July/August 1958-60 - Canmore, Alberta, with Ken Lachman (photos)
1962-1966 - Edmonton, Alberta, at the University of Alberta, graduated Batchelor of Education in 1966
July-August 1966 - British Columbia, USA, Mexico (with Wilf and John by truck camper)
September 1966-June 1967 - taught at Sundre High School
July 7-17, 1967 - Montreal, Expo 67
July 18-Novembre 28, 1967 - France (Paris, Mont Saint-Michel, Nantes, Tour), Belgium (Brussels), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Germany (Munich), Italy (Milan, Genoa, Venise), Austria (Vienna, Salzburg), Germany (Munich, Füssen (Neuschwanstein, Linderhof), Ulm, Stuttgart, Ludwigsburg, Heidelberg, Mannheim, Worms, Mainz, Bonn, Köln, Lübeck), Denmark (Copenhagen), Sweden (Stockholm, Hälsingborg), Norway (Oslo, Bergen), Scotland (Edinburgh, Keith, Glen Coe, Carlisle), England (Roman Wall, Lake District, Wales, Bristol, Devon, Exeter, Blandford, Stonehenge, Salisbury, Winchester, Southhampton) ( through Scotland and England by VW van with Laurie, an Australian met in Oslo, as far as London), Netherlands (Amsterdam), Germany (Munich), Switzerland (Zurich), Italy (Florence, Rome, Naples, Palermo, Castroreale, Taormina, Rome), Tunisia (Tunis, Carthage, Nabeul), France (Paris, by way of Marseilles). Arrive Montreal November 28, train same day to Edmonton, arriving December 1, and to Whitecourt in evening.
August 1968 - moved to Montreal
August 1969 - Provincetown, with Rénald Beaumier
Autumn 1969 - Laurentians, with Rénald Beaumier
September 1969-May 1972 - studied Library Science at the Université de Montréal, graduated with Masters degree in May 1972
June 1970 - Whitecourt, Alberta to visit family
May 1971 - Mom and Dad visited Montreal on way to England
June 1972 - took job as reference librarian at Bibliothèque des sciences sociales, later Bibliothèque des lettres et sciences humaines, Université de Montréal. Retired in January 2004.
August 11-September 4, 1972 - Spain (Barcelona, Madrid, Toledo), Portugal (Lisbonne, Estoril), with Wilf, flew to Brussels, took train (Eurailpass) through France, staying overnight in Paris
August 4-September 2, 1973 - South America (Columbia (Bogota), Peru, (Lima, Cuzco, Machu Picchu), Bolivia (La Paz), Argentina (Buenos Aires), Brazil (Río), with Wilf
August 1974 - Provincetown with Rénald Beaumier, Gaétan Bouliane, Jean Martucci
September 1974 - Rocky Mountain House, Alberta for family reunion
January 1975 - New York
May 17-21, 1975 - Sundre, Alberta, reunion for Marfleets retirement, stop overnight with Joan in Calgary, travel to Sundre with Rena and Tom, and then to Rocky Mountain House to visit Mom and Dad, Grandma Saunders and Uncle Bill.
May 22-June 14, 1975 - Greece (Athens, Hydra, 5-day Peloponnese tour (Delphi, Olympia, Epidaurus, Mycenae), Crete), traveling alone, met Iannis (John) Georgiou in Athens
April 30-May 30, 1976 - Japan (Tokyo, Nikko, Toba, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka), China (Beijing, Great Wall, Ming tombs, Nanking, Shanghai), Hawaii (Honolulu) (with Concordia University student group, including Vivienne Walters, Marie Mackay and Suzy Slavin) (photos)
September 1976 - New York
December 26, 1976-January 2, 1977 - New York
May 22-June 20, 1977 - Britain, Yugoslavia (May 28-June 19), Dubrovnik (May 28-June 8, including excursion to Montenegro (Boka Kotorska, Cetinje, Budva), Hvar, Split, Trogir, Rab, Zagreb
October 9, 1977 - Niagara Falls, with Vivienne Walters
December 13-31, 1977 - Mexico. Spent time with Federico and Murdoch in Mexico and an excursion to Puebla. Stayed at the Hotel Geneve in the Zona Rosa. Traveled to the Yucatan, flights to Oaxaca (Monte Alban, Mitla), Villa Hermosa (Palenque, La Venta), Mérida (Uxmal, Chichen Itzá). Went to Teotihuacán with Federico and Murdoch. (Vivienne stayed in the apartment in the Rockhill.)
