See The USA #177 By Hank Silverberg You probably noticed I did not post a blog last Sunday. I was away the week before on vacation, and frankly, I needed the break after 15 months of the pandemic. I didn't post anything about the trip here on the blog or on my twitter feed (@hanksilverberg) or Facebook feeds while I was away, because I didn't want all the crooks out there to know my home was empty. Police always advise you refrain from telling the whole world you are not home because burglars can read too, and I took that advice. My family and I, wife, daughter, son-in-law and two grandsons, had all hopped in a six-passenger, three-seat American-made van and took a 1,600 mile round trip to part of the country I had never seen before. I added Kentucky, Indiana and Missouri to my modest list of states that I have visited. It is now at 28. It was a different experience from other family road trips I had been on before Covid-19. (My Vi