Nancy Bowden’s Travels
July 1953
Florida with Mom, Dad & Ed
1958
Memphis, Tennessee and Chicago, IL wit Aunt Virgie by train. Visited
Elvis' home.
1962
Train ride to El Paso, Texas, to New Mexico on bus to Carlsbad Caverns then toured
Juarez, Mexico. Rode train through Dallas, Fort Worth & Houston touring all.
1966
• New York World's Fair with EL & Vaughan by train.
EL and Vaughan escape to ride all the exciting new rides (Vaughan gets lost {and scared} and turns himself into the authorities). Vaughan is
supper happy to be reunited to Mom.
• California
1967
Canada World's Fair with Vaughan. Western Canada, Seattle, Victoria BC., Calgary
Butchered Gardens, Banff Lake Louise, St Paul, Twin Cities.
Adirondack Mountains, Niagara Falls and Thousand Island.
1968
• Nova Scotia and Halifax
Family Vacation / Car trip with Ed and Vaughan.
1969
Pennsylvania Dutch Country and Hershey, Pennsylvania
Skyline Drive to North Carolina
Dixie Caverns
August 1971
Hawaii
4 Islands
1972
Bermuda, Nassau and Freeport
Island Hopping
Grandpa Williams goes home to the Lord.
1973
• Europe Trip
Paris, Holland, London, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein, Switzerland, Germany,
Belgium, Luxembourg, etc.
• Disney World with Ed
1974
Three Tauck Tours in 3 weeks:
1.Colorodo Rockies
2.Canonlands
3.Salt Lake, Yellowstone and Mount Rushmore
October 1975
15 day tour to Atlanta, GA; San Antonio, TX then to Mexico touring Guadalajara,
Morelia, San Jose Purua, Toluca, Taxco, and Acapulco
Cuernavaca, Mexico City, Merida, Ecxmal, Cozumel, Miami, Atlanta and
back to Richmond
1977
Spain, Madrid, Toleda, Seville, Granada, Tangiers, Africa (with Frances Norvella Tilman, a school bus tour)
1977
South America, Quito, (where she bought her emerald ring), Lima, Cuseo an Indian Country, Machu Picchu, Santiago,
Buenos Aires, Igussu Falls, Rio de Janeiro, Manaus and Bogota
1978
The Orient: LA to Tokyo, Fuji, Hakone Peak, Kyoto, Nara Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok,
Singapore and Denpasar near Bali
1979
Three weeks in the Holy Land: Kennedy Airport to Cairo, Egypt to Abu Simbel, Aswan, Luxor, Amman, Petra,
Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Tiberius, Tel Aviv, Athens, Piraeus, took boat to Greece, cruise to Santorin, Crete, Hera
lion Shore, Rhodes, Kusadasi, (Ephesus, Turkey), Mykonos to Amman, Taiwan
(Formosa)
March 1981
Greenbrier Cooking School in West Virginia.
1982
Three weeks in Australia (Down Under): Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Phillips
Island, Brisbane, stopped in Tahiti going to Fiji went back through Melbourne (where
she bought opal rings for Ed, EL and Vaughan). Also went to Alice Springs and
Aynes Rock.
1984
New Orleans World Fair
1985
Jamaica with Nancy Page
January 1986
Ocho Rios, Jamaica and toured by boat and on to Panama Canal to see locks change,
to Aruba and Columbia, South America again with Nancy Page.
June 1987
Chamonix, Annecy, France. EL was married in Annec. She stayed for twelve days in
Chamonix. While in France she took a tour of Geneva.
