Thanks for letting us know. I hope that your family is safe. I know that relief from all over the world has started arriving in Haiti, but it can't bring back all that was lost. If you are aware of anything the listers can do, besides the general aid that was posted, please advise. kind regards, Kristi

Message(s) received. My offer of assistance is there when you need it. Always willing to help if possible!

phylis said, "(Chemocurl, it'll be best if you can post Sticky Notes to the GW forums that always stay on top, and give newbies guidelines and help on trading and what not. I tried to message Emily or Tamara but they don't have the Message button! I have never heard back from gardenweb@houzz.com." Per (gw)Tamara) there are still things in the works. Not her words, but I think some 'Special Instructions' similar to what applied on the old GW. FAQ pages will be looked at and reworked. In the meantime, we can just post links for those needing help with getting trade lists or messaging set up. Chemocurl, I got your message and sent you a thank you back through messages. Silly me...suggesting that you get email notifications for whenever you get a message via HOUZZ. I set up sorting in my Hotmail account and all Houzz messages go to a HOUZZ folder instead of the INBOX. Silly me, hadn't checked the folder to see if I maybe had any messages. I read yours after I had replied above. Sorry if it sounded like a smartty pants. Goodness...you did not sound like that. You just sounded like you wanted to verify that you got things set up correctly. I know I was confused when I wasn't able to see the message link on my 'own' page. Oh...phyllis...Tamara does indeed have a message link...now anyway. see link. (gw)Tamara

Temps were up in the high 60's most days but cool at night. We did have the sun but some windy days too, so a jacket was needed for sure out on the water. The jet boats we took to the glacier required us to wear jackets they provided if we went out on the decks. Some sort of flotation kind of thing. Believe me, you needed it. I took a lightweight down 'sweater' (Patagonia) and a rain jacket and wore both at times but only just one or the other. DH had a down vest and a rain jacket. He tends to run 'hot'. We didn't have any bugs until we got to Seward/Anchorage and were traveling on the Seward highway near Portage/Whittier. It was one of the hottest days and we encountered some black flies and a few mosquitos one afternoon. Not anywhere else though. That night the weather guy said they were already out due to the higher temps and rainfall they had the previous week. If you are going later in the summer you will probably encounter both. Since we had long sleeves they didn't bother us.