DREAM VACATION- Dolores Mendez and Nate Pellegrino of Newbury Park fulfill their wish of visiting the Great Wall of China and the terra cotta soldiers of Xian. HARDY HIKERS- Scott and Lisa Kudler of Westlake Village and Greg Halloran trekked to the top of Mount Whitney and back in one day. The summit is more than 14,494 feet high, a 21-mile round trip. BLUE WATERS- Becky France of Westlake Village enjoys a weeklong cruise to Bermuda on Celebrity Azamara Cruises Harmony. She's in St. George's Harbor. WARM WELCOME- Susan Weininger of Thousand Oaks waves "Hi" to all the Thousand Oaks Acorn readers from a cruise ship in Glacier Bay National Park, Alaska. MAGNIFICENT MINARETS- The Arki famly of Thousand Oaks stops by the Blue Mosque in Istanbul, Turkey. In the photo are Yasemin, Erol, Leyla and Meral. BEAR NECESSITIES- David Needham of Thousand Oaks provided this picture of a loyal reader near the family campsite at Prairie Creek State Park near the Oregon border in Northern California.