Readers Near and Far

Vicki Lydecker at Uluru (Ayers Rock) in Uluru-kata Tjuta National Park

Art Zimmerman, Steve Weinberg, and Joyce Weiberg in front of the famous Wittenberg Door in Wittenberg, Germany

Ava Montelongo with mom, Christie Montelongo, and grandma, Nancy Hough, on a Duck Tour in Boston, Mass.

Tina Cerruti floating in the high-salinity water of the Dead Sea, Jordan

Mary and Mark James in Bruges, Belgium

Tricia Stevens and Ann Murphy scuba diving in Belize

Willard and Angie Williams in Agadir, Morocco

Jon, Kim, Lilly and Kennedy Buchholz on Rapa Nui, Easter Island

Bridget Parsh with her mom, Anne Kitt, at the Acropolis in Greece

Sigrid Schelle and her mom, Elizabeth Schelle, on a tour of Mayan ruins in Belize

Marilyn Mac Vicar in Tangier, Morocco

Shelley Petavini and R.L.Porter at 2018 Pops in the Park

Elizabeth Fujii and Monica Vazquezin in Plaza Mayor, Madrid, Spain

Keith Syda with Carlos Mendoza at an ancestral clay plot mescal distillery in Oaxaca, Mexico

Grace Doll, Mary Doll, Michele Chafee, and Robyn Chaffee at Best Friends Animal Society in Kanab, Utah

Tyler Mull, Tommy Stroud, Todd Arrouzet, Doug Mull, and Jeff Chadbourne at Stubaier Glacier in Innsbruck, Austria.

Stacy and Phil Kalstrom in Matamata, New Zealand.

Dennis and Barbara Luther atop Franz Josef Glacier in New Zealand.

Ian Maki, Plua Maki, Maria Tsiu and Andrew Tsiu at Stonehenge in Wiltshire, England.

Ruth-Marie F. Chambers in Montecatini, Italy

Pat Drake with a local soldier in Valleta, Malta.

Debbie Lee in front of Perito Moreno Glacier in  Los Glaciares National Park, Argentina.

Pam Elmore, Gina Viani, Mary Kay Hjelemand and Eileen Hayes at Abu Simbel archaeological site in Aswān, Egypt.

Bryon and Gulnaz Steiner in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan

Kristin Daily at The Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen, Denmark.

Councilmember Jeff Harris with Miguel Fraga, Cuban ambassador to the U.S.

Newlyweds Nicole and Xeres Dalske in Mo’orea, Tahiti.

Marian Love in Shanghai, China, on New Year’s Day

James Simon and Anita Scuri on the Makah Indian Reservation at Cape Flattery, Wash.

Craig Howard and Bob Roe at the beach in Monterosso al Mare in Italy’s Cinque Terre

Keith and Stacy Dann at Waimea Canyon in Kauai, Hawaii.

Max Linhares DeCristoforo touring the Colosseum in Rome, Italy

Steven Kline, Nancy Hansen, Leticia Lawrence and Soraya Martinez in Guadalajara, Mexico.

Nancy Bothwell at St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow.

Grace and Lisa Savinovich at Stirling Castle, Scotland.

Madeline and Sullivan Groppo in front of a saguaro cactus in Scottsdale, Ariz

Sam Hom, Emma Tom, Naomi Turner, Marilyn Dong, Barbara Hom and Jo Ann Yee with adolescent Maasai boys in Tanzania.

Members of Sacramento Bike Hikers enjoy a bike and barge tour on the Po River in Adria, Italy.

Shu Sebesta on a beautiful summer night in Sigulufjorour, Iceland.

Sandy Barrett by the Lily Pond at Claude Monet’s home in Giverny, France.

Donna Ouchida at Belogradchik Rocks in Bulgaria

Rod and Letty Johnson in Yanqing, Beijing, standing on The Great Wall of China

Leo and Will Sakowitz in front of Parliament in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

Eileen Hayes, Jini Bauer, Ginny Douglas, Dorothy Calkins, Tracy Plant, Babs Tweedt, Marykay Hjelmeland, Lynn Hall, Marilyn atkay, Cynthia Stefani, Pam Elmore, and Gina Viani in Puglia, Italy

Jeff Harris at the Forbidden City in Beijing, China.

