Booklady: I am surprised to find out that a lady from Florida where NASCAR thrives would be interested in the desert. After all you get seven inches of rain per week in Florida we get seven inches per year.I have many digital photos of the desert SW and I will clear them through MM before posting. All of the ones that I have from the middle east are on slides and I would not have the foggiest how to post them.

DD, as it happened I was in Daytona last Saturday afternoon, and happened to have a café at the Barnes& Noble right across from the Raceway, you could hear the cars and the crowd! This was the big weekend, and traffic was heavy. Maybe I'll do a travel write up on Daytona Beach! Not much of a Beach for bathing, I preer South florida beaches, but it is a fun place.

No, I have never been to a desert and I am insatiably curious as to what it is like to live in or near one.

A week later, smiley faces - and I still fell for it. :o

My first thought was "pim's getting married?" - and then I remembered you guys all spent a week or so in London a while back .... and who knows what might have come frm that ....

Then I figured pim getting married was a great excuse for Jo and Miche to head back to Madrid ....