Good morning, Jack and welcome to Tripatini! Great to have you with us -- and we think you'll find our site productive as well as interesting and enjoyable.

To get the most out of us, you may want to take a moment to join several of our many groups which you may find of particular interest, such as Media Only, Canada, Skiing/Boarding Vacations, Adventure Travel, Eco/Sustainable Tourism, our French language/culture club, Eating/Drinking the World, Oregon, Washington State, and plenty of others covering many topics and most destinations throughout North America and the world.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a green bar marked "Text Box," which you can turn into a box containing not just text but also photos and even videos about yourself, your interests, your travels, and your writing.

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, associates, and clients. It's fast and easy to use our "INVITE" function above left on the navigation bar to enter e-mails (even your whole list at once!). And if you have the opportunity to cover us in any of your outlets, that would of course be greatly appreciated!

Thanks for joining us, Jack; we wish you an outstanding rest of 2009 and look forward to seeing you online.

Cheers!