With our son home safely from the Marines and our daughter headed off to Davis in the fall, Gwyn and I are excited to get back down to Ecuador to work on getting our foundation (Latitude) off the ground. We will open both a community acupuncture clinic and an English-language school on our hotel property, […]
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Bob Schmidt ’74
I decided to retire last year, after a 30 year career with Union Pacific Railroad. Tricia and I still live in Omaha, but we are now spending much of our time traveling – six weeks in Ecuador plus eleven weeks driving around the U.S. and Canada last year, followed by a ten week trip to […]
Rocio Hernandez ’07
I have been living in Quito, Ecuador, for a year now with my boyfriend of nearly four years. He’s a journalist and we moved here last year after he got a job offer at an international news outlet based here. It is the second year I have lived abroad since graduating from Thacher. I studied […]
Maggie Reniers ’92
This year has been full of lovely changes! Though I have kept the hotel and restaurant in Otavalo, Ecuador, I started a M.A.-TESOL program here in California… where I met an amazing woman, Gwyn, an acupuncturist and Chinese medical practitioner from Portland. One thing led to another and I proposed… and she accepted. We have […]
Steve Peletz ’77
Steve and Kyra are looking forward to the class reunion in 2017! We became empty nesters in Sept 2016. While parenting and taking care of elderly parents still ranks high on the agenda, prospects for travel and adventure are looking pretty good right now. Steve has recently re-connected with his past love for scuba diving […]
Leo Turpan ’13
In late February I returned from a five and a half month backpacking trip throughout the west coast of South America. I traveled with my brother for the first three months as we made our way overland, by bus, through Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia. We explored colonial towns and markets, summited our first mountain […]
Standish Penton ’76
A lot to write about! In the last year we traveled the world for a new experience, flirting with living in Cuenca, Ecuador, for a while… it reminded me of Ojai! But ultimately, we decamped from the equestrian business in Littleton, Colorado… and moved to Georgia where we own York House Inn. It is Georgia’s […]
Maggie Reniers ’92
Hello! Life is good! The hotel continues to be an exciting adventure! I am engaged to a wonderful woman, Carol Peddie, and am looking forward to her moving down to Ecuador this fall. Had a great visit with the Toll family in Australia in February 2013 and I had a great visit with Molly Wales […]