For the record

[frater secessus]

Hey, just a darn minute, there! I have to admit that it was Bob and the forum that finally got me off my... chair, and going. AND with an ailing husband in tow! I do know better than to go to the Dakotas in the middle of damn winter, though, so that's a plus. In all seriousness, though, we'd talked about this off and on, and sitting around waiting to die is rather less unpleasant than a snowdrift in the Dakotas. (Where I'm still not going.)

Just saw this, sorry for the late reply. 

I fully support your plans and your progress;  more power to ya!  I plan to stay mobile until the coyotes eat me in the desert.

My underlying point, hamhandedly made, was that I'm concerned that Bob's pied piper approach will eventually lead someone astray and into unsuspecting danger.