Ed,
  I guess you aint in Iowa! I figured I was the only one holding out.... and I was gonna ask you if those Iowa dancin' girls there were purty as ever! <!-- s:wink: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_wink.gif" alt=":wink:" title="Wink" /><!-- s:wink: --> 
  No, it was going to be too much for us to go out to the show in Iowa this year. MY wife is still sorta on the recovery list from breast cancer. (Dang cancer stuff!)  I had every intention of going and I have a H-P 70 I would have taken also. I am disapointed we didn't go but hope Chris takes lots of pictures. He always does!
When we head west from here, if we make it as Far as La Porte the first day, we have done well. If we made really good time we would go as far as Gary, but that was sort of a push.
   I hope your doctoring stuff went well. Haying would be hard around here this year. It rains too often. I never had the luxury of having a crimper/conditioner so I always needed 3 good days to put up hay. 1st, cut. 2nd, rake. 3rd, rake and bale. As I think back on it , it has pleasant memories but I sure was tired of it at the time. It sure was a good feeling when the last bale was put up in the barn.
   I just came in from the dawn crow patrol. I shot one. The little buggers have pulled about and acre of it up and I had to replant one small field.
   Well, gotta go write the daily E-mail to the folks. Ed, I hope the doctor was kind to you and you have recovered enough to get back out on the tractor! <!-- s:lol: --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_lol.gif" alt=":lol:" title="Laughing" /><!-- s:lol: --> 
            Cal