Mugsy & Cataholic - How I wish I wasn't on "business" or that I had a more flexible employer!! I couldn't even get the travel dept to let me fly back via Oakland, so I could go visit my Pop on the way home.

As for meeting up, isn't there some well known, local Mom & Pop cafe we could meet at? I find a mall is a mall is a mall. Don't get me wrong, when I can afford them, I love them. But when I go across the country, I want to experience something unique to the area I'm in. I find malls, like hotels, restaurants and chains of everything in our country seem to be basically very much alike. You may not recognise you're in Virginia, or California, or Indiana, but you sure know you're in the USA!! Even if everything is Made in China!! LOL!!! I'm all for a world economy, yadayada, but at the sacrifice of American craftsmanship?!!?! OK, that's a whole 'nother forum, near and dear to my heart.

Well, I see Frostfrog explained his mission - and I can attest to his not being a CyberPsycho - LOL!!!! So can Sandy!! One of these days I hope to get over to her Zoo, and, Jackie, I would dearly love to meet the wonderfull Sir Perry and Miss Daisy, who, by the way, got me opening up and getting on this site in the first place (remember their horrible experience earlier this year? I am still angry over how that went down, Jackie!)

I confess to relaxing in "General" a little too much, and have been missing out on our great dogs, lately, too. Hmmm, not good. However, I must attend to home and family first, as Dadcat is beginning to feel like a "PetTalk" widow(er).LOL

When I retire, I would like to have a good, reliable vehicle, and travel the Blue Highways (now that was a good book - can't remember the author's name) seeing the land I live in and actually meeting people I have "met" from coast to coast!!!

A trip to Australia and Europe would be wonderful! - if I win a lottery it could happen!! I agree, Nicole, I can't wait to see the images Frostfrog has captured, and I dearly look forward to his next book.