And the traveling is what did me in taking judging assignments.- I too am 120 miles one way from the closest airport. To make any type of connection I have to take the 6 am flight out of my town to Chicago. and then sit and wait for the connection which is sometimes 3 hrs If the flights are on time which they are hardly ever are and any more there are a lot connections that I have to make and hope we get in on time or then I sit and wait for the next available flight It is even worse coming home on sunday night which is the busiest day at Ohare.Since the big planes get priorities the smaller commuter planes have to wait it out. My 9 pm flight home sometimes does not leave till 10:30 which puts me home around ll:30 Like most judges I never billed clubs for any thing except airline ticket and motel. But there is a lot of out of pocket money that judges spend . Being retired I figure at this stage my love of the breed is going into helping Rescues Obviously I did not turn in my judging license but with the way akc is going I wonder why bother keeping it Sally www.embroiderybysally.org ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2010. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================