I agree, Joanna, about our California friends' area of the country. We really fell for Santa Barbara and Montecito the one time we visited there. Beautiful, as is so much of California.

And Joanna, I'll match Dallas humidity for Florida humidity right now. Surely you couldn't have any worse than here the past few weeks. If so, you have my sympathies!

Shirley, I grew up in a little town between McPherson and Newton named Moundridge (pop. about 1,200). As a city girl from Topeka, you probably never heard of it! My mother lived in Topeka and went to Washburn though.