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OK, now I find from my wife that we will only have 2 nights in the
Keys, I might be able to stretch it into 3. Maybe a couple days in
Lauderdale, maybe 3. Is it worth trailering the Tolman 20 nearly 600
miles one way? Man, I gotta have something to do down there otherwise
Lauderdale bores me silly. My wife knows I'll refuse to go if we dont
do anything interesting so she is sorta using the days in the Keys as
bait so I'll go see the in-laws.
For those kind enough to be concerned, it turns out my 12 yr old
daughter was diagnosed with diabetes officially today. Very, very
weird with no external symptoms, just high blood sugar. Now we have o
do the whole finger prick 3x a day and insulin injections once a day
routine. Better than some I know but dang, so sudden and out of the
blue.

Sad to hear of your daughter's illness. A good friend lost his commercial
pilot's ticket and his livelyhood to that disease back in the 80's. Things
have come a long way since then in the treatment of the diabetes, and just
recently was approved for his 3rd class medical. Although he still cannot
fly for hire, he can at least fly again, as that was his passion.

Good luck with her treatment!

--Mike