from

Dan and Paulette

December, 2011

Dear friends and family,

This was a good year for the Arizona branch of the

Campbell family. We woke up every morning,

there were no bones broken or vital organs lost, no

serious illness, the house didn’t burn down, the

stock market didn’t crash (once is enough!). In

other words, life went on. At our age, that’s good!

Dan continued to work part-time as a software

engineer, and Paulette has filled in a couple of

times at her old law firm, so we are both keeping

our minds active. That’s good.

We got to take a couple of nice trips. In January,

we spent a week in Carmel, in celebration of Dan’s

75th birthday. Then in July and August we took a

long road trip around the Western United States

and British Columbia.

Obviously, we’re not going to spend any time on

the Monterey Peninsula or at national parks such as

Yellowstone, Grand Teton, Glacier and Mt. Rainier

without taking a few pictures.

On the following pages, you will find some of the

photos from those trips. We hope you enjoy, and

we hope that you enjoy a warm and happy

Christmas season and a fulfilling new year.

Dan and Paulette

The first few pages are photos from our visit to the

Carmel and the Monterey Peninsula in January.

Some are captioned, but those that aren’t consist

of photos taken around the 17-Mile Drive, which

circles much of the Monterey Peninsula between

Monterey and Carmel. This is the area that Robert

Louis Stevenson called, “The most felicitous

meeting of land and sea in creation.”

17-Mile Drive, on the Monterey Peninsula

Carmel Beach

at sunset

Believe it or not, this is a species

of seahorse (Monterey Bay Aquarium)

From here on, photos are from our summer road trip:

From Arizona to Vegas to the Salt Lake area, to

Jackson Hole, Wyoming (and the Grand Teton and

Yellowstone National Parks), up to Montana and

Glacier National Park and Flathead Lake, through

the Northern Cascades of Washington to the

Seattle area and the Olympic Peninsula, then up to

Whistler, British Columbia for a week’s stay, on to

Victoria, B.C., and then home through Mt. Rainier

National Park, Washington, Oregon and California.

Starting out on a trail ride through

the wildflowers in Eastern Utah

The beautiful hills

of eastern Utah

The Grand Teton Mountains

Jenny Lake, in Grand Teton National Park

Jackson Lake, in Grand

Teton National Park

Fountain Paint Pot,

Yellowstone National Park

Old Faithful in full blow

A tiny island in a big lake, Glacier National Park

Enjoying the sunshine and the view on

McDonald Creek, in Glacier National Park

A quiet cove on the west side

of Flathead Lake, in Montana

Grand Coulee Dam,

in Washington

The majestic Northern

Cascades in Washington

Port Angeles, on the

Olympic Peninsula

Driftwood on Puget

Sound (Whidbey Island)

Along Highway 99 near Whistler

Rushing water in Brandywine Provincial Park, south of Whistler

The view from downtown Whistler

The mountains above Lost Lake, Whistler

At the top of

Whistler Mountain

Whistler Village, from

the mountaintop

Snowy peaks dominate the

skyline above Whistler

A real mountain

top experience

A sandy beach, a rusting hulk, looming mountains and

a waterfall along the estuary of the Squamish River

A seaplane comes in for a landing

over the harbor at Victoria, B.C.

Getting ready for the B.C. Day concert, on the Victoria waterfront

A fixture in Victoria: hanging flower baskets everywhere

The Victoria

waterfront

The Grande Dame of

Victoria’s hotels: the Empress

The Sunken Garden at Butchart Gardens, Victoria

(Butchart was built in an old limestone quarry)

Another view of

the Sunken Garden

Fuchsias thrive in the temperate climate of Victoria

Delicate blooms in Butchart Gardens, Victoria, British Columbia

Ross Fountains in Butchart Gardens

Butchart Cove

Butchart Gardens at night

Butchart Gardens at night

Reflection Lake, at the

foot of Mt. Rainier

A couple of views of Sunbeam

Creek, in Mt. Rainier National Park

The lower slopes

of Mt. Rainier

Mt. Shasta, in

Northern California