Thank you Bobcat. I will look at those too.

I was totally like your friend from St Martin when I first went to the States, Carol - I traveled around by train in a giant circle round the 'edge' of the lower 48 from, and back to, Miami before I finally began to understand the scale.

The kids think 30 minutes in the car is a loooong journey, so this could be interesting <img src="http://www.traveltalkonline.com/forums/images/graemlins/Yikes.gif" alt="" />