Class of 1968 (Rapid City High School)

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Mike Rueffert and Denise Oldach (Rueffert) on our 74 year birthday hiking trip back to the Black Hills October 2024.

Jerry & Sandy Thovson: In Athens, Greece on the roof top terrace of our hotel, with the Acropolis of Athens in the background (2024)

Ned and Deb Leonard on the bank of the River Jordon after reaffirming their baptisms (December 2022).

Ned and Deb Leonard in the Old City of Jerusalem.

Ned and Deb Leonard in the Old City of Jerusalem atop the Austrian Hospice. The roofs of the Holy Sepulcher (domes topped with three crosses) shows between them against the skyline. (November 2022)

Mary Tjeerdsma (Bowlby)... Official meeting in Cabo San Lucas!

Barb Brown-Thornton (Houk)… British Virgin Islands sailing

Rusty Runholt: My wife Patty and I cruising Alaska in a small ship.

Clair Menning: Completed our bucket list objective of visiting all seven continents. The last stop was Antarctica in December 2021.

Jerry & Sandy Thovson: The Shambles in York, England 01/30/20.

Jerry & Sandy Thovson: Stratford-Upon-Avon, England. Toured Warwick Castle, 02/04/20.

Judy Mickelson... puffins on British Isles trip

Patrica Palmerton... Carpathian Mountains, Maramures & Suceava, in northern Romania -- 2019

Patricia Palmerton... Church of the Annunciation of the Monastery of Moldovita, Romania (painted in 1537), PRPalmerton

Scott Norman... A monument in Carassonne, France to remember those souls lost by deportation during WW2.

Scott Norman...Fireworks at the annual Bastille Day celebration in Carcassonne, France

Price Shearn... Day at Bearizona outside Williams, AZ

MJ Obrentz (Forte)... Foreign Exchange Students reunite after 52 years! Emmerich Mayer, Austrian AFS Foreign Exchange Student to Deadwood HS, and Marie-Josèphe (Forte) Obrentz, UK Foreign Exchange Student to RCHS 1967-68, meeting up in Hallstatt, Austria, close to where Emmerich lives.

Salzburg, May 2019. Mike and Rod Brady, and Marie-Josèphe (Forte) Obrentz at Mozart’s house in Salzburg.

MJ Obrentz (Forte)... Meeting Mike and Rod Brady in Austria, May 2019. Last week I caught up with our classmate, Mike Brady, and his brother Rod, in Salzburg. We enjoyed visiting Mozart’s place of birth and home, a beautiful concert at the Mirabell Palace, and some great restaurants. From Salzburg we drove to Obertraun to reconnect with Emmerich Mayer whom I had not seen for 52 years! Emmerich was the Austrian AFS Foreign Exchange Student at Deadwood High School in 1967-68 when I was at RCHS. Af

Rod Wirshing... While working at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska in October 1988, I was sent Barrow Alaska to help with the rescue of 3 California Gray Whales. I flew to Barrow and then to the Arctic ice where the whales were trapped. I spent about a week there working in various capacities. Most of the time on the ice. It was 18 to 20" thick. Trough the cooperation of many organizations, individuals, and a couple of Russian Icebreakers, the two surviving whales were freed along with all of us working to save them.

Jerry & Sandy Thovson... Great time in China. Spent time on two portions of the Great Wall at Juyongguan and Mutianyu. Just beautiful!

Brian Yeoman... Remember, "The rain in Spain falls mainly on the plain?" Water is valuable and they try to conserve for the dry months.

Brian Yeoman with a Becite Ibex. A beautiful animal hunted in a beautiful place with new wonderful Spanish amigos.

Brian Yeoman visited these stone pens located at the site of the most famous fighting bulls in Spain. They have been here for more than 500 years.

Brian Yeoman... Gobi Ibex. Note the expansive plain of the Gobi Desert in the background

Brian Yeoman... Gobi Desert in Mongolia

Edward Johnson... Me and a Friend, Cape Of Good Hope

Barb Brown-Thorton (Houk) ... Sailing in British Virgin Islands( BVI), our January escape. Not able to sail this year thanks to hurricanes . I had never sailed until I met Greg five years ago, now I love it. Hoping these beautiful islands can recover and thrive once again.

Mary Tjeerdsma (Bowlby) ... Hiking trip to Italy with my husband along the Almalfi Coast - Path of the Gods Cliffside walk, Paestrum Ruins and Pompeii-Love Italy