Thanks Al, As you have stated earlier , part of the fun is the time spent wit our traveling companions.  The twi I will travel with to painted Post are two of my closest friends so the trip will be shorter as a result.

I have said often that it is all about the TRIP. I see it that way. I try to be competative but I do dearly love the TRIP, in it's entirety, regardless of how i do in competition. The Trip will always linger , the Wall plaques will become mundane. Of course, I would love dearly to own one of them big Patches. P