D'oh! I meant to type "contiguous" U.S., not "continental." Alaska is, of course, part of the continental U.S., and having ridden my motorcycle up there, I can tell you that it's a hell of a lot farther from the mid-Atlantic states than California is. David =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David W. Wood -=- dwood@dwoodworks.com 1981 M15 -=- Hull #163