Thanks Tonks, it was a great experience and I hope to return again someday. (would also like to visit the UK, and other places as well.) Will have to start saving up for another trip in a couple of years.

And, yes, I think others out side of US do not realize the size of US, Canada, etc. One group of folks we talked to were amazed to learn that there were 4 time zones from the east coast to the west coast. And one lady told me she had been to where I live as she has gone shopping in NYC, she was surprised when I told her that I had never been there.