The "I've Traveled With Pamela" Club

(This page is dedicated to those brave people who said "Yes" when I asked them if they wanted to go on a little trip with me.)

ELIGIBILITY FOR ADMISSION:

To join the "I've Traveled With Pamela" Club, one must have traveled a distance greater than 100 miles with her sometime since she moved to the San Francisco Bay Area (1983). There must be at least one story worth telling related to an unusual incident that happened on the trip. Oh, yeah, and you must be living and old enough to carry a battery charger. [Note: Travel in her VW van does not qualify if you did not leave Northern California.]

MEMBERS:
Arwen Adams (roundtrip: San Francisco-Amsterdam; plane)
Jane Berliss-Vincent (roundtrip: Oakland-Washington, DC; plane)
Michael Horton (roundtrip: Oakland-Davis, CA; train) (roundtrip: Oakland-Denver;
    plane) (roundtrip: San Francisco-Washington, DC; plane) (roundtrip:
    Oakland-Washington, DC; plane)
Jessica Pelfrey (roundtrip: Oakland-Denver; plane)
Karan & Rex Pelfrey (roundtrip: The Big Island-Oahu to go skydiving; plane) [NOTE:
     exception to the 100 mile rule because it was just is.]
Jill Rebillet (roundtrip: Berkeley-Santa Monica; car)
Jen Sermonetta (roundtrip: Oakland-Portland; plane)
Ramona Schmidt (roundtrip: San Francisco-Washington, DC; plane) (roundtrip:
     Oakland-Los Angeles; train) (roundtrip: Oakland-Tampa, Florida; plane)
Linda Stoltz (roundtrip: Berkeley-Philomath, OR; car)
Linda & Fred Stoltz (roundtrip: San Francisco-Hawaii; plane) (roundtrip: Berkeley-
     Puyulup ,Washington; car)
Vicki Van Steenberg (roundtrip: Denver-Scottsbluff, Nebraska; car)

BENEFITS TO MEMBERSHIP:
    --50 empathy points
    --something different to tell your grandchildren
    --practice at perseverance
    --T-shirt: "I survived travel with Pamela." (well, someday)
    --occasional opportunities to trade points (see below) in on great gifts

ANNUAL MEETING:
The annual meeting (where members gather to share stories and console each other) will take place this year on February 30 in Boise, Idaho. For directions, contact the club president. The club president is the person who has the most marbles, er, I mean points. Points are accumulated as follows:

1 point for every hour your trip was delayed enroute, either coming or going
5 points if Pamela's wheelchair received minor damaged on the way to the travel destination
10 points if Pamela's wheelchair received Major damaged on the way to the travel destination
5 points for each time you had to peal Pamela off the wall
10 points for innovative solutions to unanticipated problems (i.e. blow drying frozen legs under the blankets after a walk in freezing weather)
10 points if you were able to influence Pamela to eat green things while traveling
1 point each time you rescued Pamela from someone she didn't want to talk to
5 points for each night Pamela's snoring kept you awake

[NOTE: The 50 empathy points mentioned above do not apply here. If there are other reasons you feel you deserve points, you may petition the Club Pointee. The Club Pointee is the person who totals the most number of miles traveled with Pamela.]

Any one who feels they belong to the Club but has not been listed above,
please contact the forgetful Club Membership Coordinator.

UPCOMING DREAM TRIPS FOR PAMELA AND A MEMBER OF THE CLUB:
SEVILLE, SPAIN
BRAZIL (AT CARNIVAL)
BAVARIA (Neuschwanstein Castle)*

Any Volunteers?

Note: I have visited the Neuschwanstein Castle on one of my imaginary trips, but I'd like to go there for real sometime.