I was waiting to get back on this till I heard from Bud just in case he were going anywhere - such as to Hawaii, where I suspect but don't have proof, that he has a granddaughter living - or in case he was loath to have a whole bunch of HTers descend on his own back yard. I have just heard from him and neither seems to be the case. :)

So when? Kenny's invitation is just great. For any of the main palooza's all we have needed is one single event as the focus for us all to congregate and we turn up. For me July /August are the best times - June is also a possibility but I would prefer later. I, of course, once I am up and dressed later this morning, am heading to the travel agent, first thing to check availability.

Finally, the weddingpalooza showed me that we did not need to have a strict timetable (especially when Oberfuehrer Globaliser was there to chivvy us around :lol ). What helped was that we were all billeted in the same hotel so that we had a focal point to meet at specified times during the day. For the rest of the time we were free to come and go either separately or in groups as we chose and that was just fine. In the hotal we grouped, re-grouped, chatted and had a fine time.... and if I look back that's what we did at all of the paloozas. I would suggest therefore to make this work, that once we have fixed on a date, someone organise an hotel and get special rates for a group booking, just as Jax Tom did for the wedding or Paige for the HLPRPBD