ScottRezaLogan,

Thank you for the kind words. You have a very distinctive manner of writing.

The area you talk about, around Pittsburgh, is one I'm very fond of. Not only has it preserved a remarkable amount of woodlands, but it preserves a remarkable history as well. It's amazing to me how few Americans are aware that the course of North America, and the entire western world, pivoted around events in that area in the 1750's, and how much of our subsequent history was decided by events then. Pittsburgh is also to be applauded for it's increasingly-evident recovery from the ravages of the late 20th Century.

I'm particularly fond of the little town of Lignonier, not far away. I have been there many times.

PL