February 12, 1978 - skiing with Rénald in the Laurentians, taking the Petit Train du Nord
March 22-27, 1978 - Rocky Mountain House to visit family, to Rimbey to celebrate Grandma Saunders' 90th birthday
June 7-12, 1978 - New York City, with Wilf, stayed with John Drugg
August 5-20 , 1978 - Washington DC (Harrington Hotel) and New York City. Vivien came down by car on August 15, we drove back to Montreal on August 20.
November 3-6, 1978 - Toronto, Hamilton. To Toronto by train with Michael Cartwright, then on to Hamilton to stay with Vivienne.
December 23, 1978-January 16,1979 - India (Bombay (Mumbai), Elephanta, Aurangabad, Ellora caves, Ajanta caves, Jaipur, Amber Fort, Agra, Fatehpur Sikri, Delhi, Khajuraho, Sarnath, Varanasi, Calcutta, Mahabalipuram, Madras, Bangalore, Panjim, Fort Aguada Beach Resort), with Wilf, small group
February 10, 1979 - cross-country skiing with Nick and Olga, Lac Monroe, Parc du Mont-Tremblant
May 17-June 4, 1979 - Soviet Union (Leningrad, Petrodvorets, Tbilisi (Georgia), Tashkent, Bukhara, Samarkand (Uzbekistan), Moscow), with group (photos)
June 20-21, 1979 - Dallas, Lockheed Update (online search systems)
June 22-26, 1979 - New Orleans
July 20-August 4, 1979 - New York
October 25-28, 1979 - Hamilton, Ontario, with Vivienne
May 6-16, 1980 - San Francisco (including Lockheed conference)
December 1980-January 1981 - Egypt, with Wilf (photos)
March 23-29, 1981 - New York, National Online Conference
June 1981 - Ecuador, Galapagos, with Club aventure
July 3-10, 1981 - Rocky Mountain House, Calgary, Sylvan Lake, Pine Lake, to visit family
August 1982 - Quebec City
December-January 1982/83 - Sri Lanka, with Club aventure, group including Geneviève Bazin, Mireille Deyglun and Yvan Ponton, stopover in Bombay
Spring 1983 - Penhold, Alberta with Connie and family
September 1983 - Mom and Dad visited Montreal
May 1984 - Penhold, Alberta, for Connie and Ernie's 25th Wedding Anniversary
June 1984 - Vermont, bicycle tour
July 1984 - Quebec City, day trip for Tall Ships
May-June 1985 - England (Blandford to visit cousin Mary, Launceston to visit cousins Anne and Margaret, London, Cambridge, Cottenham)
July 1985 - Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, to visit family
June 1986 - Willesden Green, Alberta, with brother Jim, Uncle Bill, Gull Lake, Alberta, with Jim, Mom and Dad, Drumheller, Alberta with Judy and Gerard
August 17-24, 1986 - Sosúa, near Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, beach trip, traveling alone
April 26-May 31, 1987 - Turkey (Istanbul, Bursa/Iznik, Izmir, Bergama (Pergamum), Kusadasi, Ephesus, Priene, Miletos, Didyma, Bodrum, Marmaris), Greece (Rhodes, Mykonos, Delos, Athens), with Wilf
May, 1988 - Red Deer, Alberta for Dad's 80th birthday, Sundre, Alberta, with brother Jim
September 1988 - Launceston, Cornwall, to visit Margaret and Anne
February 1989 - Costa Rica (San José, train to Siquirres, Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve, Puntarenas, Parque Manuel Antonio), traveled alone
April 1989 - Sisters Joan and Beth visited Montreal
November 1989 - Red Deer, Alberta, for Mom and Dad's 50th Wedding Anniversary
December 2, 1989 - January 11, 1990 - Hong Kong, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapore, with Wilf, met Wim and Herry in Thailand on an excursion to an elephant farm
April 30-May 30, 1990 - France (Paris, Nice, Cannes, Monaco, Monte Carlo), Italy (Siena, San Gimignano, Rome, Villa Adriana, Florence), Netherlands (Amsterdam, Oisterwijk, to visit Wim and Herry)
July 6-10, 1991 - Ogunquit, with Wilf, Rénald and Serge
July 1990 - Sister Mary, Brian and girls visited Montreal
May 1991 - Red Deer, Alberta, for Dad's 83rd birthday
August 18-September 21, 1991 - Indonesia (Sumatra, Java, Bali), with Wilf and Wim, stop in the Netherlands to join Wim there
October 2-7, 1992 - Mom, Joan and Beth visit Montreal
December 10, 1992-January 15, 1993 - Thailand, meet Wim and Herry there (Pattaya, Bangkok, Phuket)
August 27-September 2, 1993 - Chicago (Online conference)
January 1994 - Red Deer, Alberta, for Dad's funeral
April 22, 1994-May 14, 1994 - England (to cousins in Cornwall, April 23-28, they drive back as far as Blandford, visit cousin Mary, April 28-29), back to London, Buckhurst Hill, Oxford, day tour of Cotswolds, Blenheim Palace, Rye, Brighton, with Wilf
December 1994- January 1995 - Hong Kong, China (Macau, December 11, Guangzhou, December 13-14), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh, December 16-22, day trip to Mekong delta, day trip to Vung Tao), Thailand, with Wilf (Phuket with Wim and Herry), Bangkok
October 3-10, 1995 - New York City with Wilf, Wim and Herry
December4, 1996-January 15, 1997 -Vietnam (Hanoi, Hué, Hoi An , Nha Trang Saigon), Cambodia (Phnom Penh, Angkor), Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket with Herry and Wim). Traveled with Elke Breitfeld, whom I had met in Hanoi, from Nha Trang in Vietnam and to Cambodia.
