Kathy Krar holds the Observer, with Ginny Bromage, left, and Dian Friedman during their visit to Blarney Castle in County Cork, Ireland.
Visiting in Montara, California, in early October, the Life family and a friend bundled up and took the latest Observer to the beach.From the left: Maysie Childs, Lauren, Larry and Lindsay Life.
Ralph and Donna Garside made sure they took the Observer along when they boarded the River Dutchess for their trip from Antwerp to Amsterdam.
Mel and Beth Chafetz brought the Observer to La Sagrada Familia, in Barcelona. La Sagrada is an unfinished basilica of extraordinary Gothic and Art Nouveau design.
The Carzello family took the Observer to the Wembley stadium in London to read, as they had come early to support Chelsea in a major soccer tournament.
One proud Cub Scout of Pack 266 holds the Observer as he and fellow Cubs and family members are photographed under the 16-inch aft guns of the USS Massachusetts at Battleship Cove in Fall River. They stayed overnight in bunks on board.