Spent the last 2 weeks in Northern Virginia and Hilton Head, SC. Hardly a speck of rain and 80’s and 90’s every day. I’m not a big fan of hot. Used to be people down south would ask you what you thought about Sarah Palin. Now they ask about any number of Alaska reality shows. We don’t have cable television, so I don’t know the shows they are talking about, but it seems Alaska has become one big reality show. Jeff took me fishing my first day back on Saturday, and we caught a king salmon. Kurt caught one with friends yesterday. Kurt, Jeff and I caught one this morning before work. It’s good to be home in the rain and 55 degrees. –