December 6, 1997-January 7, 1998 - Myanmar (Yangon, Taungoo, Kalaw, Inle Lake, Mandalay, Mingun, Bagan, Pyay, Yangon), England (London, Hicks Mill, Polyphant to visit Anne and Margaret)
June 1998 - Calgary, Alberta, for Gwen and Paul's wedding
November 26-December 27, 1998 - Kerala, India (Trivandrum, Varkala, Neyyar Dam ( Vijayan's home), Kollam (Ashtamudi backwater boat trip), Aleppy/Alappuzha, Kochi/Ernakulam, Munnar, Muttapetty, Kumily, Thikkadi, Kottayam (Ghats), Ponmudi. Spent most of the holiday with Vijayan, whom I met at Varkala where he gave Ayurvedic massages. (photos)
March 11-25, 2000 - Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, all inclusive, with Michael
July 16-22, 2000 - Charlevoix (Baie-St-Paul, Isle-aux-Coudres, Point-au-Pic, Port-au-Persil), Saguenay (Cap-La-Tabatière, L'Anse-St-Jean, Rivière Éternité, Cap Trinité, Saint-Siméon), Kamouraska, by car with Yvan
December 21-30, 2000 - Cancun, Mexico, all inclusive, with Michael (photos)
March 11-18, 2001 - Cayo Largo, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan
May 2001 - Netherlands (Amsterdam, ASSIST conference, Oisterwijk, to visit Wim and Herry), England (Cambridge, Cottenham with Frances Garrett, London)
June 25-31, 2001 - Rockies, Jasper (Bighorn Falls, Lake Abraham, Jasper National Park (Mount Edith Cavell, Jasper, Whistlers Peak, Maligne Canyon), Sunwapta Falls, Columbia Icefields, Allstones Lake Trail), by car with sister Joan
August 2001 - Lanaudière (Jardins du grand portage à Saint-Didace, Rawdon, Jardin de la passion à Saint-Jacques, by car with Yvan (photos)
February 24-March 2, 2002 - Cayo Guillermo, Cuba, all inclusive, traveling alone (photos)
August 10-15, 2002 - Kamouraska, Domaine Joly de Lotbinière (on return trip), with Yvan, by car, visited with Camille Gagnier (photos)
September 2002 - Red Deer, Alberta, for Mom's funeral
January 5-16, 2003 - Huatulco, Mexico, all inclusive, with Michael (photos)
June 21, 2003 - Domaine Joly-De Lotbiniere (photos)
August 2-9, 2003 - Cayo Santa María, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan (photos)
September 2003 - Alberta, Red Deer, Calgary, visited Uncle Bill in Rimbey (photos)
October 2003 - Ann Arbor, Michigan, ICPSR data conference (photos)
January 2004 - retirement from Université de Montréal (official date August 2004)
January 28- March 2, 2004 - Thailand (Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Sukhothai, Ko Samet), Vietnam, (Hanoi, Ha Long Bay), with Yvan (photos) (photos)
April 5-20, 2004 - England (London, Launceston by bus, Ely, Prickwillow on foot from Ely) (photos)
August 6-13, 2004 - Playa Pesquero, Holguin, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan (photos)
September 13-27, 2004 - Nova Scotia (Halifax, Antigonish, Cheticamp, Skyline Trail, Baddeck, Big Pond, Iona, Bras d'Or Lakes, Louisbourg, Lighthouse Point, Sydney, Sherbrooke Village, Ship Harbour, Peggy's Cove, Mahone Bay, Lunenburg, Annapolis Royal, Gand Pré, Hall's Harbour, Wolfville), by car with Joan, Jim and Connie (photos)
March 14-21, 2005 - Marea del Portillo, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan (photos)
April 12-May 2, 2005 - China (Shanghai, Suzhou, Nanjing, Hangzhou, travelling alone (photos)
November 4-18, 2005 - Cayo Largo del Sur, Cuba, with Yvan (photos)
February 4-18, 2006 - Varadero, Cuba, with Yvan (photos), day trip to Havana, February 8 (photos), day trip to Cárdenas, February 13
