Originally posted by magic111:
Been away for a couple of days and now I see that when I read the thread that I must have been the only one who for some reason thought knit-in was talking about the return segment of the trip. My apologies to everyone for throwing a monkey wrench into the discussion although hopefully more was learned by everyone and that some of it may have been useful.
As I said in one of my very first posts you can learn just as much from someone who does it right and even more from someone who does it wrong. 
magic111, your contributions and insights were greatly appreciated and tremendously helpful.
thank you once again
