OK - we're cooking now - I think I may actually be able to do this blogging thing. So, long story short, we were all set to do the "trip of a lifetime" wandering out West. Unfortunately, my father passed away on March 6. We were still in Michigan - in Big Rapids visiting Missy - when we got the call that my father did not have long to live. So we headed to Sarasota instead of the West. After ten days in Florida, we traveled to Chad & Carlynn's in Richmond VA to see their new house and our new grand-dog, Cooper. After a fun, five day visit in Richmond, we head west tomorrow.