Hi, thanks for the Thanksgiving message.  We went to the Washington, DC area for Thanksgiving this year.  My former wife’s family celebrated in Silver Spring, Maryland which is a town just outside the Washing beltway, a circular road system that goes around the city.  Both of my sons were there and Jane’s sister, mother and nieces all had dinner together.  We had 19  people.  My brother Robert lives in Washington.  He invited us to Thanksgiving dinner at his cottage on the eastern shore of Maryland, about 90 minutes out of the city.  We stayed at his house in Washington and then went out to the cottage on Friday for a visit before starting home.  We drove about half way home on Friday and had some freezing rain and snow in the mountains.  The trip was about 650 miles.  We are going to Florida in January.  Mark’s mother lives with a sister in Sarasota Florida and we will visit one of my aunts while there.  Then we are going to Key West for 4 days.  The Keys are very lovely and I enjoy the drive.  Much of that trip is on an over Ocean causeway.  I hope all is well with you and your family.  Best wishes.  Steve