Betty Grant:  

New update for 2020 This year has been Magic and tragic.. My partner of 43+ years, Mary Lu Newberg tragicly passed away Ocotober 18 this year after several months of battling pancreatic cancer. It is an unrelenting terrible disease. She died at home with hospic care. She was 77 years old. Graduated from Bentley HS in 1961. The magic event was our travel to Churchill, Manitoba, Canada in February (before the cancer was known to us) to see and experience the fancinating Aurora Borealis. It was truely awsome. New update for 2019 My bucket list is shorter now but still there are items and places to consider. Revisited The Sea Of Cortez in March this year. This second time we went around the southern tip of the Peninsula to the Pacific west side. There we had close, friendly and thrilling encounters with Gray whale females and their calfs. Incredible to have an animal that large seek you and allow you to touch her. And to bring her calf to interact with you! The Pacific side of the peninsula was rough sailing. Not as bad as going through the Drake Passage to get to Antarctica, but a bit bumpy. New update for 2018 Another year for exciting travel. I will finally get to visit the 7th continent - Antarctica this year in November. From polar bears to penguins! Very special. My parents instilled in me the wonder of travel. My mother made sure that my brothers and I knew our country and took us to visit every one of the 48 states. Since then I have visited Alaska, Hawaii, and six continents. Antarctica has long been on my bucket list and this year I am going. Spent 2 weeks in Michigan this summer in July. Stayed at a beach house on the east shore of lake Michigan with friends, visitied my almamater MSU and visited other frineds in Metro Detroit area. Also visited the Detroit Zoo. If you have not been there in awhile I urge you to do so. It is fabulous. Lots of money had been donated to make it a first class zoo. And it has a wonderful exhibit hall dedicated to Antarctica. Going back to Michigan in October and will visit the zoo again, when it is not so hot. _____________________________________________________________ New update for 2016 Good year with more exciting travel. This year in October we went back to Churchill, Manitoba Canada. This time to see and photograph Polar Bears. AWESOME! Stayed in Churchill for 5 days. A small town/community on the west side of Hudson Bay. The bay is 3 times the size of Germany and it completely freezes over in the winter. The bears are beautiful and dangerous. They are the largest land predator in the world and 2/3 of the wold's population live near the Hudson Bay. I went dog sledding while there, but did not have the chance to see the northern lights - too overcast at night. _____________________________________________________________________ New update: 2015 has been a good year. Cancer is still in remission, that is good. January traveled to St. Augustine, Florida to celebrate the 70th birthday of one of my best friends from elementary school , Kathy. Had a great time with her and her children. Traveled again in...Expand for more