Great stories all - and congratulations to the posters AND Hilton for some wonderful memories for those involved.
mikeef - keep them on the East coast!!! Reminds me of the story about the women who had a dog walk into her house when she opened the door. It went down the hall and curled up and went to sleep. It had a collar and was well groomed and she just let it sleep. The same thing happened the next several days. Finally she put on note on the collar hoping whoever owned the dog would see it.
The next day the dog showed up as usual and there was a new note attached to the collar. The note said "The dog comes from a home with 6 children, four of them under the age of four - it's looking for some peace and quiet. PS - can I come with him tomorrow???"