JANUARY 27th - 31st
PHOTO BY BARBARA WOODWARD
An Asbury group gathers at the Passauer Glasmuseum in Germany, one of the stops on a Danube river cruise.
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Jan. 27th - 31st
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PHOTO BY BARBARA WOODWARD
While on a cruise in Alaska, Asbury residents stopped to try their luck at panning for gold just outside the city of Fairbanks.
“I’m not happy sitting,” she said. “I enjoy doing things. And I wouldn’t do all this if I didn’t love it, and I’m very blessed with good health.” As trip leader, Otto puts up posters around Asbury that advertise the planned excursions. She handles money for deposits and payments from travelers and answers the many questions that come up.The committee plans trips six months ahead of time, and she and her fellow committee members make lists and itineraries. “You have to have that kind of person, otherwise you would never get anything done,” said Pat Hilmoe, 90, Asbury’sTravel Committee chairperson, who has known Otto for 50 years. In November, Otto led 25 neighbors to Gazette.Net
NewYork City, a regular trip for the Asbury Travel Committee.They visited Radio City Music Hall, the Statue of Liberty, the Federal Reserve Bank of NewYork building and the site of 9/11. “Every year I do something different.We’ve visited the NewYork Stock Exchange, the United Nations,The Cloisters museum and Ellis Island. Eyre Bus, Tour & Travel arranges where we eat and sleep on the three-day trip, and I make sure they’re all where they need to be on time.” So what’s her favorite destination? She said everyone asks her that, but she has no personal favorite. “Every country is so different. But people the world over are all the same. Everyone wants to be loved and accepted, and everyone appreciates kindness.”
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