very nice that wasn't easy no we actually had to like try to find the right like post office that had the right people with the right knowledge and they they came through it just came in the mail like a week ago but anyway so on that note you know you know timing logistics costs i'm curious you know in general how far in advance should people be planning a major trip like the ones that we're talking about? Yeah,

like generally, I mean, we always say about a year and a half to two years out prior.

You know, we always go with the old philosophy, the old saying, the early bird catches the worm.

I mean, it really does play a role in this.

It does might seem a little far out two years in advance, but with the increased amount of travel, especially in the world, in Europe especially, there's a limited availability of things.

So granted, airfare doesn't usually come out until about 11 months prior to travel or when you would want to fly.

But there is tours or guides or hotels and excursions and things like that that you would want to try to put together definitely in advance.

I

Wild also used it as Exhibit A.

And I like to use the example of, um, Amazon when they were looking to come to the region.

You know, we had an effort going on in the city [laughs] and then the county.

Metro East started to do some things.

Uh, you know, St. Charles County started getting in, and it was very clear that the proposal said one proposal, and we ended up submitting, well, four, something, five, I don't remember.

Just we were getting in our own way.

They're just not doing it together, Wilde said, and that's what they're hoping to change.

I just think there's all these other, not even tangential, but these other initiatives that are going on that may or may not even be aware of what we're doing.