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Hello all, Just some notes and some updates. Just got back from a really nice visit in Kansas: took the Bonana to the ranch, spent a couple of nights, then flew "almost" non-stop to Emporia. Gassed up in El Dorado. Got there in good shape, then Jim and I were joined by Wayne and Anna in a cutsey little bar there on Main street, Emporia, for a couple of libations. While there we witnessed the Emporia Kansas Christmas Parade! I did spend a couple of days with Mom aka G'Ma in Brewster Place, had a couple of nice drives, a couple of nice lunches. As you all know, she isn't doing very well. I spend the nights with Augusta and cousin Jim and had a lot of fun. One really nice dinner was in Cottonwood Falls in an old hotel dining room that's been there from the get-go; cattlemen era, with buffalo on the walls. It was a great evening with Uncle Bill, Aunt Naomi, Wayne/Anna, and Jim and Joyce and Augusta. Another evening I had dinner with my old friend Bob Dyck in the Blind Tiger, that little barbecue/bar-grill in Topeka. I started home Friday am accompanied at the airport by a group who wanted to see the airplane and take off, etc. Made all the way to Tucson with a couple of stops in between for fuel. It's going to be busy around here for a few days. Tonight is the Kansas State football game vs Texas; if we win that, Fiesta Bowl in Tempe! We are all hoping Mark M will join us if he can down from Kansas City! Our first of a couple of Christmas parties starts tonight as well. Wednesday Lynn and I head for Las Vegas NV in the Bonanza for the Nat'l Finals Rodeo time again! Love it up there this time of year! Watching Georgia play Alabama right now: in defference to Kristin, Go Georgia!! Love to all, UR/Dad