Sitting here enjoying high-speed Internet at the motel in Bloomington, IL. 500 miles down about 700 to go. Got started about 4 hours later than we hoped but I was pooped when we got this far. Odd thing is that it started getting headlight time as early as 130 PM. I know it gets dark early here but really! 15 here, not too bad mainly because there doesn't seem to be much wind. Concerned about my car this PM, wondering if that rattling that's been around for a while is in fact my water pump :( Fortunately there is a dealer here, so worst case hopefully they can get me back on the road without too much hassle. I worked on web site work until about 4 this morning then had to call a halt before I finished the queries for Chenango, Cortland and Madison - which will have to wait until I return. It was nice this year though to start/finish Christmas shopping in 20 minutes. A new record for me. This was done because 2 big ticket items were already mostly taken care of. But I did have to "add" some trimmings. Anyways, I'll report in, when I have something else to impart. I did bring some material with me to work on - 10 days in MN indoors would be long without it. ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net