I guess ya'll are wondering where the rest of the series went to? Well truth be told, after my last episode on 4/4, I got sick with a severe sinus infection that had me bedridden with headaches and a generally awful feeling from 4/5 through 4/8. Then as I was getting better, the pollen levels went to historical highs - we had gone from a count of 300 to 5711 in about 5 days. It has not been the best allergy season. I'm now down to that feather in your throat tickle which is bearable unless I get too hot too quickly. Not much chance of that for the next couple of days as we went from the mid-80's last week to snow flurries today and 35-40 mph winds as ole man winter decided to pay us another visit. The air was running last week, the heat is running tonight. Then Uncle Sam demand another chunk of my time ending this past weekend. Anyway, all that to say that now that I'm back in the land of the living, I'll continue the series shortly (before it all falls out of my head!). Tim

<<Anyway, all that to say that now that I'm back in the land of the living, I'll continue the series shortly (before it all falls out of my head!).>> Dear Tim, This is my first post here, but I wanted to say that I enjoyed hearing about your trip and look forward to hearing the rest. Patti Hobbs in Missouri-descendent of the Van Hoesens of Preble.