Glen, I'd love to see you get your wish.....but you won't.....Ed murfamx4@xxxxxxx wrote: I can tell you for sure that making the Nationals in St. Louis permantly was talked about. It was at our Futurity/Maturity weekend in 2006 (I think) I know it was talked about because I was doing the Bar-B-Qing and the whole PC board was huddled around my BBQ pit to stay warm. The talk was to have it at Purina Farms in the new Arena that was going to be built. Of course because of the high price of everything Purina has to buy (grain) that plan has been scrapped. Who knows if this Arena will ever be built. The main reason was that all of the events could be on the same grounds. Herding, tracking, OB, Rally, Confirmation and any others that I have missed. The central location was a secondary reason the facilities was their first concern. Purina Farms bends over backwards to make sure everything is perfect. Since nothing was settled before the new board took over I would think that the whole Idea has been scrapped. I would love to see all the Nationals in St. Louis I guess that's because I would never miss one then because I live here. Glenn Shaden Shepherds -----Original Message----- From: Terry Cochran To: edwinx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; freelist Sent: Fri, 2 May 2008 1:52 pm Subject: [ SHOWGSD-L ] Re: If you let a pigeon drive the bus So you are eager to pay the 600.00 in gas driving year after year to hold the national in mid America?? I'm not. I will do it every other year but not every year. I'm afraid after the second year I would be thinking National or Italy, National or Spain :0) Location to me is part of the fun. I do think the main concern should be for the welfare of the dogs and if the safest place to fly into was St Louis I would be all for it. St Louis is not that easy anymore. Salt Lake City is easy. Houston is easy. Someone help with the east here I have never been to a show on the east coast. What is the easiest airport to fly into? Terry an easy seeker Edwin Hill wrote: The day is coming soon that we will not be able to fly dogs all over the country. I tried for several weeks to fly a bitch to Bart Bartly earlier this year. It's hard to fly a dog from Northern CA. to Southern CA.Thurban Warrick is in Ohio today to show his bitch at the maturity...you should see his flight schedule...he had to first fly from Vegas to Atlanta, and then back to Cleveland. 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