David was out hiking often this year - here in January on the Gorge Brook trail, Mount Moosilauke, New Hampshire. Photo by Jen Botzojorns.

We discovered the long-lost Kotz ancestors in West Virginia, at the very home where the first Kotz settled after arrival from Germany.

David and Pam enjoyed their 25th wedding anniversary on Cape Cod; Provincetown, MA.

We went for a ride along the Provice Lands bike path, Cape Cod.

David trekked to the highest point in Africa - Mount Kilimanjaro; here he pauses at Stella Point.

David reaches the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Africa.

David had a chance to visit the incredible Angkor Wat in Cambodia.

David at Angkor Thom, Cambodia. Photo by Robin Kravets.

John chases seagulls at Kiawah Island, South Carolina.

Scout and Andy swimming at Kiawah Island.

Andy and John discover a new game called Kubb, when we visited Granny Kate and Grandpa Jack in Cooperstown NY.

We continued our annual canoe trip down the Connecticut River - this year, starting at home and going downstream. Here, Andy and I approach the Cornish-Windsor bridge.

Mara and Pam paddle on our third day of the river trip.

Pam and David drop off John for his sophomore year at Dartmouth - in Mid-Mass hall.

Mara began her senior year at Hanover High School.

Andy began his sophomore year at Hanover High School.

Andy presented his research at the American Junior Academy of Science meeting in Washington DC.

David spent a long weekend catching up on his pursuit of the "46er" peaks in the Adirondacks; here he enjoys the morning mist on Heart Lake in the Adirondacks.

Over 118 people gathered for the biannual Jenkins-Quante Thanksgiving Schutzenfest 2016 at Wadmalaw Island, SC. Photo by Jack Kotz.

John and Andy on the Kiawah beach, Christmas Eve.

Andy and Mara try out the new skateboards, on Christmas day.

Andy and John Kotz; Pam Jenkins, Mara and David Kotz, Christmas 2016.