Rachel, we would have loved to have you just to get a "dog's perspective" on everything. Seeing as Sara and I both only have cats, we did tend to spend more time "on the cat side."

We got there early Sunday morning, and the crowds weren't that bad. Of course they progressively got worse and it was time to leave when we did (about 1:00 pm) but it wasn't so bad at first.

Hopefully next year you'll join us!

Oh, and I don't handle crowds that well either, so it's interesting that three of us from the Chicago area (a crowded area by my estimates) really don't enjoy large groups of people. That's why when Terry and I go on vacation these days, we try to avoid big cities. I figure I fight the traffic and deal with the "big citiness" everyday so when I go on vacation I want otta here!