I know! I know! It's about time!

You may have noticed a lapse in daily entering.  I hope you noticed it!  We have been virtually incommunicado for the last three days.  Not a bad thing.  Rest, relaxation, and girth increase, but with no effective connectivity.  You would think with a few days off I would have a plethora of advice, observations and or bromides to offer.  Nope.  As I write, we are in the car headed home, and I am writing this in a note format because there a parts of South Dakota that seeming eschew effective signal strength.  Instead of the usual witty Bon mots and priceless wisdom, I will simply say thanks for waiting.  And the beat goes on!