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[Gene GeRue <genegerue AT ruralize.com>]

> Sorry Gene, it had to happen.  We finially found the right property  
> for
> us just north of Annapolis, Missouri.  We closed today.  We got 110
> acres with almost a mile of Big Creek(for my wife Carol).  50 acres of
> it is pretty open and fairly level.  We're really pumped, my wife went
> down there with a friend to close and spend some time oggling, I'm
> envious.  My company was bought out(merged) and I'm stuck working till
> the end of March.  Now we just have to pay for it.  I'm not sure where
> Gene is from Annapolis, but as homesteads go, sounds like we're almost
> close neighbors.  It will be quite some time before we are able to do
> more than camp there, but at least the looking is done.

Congratulations, Clint. Good for you. All sounds good. You are about  
two hours east-northeast of me, roughly halfway to St. Louis if I  
took a long way.