The Vacationer

From cross country trips, to backpacking, to staycations in 2020!

  • Amanda Osborn of Lincoln and Mica on a backpacking trip at Grave Lake, Popo Agie Wilderness Area, Wyoming.
    Amanda Osborn of Lincoln and Mica on a backpacking trip at Grave Lake, Popo Agie Wilderness Area, Wyoming.
  • Don and Sherron Sullivan in beautiful Donnelly, Idaho.
    Don and Sherron Sullivan in beautiful Donnelly, Idaho.
  • Jill Buchfinck at Fairmont Orchid in Kohala Coast, Hawaii - the Big Island, in March 2020.
    Jill Buchfinck at Fairmont Orchid in Kohala Coast, Hawaii - the Big Island, in March 2020.
  • Jim Hoffmann with his daughter, Nicole Hoffmann, at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, in February.
    Jim Hoffmann with his daughter, Nicole Hoffmann, at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, in February.
  • Jim Hoffmann with his daughter, Nicole Hoffmann, at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, in February.
    Jim Hoffmann with his daughter, Nicole Hoffmann, at the USS Midway Museum in San Diego, California, in February.
  • Avery Paitz gets the Tribune from the mail, while brother James shows off his chalk painting in Grand Island in June.
    Avery Paitz gets the Tribune from the mail, while brother James shows off his chalk painting in Grand Island in June.
  • Daniel and Shirley Osborn in front of the Texas Capitol building in Austin, enjoying the Texas warmth in February.
    Daniel and Shirley Osborn in front of the Texas Capitol building in Austin, enjoying the Texas warmth in February.
  • Dane and Gerri Peterson celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary in August with a relaxing family vacation at an Airbnb near Leshara, Nebraska, with their children, Teal and Danielle.
    Dane and Gerri Peterson celebrated their 12th wedding anniversary in August with a relaxing family vacation at an Airbnb near Leshara, Nebraska, with their children, Teal and Danielle.
  • Zoom meetings were something that many people experienced for the first time in 2020. Here are the late Betty Kraye’s children on a Zoom meeting in April with their Tribunes! “Mom always made sure we had subscriptions and that we kept up with the happenings in our hometown,” Nicki said. They are pictured top - l-r: Dori Smidt, Nicki Bailey. Middle: Kathy Buschkoetter, Bert Murphy. Bottom: Kerry Hurley.
    Zoom meetings were something that many people experienced for the first time in 2020. Here are the late Betty Kraye’s children on a Zoom meeting in April with their Tribunes! “Mom always made sure we had subscriptions and that we kept up with the happenings in our hometown,” Nicki said. They are pictured top - l-r: Dori Smidt, Nicki Bailey. Middle: Kathy Buschkoetter, Bert Murphy. Bottom: Kerry Hurley.
  • Staycations on the ranch were how Jill Coble’s family spent the summer of 2020. Their son Jack spent the majority of his time in their backyard pool!
    Staycations on the ranch were how Jill Coble’s family spent the summer of 2020. Their son Jack spent the majority of his time in their backyard pool!
  • Daniel and Shirley Osborn visited their daughter Jincy and Justin Ross in Chatsworth, New Jersey, where Justin develops daily maps for the pilots for all the spraying on New Jersey’s largest cranberry farm as part of his job.
    Daniel and Shirley Osborn visited their daughter Jincy and Justin Ross in Chatsworth, New Jersey, where Justin develops daily maps for the pilots for all the spraying on New Jersey’s largest cranberry farm as part of his job.
  • Daniel and Shirley Osborn visited their daughter Jincy and Justin Ross in Chatsworth, New Jersey, where Justin develops daily maps for the pilots for all the spraying on New Jersey’s largest cranberry farm as part of his job.
    Daniel and Shirley Osborn visited their daughter Jincy and Justin Ross in Chatsworth, New Jersey, where Justin develops daily maps for the pilots for all the spraying on New Jersey’s largest cranberry farm as part of his job.

    Travel plans changed for many in 2020, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic that hit Nebraska in March. But you still continued to take your Tribune with you, whether that happened to be near or far - than…