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>>Your loss not to be able to visit all those places on the other side of oceans.
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>>We made our first visit to Hawaii week before last (between a conference in LA and SWFox). Beautiful place.
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>While I have a mild interest in seeing parts of Europe, it's not strong enough to want to do it.
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>That's not intended as a slight towards areas outside the continental US. The truth is that I hate airports and air travel and long TSA lines. I am not cranky by nature, but air travel makes me very cranky.

Yeah, air travel ain't what it used to be. We use our miles to upgrade long flights whenever possible and that makes it much better.

I find the more places I visit, the more I know about the world. As the saying goes, travel is broadening (and not just for the hips).

>If I could get to Europe by train, I'd do it. But not likely that's going to happen :)
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>I've seen pictures of Hawaii and it's very nice. But New England in the fall is more my cup of tea.

I like New England in the fall, too. Both my kids went to college in New England, so for those years, we almost always had a fall drive up there.

Tamar