Anita Williams and Shireen Miles at Scaliger Castle in Sirmione, Italy.

John and Jane Rosso, with their son David, his wife Jeanna and granddaughter Katie, at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.

The Steenbuck and Morse/Wohl family on vacation in Caye Caulker, Belize.

Logan Morris, Judy Hirigoyen and Paxton Hurd with their catch at Shaver Lake in California.

Linnea and Lucas Gerkovich in front of Epcot at the Walt Disney World Resort, Florida

April and Adam Dougherty celebrate their anniversary in Capri, Italy

Norman and Sulai Meder at St. Mark’s Square in Venice, Italy.

Evan, Sloan and Dylan Parvin at the gates of Lubeck, Germany

Bob Gosselin at the 5th Marine Division monument on Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima

Laurie Rios and Rita Gibson in Ethiopia

Lucas and Linnea Gerkovich in front of the USS Midway Aircraft carrier in San Diego harbor

PJ Balsley in the Makati district of Manila, Philippines

Kathy & Andy Kingsbury on the top of Mount Maunganui, Tauranga, New Zealand

Val Toppenberg, Howard Fong, Albert Balingit, Jacquie Duerr, and Bob Thompson in the floating markets of the Mekong River in Vietnam

Kathy Clay & Mary Harger at the the new Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA

Cecily Hastings in Marrakech, Morocco

Carl & June Williams and Aileen Nishio in Bruyeres, France in October 2017 to unveil a new monument to augment one established in 1947, that honors the 100th/442nd Regimental Combat Team (made up of all Japanese-Americans), who liberated this town from the Nazis during World War II

Dennis & Barbara Luther on safari in Kenya, Africa

Carol Delzer at St. Peter’s Square in Rome, Italy

Andy Dong visiting Khajurho temple ruins in Khajuraho, India

Sabrina Winn at the Leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy

Eric and Elizabeth Fujii visiting Dursten Castle ruins in Austria overlooking the Danube River

Pam Elmore in a traditional home in old city of Harar, Ethiopia

Connie and Bill Chiechi at Latin Quarter in Paris, France

Erin and Anthony Arieas visiting Rome, Italy, and the Pope at the Vatican

Elaine Hussey visiting family in Tallinn, Estonia

Kimi Kaneko, Katsuko Hirota & Marielle Tsukamoto on their hike in Bhutan with the Tiger’s Nest and Monastery in the distance

Robert Marcello in Civita di Bagnoregio, Italy

Joyce and Bob Paese in Paese, Italy

Stacy Walsh, Sandy Lewis, June Brookins, June Miller, Debbie Kenny and Dawna Daniel in Fakarava, French Polynesia

Cindy Fuller on the 126th floor of the Burj Kahlifa in Dubai, United Arab Emirates

The Mitchell, Finney, and Landers families in Marth’s Vineyard, Massachusetts

Nicholas Rotas with his daughter, Katherine, in Zakynthos, Greece.

Shannel La Due in South Beach, Miami

Martin Harris and his daughter, Cheyanne, at Puluahua Volcano and Geopotanical Reserve, Ecuador.

Reece Metzger and Alex Zabelin on Penguin Island off the coast near Perth, Western Australia.

Jo Ann Yee, Barbara Hom, Naomi Turner, and Emma Tom in North Cape, Norway

Linnea and Lucas Gerkovich at the top of Diamond Head in Honolulu

Kashiwagi, Nishizaki, Ngo, and Umeda families at Lorraine American Cemetery in France

Sydney and Connor Soluri in front of a statue at The Rocks in Sydney, Australia

Katie Baygell with her Father, Ralph Livingstone, at the Labbacallee Wedge Tomb in Glanworth, Ireland

Bob Dittman, Debby Dittman, Him Relles, and Tom Relles at the most southwest point of Africa.

