Persist treeview state with static nav links

[lafon Clark]

Hello,
   I'm attempting to use a radTreeView for navigation in a Master page.  Each link navigates to a content page.  The items are static in the html code, not loaded at runtime.  I can't seem to save the state between pages.  I'm using the code below, I didn't paste in the entire tree.  Can someone point me in the right direction.

telerik:RadTreeView ID="RadTreeView1" Runat="server"
                    EnableAjaxSkinRendering="False" ShowLineImages="False"
                    SingleExpandPath="True"  EnableEmbeddedSkins="False"
                    Skin="MySkin" OnClientNodeClicked="ClientNodeClicked" OnNodeExpand="RadTreeView1_NodeExpand"
            onnodecollapse="RadTreeView1_NodeCollapse">

protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        if (!Page.IsPostBack && String.IsNullOrEmpty((string)Session["myTreeView"]))
        {

            Session["myTreeView"] = RadTreeView1.GetXml();
        }
        else if (!String.IsNullOrEmpty((string)Session["myTreeView"]) && (!IsPostBack))
        {
            string treeViewState = (string)Session["myTreeView"];
            RadTreeView1.LoadXmlString(treeViewState);

        }
    }



protected void RadTreeView1_NodeExpand(object sender, RadTreeNodeEventArgs e)
    {
        Session["myTreeView"] = RadTreeView1.GetXml();
    }

I am using node templates with links if it makes a difference.

<telerik:RadTreeNode runat="server"
                            HoveredImageUrl="~/images/plus.jpg"
                            ImageUrl="~/images/node-image.gif" Width="165px" >
                             <NodeTemplate>
                                  <a href="ContactUs.aspx">Contact Us</a>

                                </NodeTemplate>
                        </telerik:RadTreeNode>

[lafon Clark]

Any ideas?  Anyone?