Ah! So Christmas is over!!

But later in America Patrick, so come on over here for your birthday.

P.S. Wait until your 50th, 40 will look like kids play. 

That's cool, Patrick!  Might I suggest the Grand Canyon? A lot of tourists from other countries make a little triangle between Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, and S. California.  When we were in Ireland, the hostess at one of the B&B's we stayed at told us all about their family trip to the US and they did that little triangle.  I don't much care for Las Vegas or S. California, but the central California coastal area and  San Francisco are great places to vacation.

we actually did that two years ago!

a big tour through west america. San francisco, grand canyon, yellowstone, archers up to salt lake city and back down seeying some more parks. absolutely stunning scenery