October 30-November 21, 2006 - France (Provence, Côte-d'Azur, Paris) with Yvan, met Marie-Françoise in Vence and traveled by car with her as far as Avignon, returned, after traveling around Provence to Vence and stayed in her flat,before going on to Paris. (photos)
April 16-27, 2007 - Vancouver Island (Victoria, Parksville, Qualicum Beach, , Vancouver (city), with Joan, met up with Lynette to travel around the island (photos)
July 30-August 3, 2007 - Charlevoix (Baie-Saint-Paul, Cap-à-l'Aigle, La Malbaie, Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie, Baie-Sainte-Catherine (observation des baleines), Port-au-Persil, Isle-aux-Coudres), with Yvan (photos)
November 18-December 2, 2007 - Playa del Carmen, Mexico, all inclusive, with Yvan. Tulum, Puerto Morelos by rented car, excursion to Coba. Met Monique Pouliot (photos)
January 24-February 7, 2008 - Playa Santa Lucía, Cuba (all inclusive), with Yvan, excursion to Camaguay (alone). Monique Bruneau and Lise Pequet in group, met Sonia and Miguel. (photos)
17 November-16 December 2008 - Andalucía, Spain (Torremolinos, Málaga, Mijas, Granada, Córdova, Sevilla, Conil de la Frontera, Cadíz, Ronda), with Yvan, rented car from Sevilla back to Torremolinos (photos)
July 20-August 12, 2009 - England (Cornwall, Launceston to visit Margaret and Anne), Tintagel, Port Isaac, Tavistock, Eden Project, Lost Garden of Heligan, Mevagissey, Boscastle, Cotehele, Yelverton, Dartmoor, Sherborne to visit cousin Mary, Stonehenge, Stourhead Gardens, London), France with Marie-Françoise (Vence, Coaraze, Luceram, Saint-Jeannet, Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Mougins, Rivière et Gorges du Loup, Gourdon, Bar-sur-Loup, Nice), with Yvan (photos, England) (photos, France)
November 24, 2009-January 8, 2010 - South-East Asia, Thailand (Bangkok, Phuket), Laos (Luang Prabang, Vientiane), Cambodia (Siem Reap, Angkor), Vietnam (Ho Chi Minh, Mekong delta) with Yvan, Henriette and Diane (photos, Thailand) (photos Laos) (photos Cambodia) (photos Vietnam) (photos Phuket) (botanical photos)
August 6-13, 2010 - Baie-des-Sables, Gaspésie (Sainte-Flavie, Métis-sur-Mer, Jardin de Métis, Jardins de Doris à Matane, Saint-Ulric, Ste-Luce sur Mer, Kamouraska), by car with Yvan, stayed with Sylvie in friend's home (photos)
October 7-21, 2010 - Cayo Santa Marïa, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan, excursion to Santa Clara, Remedios (photos) (photos excursion)
Janvier - mai 2011 - Formation de guide au Jardin botanique de Montréal
August 5-10, 2011 - Charlevoix (Port-au-Persil, Les Quatre-Vents, Cap-à-l'Aigle, Cap-aux-Oies, Baie-des-Rochers, Les Palissades de Charlevoix), by car with Yvan (photos) (photos Quatre-Vents)
26 January-9 February 2012 - Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, all inclusive with Yvan, Monique Bruneau, France Gauthier, Alain Prézeau (photos) (botanical photos) (autres)
April 6-26, 2012 - British Columbia (Victoria, Vancouver, Rossland, Rockies), Alberta (Red Deer, Calgary), with Yvan, traveled with Jim and Connie by car from Rossland, Kim and Robin's wedding (photos Victoria) (photos Butchard Gardens) (photos Vancouver) (photos Vancouver gardens) (wedding photos) (photos inland BC) (photos Rockies) (photos Alberta)
Printemps 2012 - Collaboration avec Bronwyn Chester pour la visite des arbres au Cimetière Mont-Royal. Ces visites se poursuivront printemps et automne à travers les années.
