With the amount of time it takes packages to travel, getting started early is a good idea. We've seen packages take four and six weeks (and more) to travel between continents.

Isn't it nice to consider the prospect of cool weather and fall preparations for the holiday season? It's about 98 right now here in Texas. I am heartily tired of this heat. (Yeah, I know, some Mudcatters get their holiday in the smack of the hot season. That makes a white xmas a real weather challenge, though I have friends who were hiking and camping in Tasmania one year in the 1970s who were snowed on on christmas day!)

SRS