OK, I might as well throw in my bit of news. I've more or less resolved on flying out to Michigan on 30 July or 1 August to get together with HKR. We can then drive down from Michigan and be there easily by 5 August - with enough time to spare, I daresay, to pick up other furries along the way. We are also already planning on visiting Virginia (as you already know, Sporty); possibly we could do so on the way to Kentucky instead of on the way back as was my first thought.