Welcome to: The Adventures Of John And Ellen
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Duncan's page
Special page for our Quaker parrot Duncan 3/15/1994-8/20/2019
We got Duncan shortly after we began dating in 1994, so she (we thought Duncan was a "boy" for 17 years and then she laid her 1st egg!) was with us EVERY single day, except for our out-of-state travels, many of which are on this web site. And, since we don't have any children, Duncan was "our child" all these years. Old friends didn't ask about us; they would first ask, "How's Duncan?"
Loosing Duncan was VERY, VERY difficult, since we had ongoing "verbal interaction". Parrots need us, but we didn't know how much we needed Duncan! She finally gets a spot on our website! She gave us so much joy over 25 years we want share some of those moments with you. Please take a look at some of our memories with Duncan.
Family photo 2013 (Guess Auburn was having a good year!)
About Us
Our background
This photo: On Carmel beach, 10th Anniversary, 2007. John became interested in travel while serving in the US Navy. He attended the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA (near Carmel-by-the-Sea), and his duty station was near San Juan, Puerto Rico. He got a chance to visit several islands in the Caribbean. Ellen has been on a number of cruise ship vacations. Together, their travels began with family reunions in the South, and then a honeymoon in Carmel-by-the-Sea. While Carmel remains our "Happy Place", we are branching out to other destinations!
How we got started
This photo: At Yosemite Falls, Spring, 2016. A "while back", we started preparing for one of Ellen's "decade" birthdays (we're NOT saying WHICH decade!) by saving a little money every week. After a year, we had a nice nest egg, and SPENT IT ALL! After that vacation, we just kept saving a little money every week.
Top destinations
This photo: At the Sunset Center Gala (Carmel-by-the-Sea) Spring, 2015. While Carmel remains our "Happy Place", we'll share videos, photos and our travel blog from other favorite destinations. Hope you enjoy the web site!