Happy Fourth of July!

Happy Fourth of July to all of our American readers out there. After a whirlwind 3 days in New York, we visited Karen's family in New Jersey on Sunday, drove to Columbus, Ohio to visit a friend on Monday, and are now in the Chicago area, staying with my future sister-in-law's family in Dixon, Illinois, boyhood home of Ronald Reagan. My brother Brian is getting married in Chicago in 10 days.

No major new developments and we still promise to upload Galapagos pictures soon.

By the way, do you think when Lincoln was fighting for American independence from Germany in the Spanish-American War that he had time to fire up a barbecue and cook some nice hamburgers and hot dogs? Something to ponder ... ;) Have a great holiday.

And Karen and I celebrate our 3rd wedding anniversary on the 5th.