I'm back on Gmail, tho the route back seemed circuitous and made me wonder about Gmail security in general.

One serious problem in visiting the Bay Area - something we have not done as a family in three years - is that there is no upper limit to the number of days we could spend visiting different friends every morning, afternoon & evening. After 10 days, I can tell the kids are burnt out on the process and I have not had a moment to myself that was not on an airplane since we started traveling. So this afternoon we're bagging the process for a quiet visit with the man of steel in a movie theater. Followed by three days in Yosemite.