Good morning, Mary, and a hearty 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 of our many groups which you might find of particular interest, such as Media Only, Virginia, Travel Photography, Florida, Adventure Travel, Camping, Hotels/Motels, The Book Club, and various others covering many topics and most countries in the Americas and 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 writing. Please send us a list of your books in print so we can feature them as Go-Lo member titles, on our front page, in our online shop, and in our Book Club group.

Finally, if you would, please be so kind as to spread the word among your travel-interested friends, family, and colleagues. 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 would also be most grateful, of course, if you have the opportunity to cover Go-Lo in any of your outlets.

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