Hey Bill, are you from Temple? That's where most of my family (on the American side, through my grandmother) is from! My grandmother had an old house with 15' ceilings. Last time I was there was when I was twelve years old ('76 or so), but I remember what a nice little town it was. [Just for my own edification, my great-grandmother was in the first class of women to be graduated from college in the state of Texas. She was at the top of her class. ]

Regarding the question of driving the Benzes on road trips for pleasure: I don't get it. Don't we all take our babies out on scenic drives occasionally just for the pure unadulterated joy of it??