I finally rechecked our "congratulations" letter, and there it does indeed state 12 months to activate. So we are upping our "reality check" trip by a couple of months. We ought to pester one or two of you in September. Gotta get a rental car from Taffy, so he's not safe
Karin's talking about going for only a couple of weeks and checking out major urban centers. Who knows; maybe I'll stick around for another week or two so I can visit a few more of you in outlying areas, and maybe collect some painting subjects on the way.