thanks mazemyan and parbatya. I am going from Dallas. Parbatya, looks like I wont be going through the routes that you mentioned. But if you are close to Dallas and if you know any alternative route that works for both of us I can definitely consider the alternative route. where are you locate parbatya? and also are you going for sure? let me know and we can decide on this. just as a FYI I am a parbatya too.