UPDATED May 13: Vacation photos

Balin Loftus, a University of Kentucky graduate student studying in Ludwigsburg, Germany, traveled to the Swiss Alps for a weekend of skiing and hiking to celebrate his 24th birthday in early May. Here, he was in Zermatt, Switzerland, and that the Matterhorn in the background.

Carol Power of Carlisle took the Herald to the Virgin Islands. Here, she was awaiting a sea plane ride to St. Croix from St. Thomas. Power said that during her trip, her cab driver in St. Croix was surprised to learn that she is from Kentucky because he had married a woman from the Louisville area.

Steve and Fawn Pace of Frankfort stopped in Magen's Bay, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, in late April as part of Caribbean cruise to celebrate their 30th wedding anniversary.

Cathy and Mike Love and Marie and Paul Oser, all of Lexington, rented a sailboat and enjoyed a week of sailing around the British Virgin Islands. Here, they were aboard the Elebreth in the North Sound on the island of Virgin Gorda.

For spring break, Penny Warren, right, and her daughters and granddaughters — Laura Bailey, left, Stephanie Bailey, Deb Berry and Layne Berry — all of Lexington, went sailing and snorkeling in the Turks and Caicos.

Diego R. Sánchez, 3, son of Jennifer Hubbard-Sánchez and Richard Sánchez of Lexington, visited with his grandfather, Fausto G. Sánchez, at a mountain country club in Cieneguilla, Perú, in March. Diego and his family were in Perú for two weeks, traveling around Lima and the surrounding areas.

Alexander Ross of Lexington spent her spring break on a cruise to the Bahamas and Mexico. Here she is in Grand Turk.

Noble and Donworth families, including Roy and Victoria Noble of Lexington, traveled to the Isle of Wight, in Great Britain, in April to visit newly found family. The family posed outside Salty's Pub in Yarmouth with the Jan. 18 Herald-Leader, which reported on Victoria Noble's search to find her suddenly discovered family members.

Lexington Christian Academy Headmaster Ollie Gibbs, holding paper, traveled with a group from his school to Joppa Port, near Tel Aviv, Israel, in February.

Although he is not on vacation, Staff Sgt. David W. Clark is far from home in Lexington: at "Kentucky Drive" at Bagram Air Force Base in Afghanistan. Clark, a Bryan Station High School graduate, is deployed with the Air National Guard.

For his retirement after 20 years of service in the Navy, Cmdr. Doug Bowling, left, a 1988 University of ­Kentucky ­graduate, was joined at the Naval Computer and ­Telecommunication Station in Guam by his father, Kelly Bowling, and wife Nina. Kelly Bowling, a retired chief petty officer, retired from the same place in 1975, also after 20 years of service. Doug, Nina and their daughter, Isa, plan to remain in Guam.

Henry Blyth of Lexington spent his spring break in Japan enjoying cherry blossoms and Nagoya Castle. Henry is the son of Julie and Jim Blyth.

Kevin Adams, left, and Jimmy Collins of Jeremiah, in Letcher County, vacationed in St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, in December.

Vicki and Kirk Judy of Lexington celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary aboard the MS Westerdam on a Holland America Cruise that stopped in Cozumel, Mexico. It was a seven-day Western Caribbean cruise traveling to the islands of Half Moon Cay, Turks and Caicos, Georgetown, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel.