Wonderful, Rita! It's getting close now...

BTW, Alaska Mike and I were wondering in Mudchat last night, which of us had further to travel to get to the Getaway- turns out it's a remarkably similar distance (thanks for the research, Mike!):

London to NYC: 3460 miles
Anchorage to NYC (via Seattle): 3815 miles

Further than I normally travel to a festival...

:0)