August 1-2, 2012 - Ottawa/Hull, with Yvan, Sylvie, Gin (photos)
March 17-April 17, 2013 - Taipei, Taiwan with Wilf and Andrew, Yunnan, China (Kunming, Shilin, Lijiang, Tiger Leaping Gorge, Dali, Yuanjang) with Yvan (photos Taiwan) (photos Kunming) (photos Lijiang) (photos Dali) (photos Yuanyang) (botanical photos Taiwan) (botanical photos Yunnan)
February 1-15, 2014 - Trinidad, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan, excursion to Cienfuegos (photos) (Trinidad, town) (botanical photos) (Cienfuegos)
October 17-21, 2014 - Alberta for memorial for sister Connie who passed away October 13, flew to Calgary where Jim picked me up, stayed with Jim in Red Deer, burial of ashes at Innisfail cemetery and memorial at Penhold on October 19, to Calgary in evening, stayed with Joan until October 21
February 7-21, 2015 - Cayo Guillermo, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan, excursion to Moron and Ciego de Ávila (photos) (botanical photos, native) (botanical photos, exotic)
May 30-June 4, 2015 - Alberta, for funeral of sister Beth who passed away May 26, flew to Calgary, back by Edmonton, stayed with Joan in Calgary, then to Red Deer by bus, stayed with Jim in Red Deer, visited sister Mary in Benalto, then to Edmonton for Celebration of Life, June 2, stayed with Beth's daughter Kristal and family
October 1-29, 2015 - Mexico (Mexico City, Querétaro, Guanajuato, San Miguel de Allende, Morelia, Lake Patzcuaro, Teotihuacán), with Yvan (photos Mexico City) (photos Querétaro) (photos Guanajuato) (photos San Miguel de Allende) (photos Morelia) (Jardín Botánico El Charco del Ingenio)
November 6-23, 2016 - Havana, Cuba, Varadero (November 11-18, all inclusive), day trip to Viñales, with Yvan, B&B's in Havana (photos Havana) (photos Varadero) (photos Viñales)
March 1-15, 2017 - Cayo Largo, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan (photos) (botanical photos)
September 27-October 17, 2017 - France (Drôme, Paris, Lyon), with Yvan, stayed with Marie-Françoise in Châtillon-en-Diois (photos Drôme) (Walks in the Drôme) (photos Châtillon) (photos Paris) (photos Lyon)
January 29-February 11, 2018 - Cayo Guillermo, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan (photos) (botanical photos)
September 25-October17, 2018 - Croatia (Zagreb, Zadar, Plitvice, Šibenik, Split, Trogir, Hvar, Korčula, Dubrovnik, Cavtat), with Yvan (photos Zagreb) (photos Zadar and Plitvice (photos Šibenik) (photos Split and Trogir) (photos Hvar) (photos Korčula) (photos Dubrovnik)
February 1-13, 2019 - Cayo Santa María, Cuba, all inclusive, with Yvan, day excursion to Park Guanayara à Topes de Collantes (photos) (Park Guanayara) (botanical photos) (gardens)
January 19 - February 3, 2024 - Playa Esmeralda, Cuba, Paradisus Río de Oro Resort & Spa, Holguín, all inclusive, with Yvan, day excursion to Holguín (photos) (botanical photos)
September 7-27, 2024 - Toulouse and region, travelling with Yvan, staying with Michou and Jean-Pierre in Toulouse and Kristine Debreu in St-Juery. Met Cécile and daughters in Albi for lunch. While in the region visited (with friend Marie-Françoise) Albi, Ambialet, Cordes-sur-Ciel, Laguépie, Najac, Rodez, Tanus (chez Lali), Bozouls, Puycelsi, Bruniquel, Castelnau-de-Montmiral, Castelnau-de-Lévy, Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Carcassonne, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, Montbrun-Bocage. (photos Toulouse) (photos Albi) (photos Notre-Dame-de-la-Drèche, Alban, Ambialet) (photos Cordes-sur-Ciel, Laguépie, Najac) (photos Tanus, Rodez, Bozouls) (photos Puycelsi, Bruniquel, Castelnau-de-Montmiral, Castelnau-de-Lévis) (photos Carcassonne) (photos Saint-Cirq-Lapopie)
February 9-23, 2025 - Cayo Cruz, Cuba, Iberostar Coral Esmeralda, all inclusive, with Yvan (photos) (seascapes) (skies) (gardens) (native flora)