you know the largest national we ever had was in new jersey. the last easy drive i had to a national was Ohio. I make 3 out of four nationals. i rarely enter more then one dog. personally i think the hotel rates have gotten way out of line we should be able to do better then that.Perri was a great site. We held the national in georgia seven times because of the delta hub in atlanta. southern cal had six nationals two near san diego two in orange county and two in LA. west coast entries tend to be smaller but once again its the hotels that are the problem. love arizona. we had three nationals there all had wonderful weather. after four months of freezing cold here the south is very appealing. -- norma hansburg www.normahansburg.com ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2012. 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. Each Author is responsible for the content of his/her post. This group and its administrators are not responsible for the comments or opinions expressed in any post. 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@xxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - http://showgsd.org SUBSCRIPTION:http://showgsd.org/mail.html NATIONAL BLOG - http://gsdnational.blogspot.com/ ============================================================================