We just spent the last two weeks visiting family members in Georgia, Virginia, Indiana and Missouri. Griffin, our youngest son and Andrew, our middle son came along. It was great having them with us. Griffin and I were able to play a lot of the songs with cello parts for those we stayed with and that was especially fun. We were also able to visit my old hometown in Illinois, driving by my old elementary and junior high schools. It was exciting to see the old house where my family lived when I was a child and point out what's left of the woods where we used to play. I had not been there for nearly 33 years. We also visited Olana State Historic Site in New York near Albany to view the home of Frederic Church and loved hiking along the Kaaterskill waterfall, a subject in some of his artwork. Some of the many photos Debbie took of the falls are in the photos section. I don't know if many people would consider going to some of the places we went as a vacation, but there are so many beautiful areas in this country that most people never get to see. New Jersey has some very quaint little towns; Princeton is especially pretty. (The Princeton Art Museum, which is free by the way and very, very nice.) The vast expanses of forest and rolling hills that cover northern Pennsylvania, New York, Ohio, Virginia and Missouri are wonderful places to see and visit. The farm land in Illinois and Indiana is also nice land to drive through. We had a wonderful time visiting my Aunt Helen in Missouri and my cousin Linda. I had not seen them for nearly 34 years and we had some wonderful conversations around the dinner table. I also picked up a couple of tap dance steps from my aunt, who is still dancing at the age of 78 and looks like she's at least 20 years younger!