Peggy Patton at St. Mark’s Church in Zagreb, Croatia

Frank, Gloria, and Brandon Louie & Steven and Marisa Noguchi at The Rain Vortex in Singapore.

Christine, Alex, Adam & Kevin Carnefix crabbing in British Columbia, Canada.

Longtime loyal Inside advertisers, Rita Gibson and Tim Leake, visit Petra, Jordan with Arcade Church.

Jan and Howard Posner at Emerald Lake in British Columbia.

Jane Hing and her granddaughter on the top deck of the Mon Cheri in Ha Long Bay.

David and Laura Ruiz at the Taman Tirtagangga Water Palace in Bali, Indonesia.

Sara Nelson at the opening of the International Kadampa Retreat Center Grand Canyon in Arizona.

Peter Kwett in Grand Turk shopping area.

Erin and Anthony Arieas in Český Krumlov, Czech Republic.

Marisa and Michael Alcalay touring wineries by bicycle along the Danube River.

Merena Feickert, Isabela Salinger and Mylah Feickert at the Salzburg Cathedral in Austria.

Kathy and Andy Kingsbury at the Taj Mahal in Agra, India

Yvonne and Eddie Fong, Missy and Bob Masuda, David Lim and Ken Fong with
Japanese friends in Tokyo, Japan

Sophia and Brandon Monasa in front of the Louvre in Paris, France.

Kate and Singer Williams in Poipu, Kauai, with Hawaiian green sea turtles.

Donna Ouchida on Deception Island, an
active volcano and home to thousands of breeding chinstrap penguins

Mike Sanbongi at the famous Lion Claws in
Sigiriya, Sri Lanka.

Greg and Donna Lucas on Santa Cruz Island, Galapagos Islands, Ecuador

El Camino High School Pep Band at Universal Studio’s City Walk, their first stop on the 2019 Spring Band Tour to Los Angeles

Francisco and Gina Castillon at the Great Pyramids of Giza in Egypt

Stacey and Julie Reardon at The Met in New York City

Elizabeth Fujii in front of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey

Jim Simon and Anita Scuri in Bellavista Cloud Forest Preserve near Quito, Ecuador

Suzanne and Jaff Auchterloine visit the archeologic site, Monte Albán, in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Ken Fry at the SwissTech Conference Center in Lausanne, Switzerland.

Heidi Goodman and David Bull at Huka Falls, New Zealand.

Bob and Sharon Zettlemoyer at the World War I Memorial in Nice, France.

Jason Bove in Wailea, Maui.

Stephen and Ede Brandenburger visit the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

Tony Cabral and family in Atlantis, Bahamas.

Art Zimmerman, Dr Kari Zimmerman and
Leo Holcomb at the Metropolitan Cathedral
of Our Lady of Aparecida in Brasília, Brazil.

Louanne Steiger Nourse in Sydney, Nova
Scotia.

Dennis and Karen Loheit at the Snowking
Castle in Yellowknife, Canada.

Kim and Taylor Garrett visiting the Palace of
Versailles, France.

Nina Obaldia and Vivian Hernández at the
Manuel Antonio National Park in Costa Rica,
Central America.

Nathan Adams at the Alhambra Palace in Grandada, Spain

Allison Otto, Dr. Lesley Scheblein and Lindsey Fudge at Mount Cook National Park in New Zealand.

Donna Ouchida with family and friends at the Great Sphinx and Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Tom and Brenda Mock with Tiffany Mock-Goeman in Dublin, Ireland

R. Paul and Paul Villaluz Weubbe off to a New Year’s cruise from Long Beach to Mexico

Zahraa Al Tuhafi and family at Fliners Street Railway Station in Melborne, Australia

Anne Kitt and her four grandchildren in Aptos, California

Bob and Sara Giroux at Trunk Bay on St. John Island in the U.S. Virgin Islands

The Del Guerra family in front of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France

James and Marie Peterson sheltering in place while playing with arts and crafts

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Chon and Nancy Gutierrez with Gary and Missy Stonehouse at the Pan-American Highway

Kate Greene and Tom Frame at the Camino de Santiago in Santiago de Campostela, Spain

Alan and Lynne Lenhart entering Serengeti National Park in Tanzania, Africa.

