well - might as well brag about my parents while I'm here - Mom will be 81 in May - Dad turns 84 this month. since September they have:

1) Flown to St. Petersberg and taken a river cruise down the volga - ending up in Moscow before flying home. (September)

2) driven from Cape Cod to Seattle (October)(via florida, georgia, texas, california and oregon)

3) Flown to china and taken a tour down the Yang-tze (November)

4)- spent a week in Auckland

5) toured Australia - a whirlwind month! (December)

6) and are currently traveling back to Cape Cod from Seattle - via California, Texas, Georgia, New York. - by car mind you...

They already have their next trip - a tour of Nunivat - planned and signed up.

They do check in every couple of weeks.