1988
Alaska by rail, bus, air and boat. Anchorage, Valdez, Columbia, Glacier, Whittier, Alyeska Ski
Resort, Portage Glacier, William Sound, Kotzebue (which is 30 miles North of the Arctic Circle), Midnight Sun Beach, Eskimo Village,
Fish Camp and Museum of the Arctic, Denali. Mt McKinley, Fair Banks, Trans Atlantic Pipeline
tour, Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory, Gold Rush Trail of '98, Klondike National Park,
Mendenhaul Glacier, Juneau, Vancouver, BC, Glacier Bay National Park, Sitka and Rotterdam
1989 May
Charleston, SC Signet Bank put this tour on with Nancy Page
1990
Midlothian Senior Citizen's (Clint & Dot too) spent 8 days in Kentucky horse country
and St. Louis, MO
1953 July- To Florida with Mom, Dad & Ed1958-Memphis, Tennessee and Chicago, IL with Aunt Virgie by train. Visited Elvis' home.1962-Train ride to El Paso, Texas, to New Mexicoon bus to Carlsbad Caverns then toured Juarez, Mexico.Rode train through Dallas, Fort Worth & Houston touring all.1966-To New York World's Fair with EL & Vaughan by train.1966-California1967- October-Canada World's Fair with Vaughan1967-Western Canada, Seattle, Victoria BC., Calgary, Butchered Gardens, Banff Lake Louise, St Paul, Twin Cities.1967-Adirondack Mountains, Niagara Falls and Thousand Island1968-Nova Scotia to Halifax round trip from Richmond with Ed1969- Pennsylvania Dutch Country and Hershey, Pennsylvania1969-Skyline Drive to North Carolina ( Dixie Caverns1970-Puerto Rico and St. Thomas1971 August-Hawaii to four Islands1972-Bermuda, Nassau and Freeport1973-Europe:Paris, Holland, London, Italy, Austria, Liechtenstein,Switzerland Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, etc.1973-Disney World, Florida with Ed1974-Three Tauck Tours in 3 weeks: 1.Colorodo Rockies 2.Canonlands 3.Salt Lake, Yellowstone and Mount Rushmore1975 October-15 day tour to Atlanta, San Antonio then to Mexico touringGuadalajara, Morelia, San Jose Purua, Toluca, Taxco, Acapulco Cuernavaca, Mexico City, Merida, Ecxmal, Cozumel, Miami, Atlanta and
1977-Spain, Madrid, Toleda, Seville, Granada, Tangiers, Africa (with Frances Norvella Tilman, a school bus tour)1977-South America, Quito, (where shebought my emerald ring), Lima, Cuseo an
Indian Country, Machu Picchu, Santiago, Buenos Aires, Igussu Falls, Rio deJaneiro, Manaus and Bogota
1978-The Orient: LA to Tokyo, Fuji, Hakone Peak, Kyoto, Nara Taipei, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Singapore and Denpasar near Bali1979-Three weeks in the Holy Land: Kennedy Airport to Cairo, Egypt to Abu Simbel, Aswan, Luxor, Amman, Petra, Jerusalem, Bethlehem, Tiberius, Tel Aviv, Athens, Piraeus, took boat to Greece, cruise to Santorin, Crete, Hera lion Shore, Rhodes, Kusadasi, (Ephesus, Turkey), Mykonos to Amman Taiwan (Formosa) 1981 March-Greenbrier Cooking School in West Virginia1982-Three weeks in Australia (Down Under):Canberra, Sydney, Melbourne, Phillips Island, Brisbane, stopped in Tahiti going to Fiji went back through Melbourne 1984- New Orleans World Fair1985-Jamaica (Nancy Page and I went for a free time share week)1986 January- Ocho Rios, Jamaica (a short stop) and toured by boat and on to Panama Canal to see locks change, to Aruba and Columbia, South America again with Nancy Page.1987 June-Chamonix, Annecy, France. EL was married in Annecy.1988-Alaska by rail, bus, air and boat. Anchorage, Valdez, Columbia, Glacier, Whittier, Alyeska Ski Resort, Portage Glacier, William Sound, Kotzebue (which is 30 miles North of the Arctic Circle), Midnight Sun Beach, Eskimo Village, Fish Camp and Museum of the Arctic, Denali. Mt McKinley, Fair Banks, Trans Atlantic Pipeline tour, Beaver Creek, Yukon Territory Rush Trail of '98, Klondike National Park, Mendenhaul Glacier, Juneau, Vancouver, BC, Glacier Bay National Park, Sitka and Rotterdam1989 May-Charleston, SC Signet Bank put this tour on with Nancy Page1990-Midlothian Senior Citizen's (Clint & Dot too) spent 8 days in Kentucky horse country and St. Louis, MO (the arch was the highlight of the trip).