Thank you all for your suggestions. I am not sure yet how long we'll be gone but I want to get htem engaged as soon as possible. Your ideas are all great- i have one planner and ther other is not (but complaints later LOL!). So we'll be getting the maps and taking it from there. I was thinking 10-14 days? Depends what's happening at home of course :-) That's why I thoguht we may want to come back a different way but it may be too much... And I'm afraid of tornados!!!