Hey Nim and ABM, glad to hear from both of you. Sounds like you have Juneau weather up there. Here....well, here we have Hawaii weather! Haven' t seen a raindrop in a couple of weeks, and, to tell you the truth, it' s too blasted hot right now! But, the heat aside, it' s gorgeous, and I wouldn' t trade you places. Nim, I heard that you gave SeAk a hat with a " dirty name" on it. He ' fessed up later that it says " Shovel Guy." Too funny. I expect someday he' ll get a hat with " Tommy Chuckit" under a picture of a king crab. [&:] Looking forward to next weekend and meeting your folks, Jerry. I' ve only been to Fairbanks once since I graduated from college, and even that visit was more than 4 years ago, so I' m looking forward to the drive, the poking around fishing spots on the way up there, and the long weekend in general!