Hi Laverne, Glad to hear a good report on your family. I think of you often and wonder how you do it.... I am stilll toying with the idea of attending the conference and wonder if I could attend for just the first few days. I must pick my mother up in Detroit at the airport on 6-28 and be back in Pentwater to host a family reunion on her side on 6-30. We plan to arrive in Mi. from Ca. on 6-15. It will be an 8 hour drive to Pa. for me which I don't relish alone, so I am agonizing over this as you can see...anyway, I guess the bottom line is when do you need to know for sure, and how late could I cancel without penalty if this doesn't work for me? Nancy Piat Tosch