So near and yet so far. I appears I was probably within talking distance of any number people who post on this forum, but it seems most of us are reluctant to introduce ourselves and ask about the NGDF unless we have met before at another venue such as a convention. I met a gentleman from Pennsylvania shortly after our arrival in Chama on this trip. Over a period of 4 days I kept running into him, and to our great surprise and shock, we had seats right next to each other in one of the open gons on the second train to Silverton on the 24th.