchison Falls National Game Park during a mission trip to northern Uganda in Oct. 2018.<\/a> Honduras: Dawn Berndt M \u201916 explores the amazing reefs off the coast of Roat\u00e1n with her family \u2014 on underwater BOSS scooters.<\/a> England: Tom Bethea \u201970 and his wife, Dorothy, visiting Tower Bridge in London.<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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