Alan Hoshida with friends and family in Arnarstapi, Iceland.

Irene Paulin and Mary Sue Ferrell visiting the Port Arthur Penitentiary site in Tasmania, Australia.

Steven Monette with his husband in the Miraflores district located in Lima, Peru.

Shu Sebesta partcipating in the Danube River cruise, located in Serbia.

Hailey, Marita and Michael sheltering in place while relaxing in the pool.

Ken Burrows and Carol Vallis at Nassau in the Bahamas

Anne Kitt and Bridget Parsh on a monther-daughter trip at the River Kwai in Thailand.

Mary Harger and her daughter Laura Pajak visiting the Pyramids in Giza, Egypt.

Lanette Reeves and Bob Kahrs at a resort in Jaco, Costa Rica.

Kathy Clay and Mary Harger at Mackinac Island, Michigan

Michelle Myers at Ross Castle in Ireland

Wayne Thom, Eddie Fong and Victor Yee crossing Abbey Road in London, England.

Kathy Hatch at the Taj Mahal.

John Fitchett and Janice Powell-Fitchett riding the Santorini Cable Car in Santorini, Greece.

Rita Gibson at the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.

Debbie Hunter sheltering in place in Land Park.

Madeline and Sullivan Groppo in Bozeman, Montana.

Laurie Churchill, Lauren Peters, Sally Magnani and Leslie Serra in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

Jamie James and Meredith Nikkel with kids, Henry Butterfield, Evi Madsen, Penelope Madsen, and Eleanor Butterfield in Cancun, Mexico.

Jose Hernandez in front of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Dr. Michelle Borg and Jeffrey Anderson hike the red rocks of Sedona, Arizona.

Albert Balingit, his wife Jacquie Duerr, and their daughter Moriah Balingit toured Coron, Palawan, Philippines.

Karina Flinn, Allison Espinosa, Collin Flinn-Espinosa, and Zaiya Flinn-Espinosa in Avalon Harbor on Catalina.

Nancy Bothwell in the Sahara in Morocco.

James Simon, Anita Scuri and their son, David Simon, at Canyonlands National Park in Utah.

Linnea and Lucas Gerkovich at Ron Jon Surf Shop in Cocoa Beach, Florida.

Brenda Boles at the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt.

Angie Williams and granddaughter, Carolina Rountree, on Spring Break in Maui.

Deborah Morales at Temple Bar (certified in 1978 as the world’s narrowest thoroughfare) in Port Isaac, Cornwall, England.

Aideen Clark takes in the sun with Table Mountain in the background in Cape Town, South Africa.

Shu Sebesta in Budapest, Hungry.

Terri Cook on a cruise in Dubai, UAE.

The Nguyens, Georges, Hills and Sievers in Sayulita, Mexico.

The Olcese family at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

Keith Syda at the Greek Temple of Athena at Paestum in southern Italy.

Rosie Ho at Gardens by the Bay in Singapore.

Emily Sheffield and Shane Romick at the Xunantunich Mayan Ruins in Belize

Evan, Sloan, and Dylan Parvin in the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela’s bell tower in Spain

Joseph Sellner on a cageless shark dive in Honolulu, Hawaii

Lucas and Linnea Gerkovich at the Monterey Harbor in Monterey, California

Nancy Bothwell and daughter Mackenzie Long in Times Square in New York City

Lucas and Linnea Gerkovich in Pu’uhonua o Honaunau National Historical Park on the Big Island of Hawaii.

Sally Freedlander, Corky Mau, Bonnie Cornwall and Diane Van Maren with the Hadzabe, indigenous ethnic tribe in Tanzania.

