Franz, I also consider it home ground, though I haven't lived there (except for a summer in 1985) in 25 years. It's engrained in you, the smells, the feeling of saltwater beaches, trees down to the shoreline, the rain, the temperate evergreen climate. And since I know what marvelous voices so many of those folks have, along with the wicked senses of humor, it makes the reading of this thread simultaneously cheering and poignant. I like seeing that this is happening, but I miss not being there to participate. (Especially when the daytime temperature here is hovering around 102!)

SRS