DASNET

We like to travel. We just don't do nearly enough of it. So when our very good friends Matt and Lauren Conner moved to England, we knew that an overseas trip was in our future.

Last summer, Matt and Lauren moved to England. Specifically, to a medium-sized town called Harrogate, in North Yorkshire. It's a little north of Leeds, a little west of York, and about 90 minutes northeast of Manchester.

They've been back here for work, on occasion, over the past 12 months, but that doesn't keep us from missing them -- they're great fun to be around, and Matt's a good geocaching buddy. Plus, we've always wanted to see England.

After much procrastinating, we finally purchased tickets to Manchester, out of Dulles. Once that was out of the way, the rest of the trip sort of fell into place. We left at 5:45 pm on Friday, May 14, and returned 16 days later (at 3:30 pm on Sunday the 30th). Quite a long trip!