When 10 is hot it's like using a landline. I was getting into Idaho pretty regular for a while and conversed with Hobo Bill. I must say though that, I'm not a big fan of 10 due to the ease of abuse by interlopers. (GOML)
20 and 40, everyone knows how they work. It was no different here.
80m, great entertainment on a nightly basis. (or am I thinking 75?) I used that band regularly until the last couple of years. At my QTH if you can hear Europe, you can work Europe.