Madeline and Sullivan Groppo, Ava and Jack Montelongo, Ellie Olmstead, Noah Wilson, Cole and Cameron Martinez, Evan Belmonte, Michael & Tommy Heffron, Jaden and Aaron DeWald at Camp Sacramento.

Evelyn Gipson and Charlotte Chadwick at Holyhead Marina, Wales.

Maeve and Lorcan Montoya by the Tower Bridge in London.

Stephanie Pierson in Evora, Portugal, at Casa do Governador with Cassie Berube and her band of Wandering Women.

Marlene Tobia’s continental landing at Neko Harbour, Antarctica.

Mary Ragusa and Tom Nardinelli in Pisa, Italy.

Nancy Bothwell in Toledo, Spain.

Lorena Spiller, Sue Karacozoff , Julie Law and Carol Dreyer at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France.

Steven and Maria Dooley in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam.

Debbie Towne and Steve Casarez at Chillon Castle near Montreux, Switzerland.

Cornelis, Chitra, Chazel and Chloe Hakim in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

Ken and Cassandra Mennemeier in Juneau, Alaska.

River Park Little League 11U All Star team in Fallon, Nevada, for the regionals tournament.

Robyn Jensen at Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, Africa.

Ben, Stella and Daphne Molin in Manchester, England.

Ema Gluckmann in Glendalough, located in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Capital City Squares attend annual International Association of Gay Square Dance Clubs convention in Ottawa, Canada.

Roberto H. Romero with grandson Elijah Cruz in New York City.

Lucas and Linnea Gerkovich in front of the Millennium Falcon in Disney’s Hollywood Studios at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida.

A 50th birthday celebration for Shirley Liu with family (Georgia, Coco, Tom, Presley, Pat, Amy, Shirley, Peter, Tony, Santino) at Lake Como, Italy.

Mary Esparza, Irene Sanchez, Yvette Lanausse and Stella Lanausse at the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Kyle Fong, Robert Fong, Keilen Fong, KC Fong, David Chan and Peggy Chan at the Ponte de la Madoneta in Venice, Italy.

Norman and Sulai Meder at Stanley Park in Vancouver, British Columbia.

Irish Rhine with Annie the dog and Cookie the guinea pig on Stinson Beach.

Sophia and Elizabeth Monasa at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles.

Murray and Margie Ng at Crater Lake National Park.

Steve Mills and Jeff Hallsten on safari in Shangani, Zimbabwe.

Chris Baumann at Gerle Creek in Eldorado National Forest.

Joe and Lauren Schmitt at a Rugby World Cup game in Nice, France.

Kathy Kingsbury in the Dolomites mountains at Corvara in Badia, Italy

Corky Mau, Bonnie Cornwall and Liz Allen at Iguazu Falls, Brazil.

Steve Williamson and Cecily Hastings in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Patrick Powers on three-day trek in the headlands of Mendocino, California, for 78th birthday.

Bill Hambrick and Leigh Rutledge at Edinburgh Castle, Scotland.

Gina, Colton and Brian Fippin in Old Town Square, Prague, Czech Republic.

Paul Villaluz Weubbe and Roger Paul Villaluz Weubbe in Manila, Philippines.

Traci and Jackson McMullen at Cascata La Froda in Sonogno, Switzerland.

Yvonne and Eddie Fong on a river cruise to Milan and Venice, Italy.

PJ Balsley at the Tower Bridge in London, England.

Don , Nick, and Linda Honda with Kasumi and Yuseke Morisada at Kosanji Temple in Onomichi Japan.

Donna Ouchida, Andy Dong, Marielle Tsukamoto at Easter Island.

Mary and Robert Szabo at the Manet/Degas exhibition in the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.

John, Kim, Lilly and Kennedy Buchholz at Lake Pukaki on New Zealand’s South Island.

Jorge Vasquez at Machu Picchu in Peru.

Karen Pecher, Joyce Gastrock, Lois Wong, Myla Puyat, and Helen and Benny Louie at the Parthenon in Greece.

