Good afternoon, Karen, and welcome to Go-Lo! It's 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 the site, you may want to take a few minutes to join several other of our many groups which you might find of particular interest, such as Washington State, Adventure Travel, Travel Photography, Skiing/Boarding, Biking/Mountain Biking, New Zealand, Japan, Sports!, our French, German and Spanish language/culture clubs, and various others covering many topics and most countries throughout the world.

FYI, on your profile you'll see a blue 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, and your work.

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, colleagues, and readers. 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!).

We wish you a great rest of 2009 and look forward to hearing more from you...!