Steve,

I'm not surprised about the commute. Anything FL-NY sucks. The area is pretty up here. Rolling hills and farmland out where I am (I'm on the west side of Allentown). It's a bit far for driving, so being closer to the border would help the commute. Beats Florida, though! Though I feel like my butt has been firmly planted in an airplane all summer with no time off, there is quite a bit to do out here, outdoors wise. There's skiing in the area (it's not Steamboat or Jackson Hole if that's what you're used to, but it is there), hiking, rivers to kyak or fish, shooting ranges, etc... Plenty of places to fly, too.

PBS is going to be a huge experiment for me in Oct. Oct is my aniversary month for work (THANK GOD) and the second half of the month I'm on second year pay. Well, I don't want to work the 1st half of the month for first year pay when I could get double the second half of the month, so I put in to work like 12 straight on the second half of the month and to barely work any on the first. We'll see how that goes. I should have spent more time with the practice bids... Ah well, it's only schedule and quality of life, right?

Get that plane finished before you move. I'm lookin at one of those 50cc 260 Quickbuilds from Aeroworks. Hopefully I can get one this fall after I buy MBNA credit cards a very expensive Christmas present. First year pay sucked..

Say hi to the french for me....

Chris