Michele Vincent at Evangelical-Lutheran church Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík, Iceland.

Dylan Wong on Kailua Beach in Oahu, Hawaii.

Clayton Whitehead and Judy Rodriguez in Delphi, Greece.

Debbie Lee and Rob Lessler in Galapagos (Santa Cruz Island), Ecuador.

Gerry McIntyre, Della Gilleran and Loren McIntyre visit The Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo, South Island, New Zealand.

Jennifer Gibson hikes the O+W circuit of Torres del Paine Nation Park in Chile.

Doreen Morrissey readies for Bioluminescent Night Kayak Tour on Tomales Bay.

Kelye Lotz in Belfast, Maine.

Cinthia Spitaleri and Chris Mejia in Vilcabamba, Ecuador.

Tim and Paige Beach-Hall stop in Noi Bai, Vietnam, during their honeymoon.

Cindy Colinge at the Jatiluwih Rice Terraces in Bali, Indonesia.

Christine Fitzpatrick and Camille Horton in Havana, Cuba.

Beatrice, Hanspeter and Henning Walter-Pickens at The Ledge on the 104th floor of the Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower) in Chicago.

Maya and Anne Kitt at the Christmas Market in the Riverside District of Savannah, Georgia

Lauri Massey, Diane Thomas and Lynn Liptak in Oklahoma City for the Senior Marathon. The sisters are in their 70s.

Lily, Zach, Mari and Gigi Turpen at the azulejos-tiled train station dating back to 1864 in Aveiro, Portugal.

Marian Love celebrating her daughter’s birthday at Tokyo DisneySea in Japan.

Linda Revilla in Imlil, Morocco.

Cheryl Noack, Hollie Ramatici, Ali Sandman, Brandee Sievers, Jamie Price, Sam Mellor, Joyce Hribar, Carrie Engh, Kim Schlieman, Ann Montgomery and Maro Maguire in Cabo San Lucas for two 50th birthdays.

Mary Esparza at Arbor del Tule in Santa Maria del Tule, Oaxaca, Mexico.

Ralph and Cindy Almazan, Kathy and Edgar Lim, and Evelyn and Ron Fong at Sensō-Ji in Japan.

Shelly Brassil in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia.

Norman and Sulai Meder at Machu Picchu in Peru.

Natalie Melvin in front of the Louvre museum in Paris, France.

Vanessa Pettit, Elaine Nakata, Sharon Robles-Yee and Maria Ho at Lion of Lucerne in Switzerland.

Donica and Terri Stiles on their hotel rooftop overlooking the Acropolis in Athens, Greece.

Kathy and Walt Menda at the Nishi Hongwanji in Kyoto, Japan.

Kathy and Chuck Halnan at Canyon de Chelly National Monument in Arizona.

Brad and Kyle Fujii; Lynn and Dennis Sunahara; Edwin Abe; Miiko and Glenn Fujii; Darren, Kimi, Landon and Riley Sunahara; Kennedy Wilson; and Amy, Ryan, Dylan and Brayden Sunaharaat at a foot bath at the Hotel Keisui in Omachi, Japan.

Wilfredo Amaya at Caluco River, El Salvador.

Tanya, Mercy and Tyler Lammerding at Charles M. Schulz Museum in Santa Rosa, California.

Lauri Massey and Eva Gonzales on Camino de Santiago in Galicia, Spain.

Olivia Enos at Muckross Farms in Killarney, Co. Kerry, Ireland.

Livi Eichman, Emma Shirin and Grace Mastagni at Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy.

Teresa Long at Ueno Park in Tokyo during cherry blossom season.

Ron and Kelly Brown in Tangier, Morocco.

Keith Syda at the historic Mosque-Cathedral in Cordoba, Spain.

Lisa and Howard Schmidt at Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City.

Stacey Medinas and son Jack Medinas at the Colosseum in Rome.

Pat Orner and Corky Mau at Nelson Mandela’s home in Johannesburg.