Not unlike many others before me, we are returning from the west to the east, from the North to the South. I know of many folks who went west, didn't like it or prefered back east or wherever it was they came from and went back. Others though sometimes went ahead, either sending for their families later or going back to get them to bring them to the new home. If you have relatives that did either option 2 or 3, those stories of the treks they made would make an interesting addition to the story of your family. Once again, here we are in Bloomington, IL - more or less half way. Today's adventures were 3 fold. 1 - seeing the beautiful hoar frost on the trees and grasses of the plains of Minnesota as ice particles fell from the sky in jagged strands 2 - seeing the car directly in front of me almost get smashed off the road by the trailer who didn't see the little blue car while trying to change lanes. Fortunately the driver of the blue car was able to steer onto the shoulder in time to not get squashed. 3 - driving 50 miles or so through a pea soup thick fog, getting right on top of stuff before seeing it. Not a fun time. - and so on - like sitting in the conference room doing Internet as the connection in my room isn't working. Ah technology - great when it works, frustration when it doesn't. Learned several things while on this trip regarding the area visited, picked up some new material with promises of more. Rain is forecast for about 1/2 of tomorrow's trip. We should get home sometime tomorrow evening. I doubt I'll get online tomorrow, so it will be either Friday or Saturday before I do, as I need to find an item before doing so (that I received about a year ago - lost in packrat land). For all those who've written, I will reply in due time - I have about 700 emails waiting to be downloaded as of now. If I don't get the chance, be safe and best wishes for the new year. ------------------------------------------------------via webmail---- Tim Stowell tstowell@chattanooga.net