Hy Coc, welcome back...
I enjoyed your post previous to this one,
it took me back to our times of living in LA when
we'd have from Friday noon free from office and High School
and we'd just pack a bag and take off.
We found many memorable places and things to 'buy', lol,
especially if we moved off the main freeways, nice to have you back,
Zy
PS It is a bit quieter than before you left as the site was closed due
to a problem caused by a complaint about a posted poem from outside of the corner.
Just yesterday...this has finally been settled and the site is once again
open to the public and monitoring has been removed,
but it has had it's repercussions.