Nancy wrote --

> Hmmmm... hopefully I still have his contact info somewhere...  
> Haven't actually been in contact with him for quite a while now....

  I better drop him another line and remind him.
  
> Will you be keeping up with the echo while you are on your road 
trip...?

  Off and on.
  When I hit NYC and Syracuse I'll probably be too busy.  
  Its bad form to sit in the corner when visiting guests playing on 
the laptop.  
  Once I hit Syracuse I'll have a more definite arrival day and time.
  I discovered by accident I can get driving time between cities with 
Google.
  I had been using a ruler and measuring distance, factoring in 
speed, and adding time for unexpected events, etc.  Then putting that 
to paper.
  Now I just give from here to there then cut and paste that average 
to a text file.  So no trying to figure out when the writing is cold 
"what does this mean?"  
  The only problem is Google uses interstate travel and I want to 
avoid them as much as possible.  Thus, adding time.  
  Ex: Driving distance with Google from Syracuse to Rochester is 
around 90 minutes.  I figure with my speed, road, etc. I'd give 
myself two hours to be on the safe side.
  
> Or will the only way to reach you be by phone....?

  I'll drop an e-mail saying something like "I plan to arrive on X 
day", following with one saying at such-and-such time asking the best 
place to meet.  I would like to time the meetings around lunch or 
early afternoon.
  This general principle applies also to Daryl, Ed and Mark (Mike, 
Mick, Mork, whoever <g? in Frankfort.

> Plotting that out on my calendar puts your arrival dangerously 
close to when I'm going out of town 

  Seems almost everyone on my trip is planning on leaving town when I 
plan to be in their area...  Hmmm...
  My dates are subject to change.  I may stay two days in NYC and 
Syracuse or I may stay three.  Instead of one day going up the Hudson 
it might be two.  Depends on what catches my eye.
  I was thinking of adding Waukeegan, IL to my trip to visit the home 
town of Jack Benny, my role model in money management.  But from what 
I've read there is really nothing there to see other than a high 
school named after him and a statue in a park.  I may or may not go 
there, but that's long after seeing you and Jim.
   Joe
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