> Being a male retired teacher, I had to settle for a wife who knows how to handle money and a daughter who works for a major airline and is also a travel agent. Did I mention that my wife's salary was better than mine? Anyway, putting those advantages together beats a rich husband, so I've spent a lot of time traveling to grand places. We just returned from a 1500 mile road trip that went up to 3800 feet and down to sea level. In fact, in a tunnel in eastern Virginia, we were below sea level.

Were you under the Chesapeake Bay? I've been through that tunnel a few times. Used to have relatives who lived in Hampton and they took us out on the Chesapeake Bay Bridge.

It seems weird to me how large that body of water is... it's something like six hours from here to Virginia Beach and the Chesapeake Bay area in Virginia, and yet Baltimore, Maryland is less than an hours' drive to the south...