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Nothing like having 2200 different beers to sample.
Guess I'll settle for a gin & tonic in a bit. :shades:
Speaking of rising oceans, I'm five miles inland. Close enough for an entertaining storm but far enough away for real damage.
Last week at this time I was on the Outer Banks. What a difference a week makes....
We did head for a place that may be less affected by global warming than Boise (droughts won't be an issue here at least).
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I really like Salem. :-)
Joe, we checked out San Luis Obispo and the Tri-Tip area on our last California trip. SLO is a bit pricey and all the 4 lanes discouraged us. It was hard to get anywhere around town without popping onto a freeway. I love California but my wife is from San Diego with stints in Santa Cruz and the Bay Area, and she keeps wanting to try different spots. So ... we're sure in a different spot currently.
Colorado is quite interesting---maybe you're a Glenwood Springs kinda guy? Nowhere near as pricey as nearby Snowmass/Aspen, but not as desolate and ugly as Grand Junction. And you have Moab, etc within driving distance, and maybe 3.5 hours to Denver. Or perhaps Carbondale, further up the valley towards Snowmass. I'm not a big fan of the more isolated western slope communities, and the Front Range cities like Boulder--well, they are just too too precious, or if not precious Boulder, than too suburban (like Lafayette and Denver suburbs). Actually I like this little town 12 miles outside of Boulder called Niwot.
New Mexico--well, you know that, and Nevada is best suited as an atomic test site.
We're trying a small town right now and that's going to be different for us.This stop is just going to be a way station before the next one.
My wife is ready to move there when the kids are gone in a couple of years... I'm trying to keep my western WA heels dug in though.
Good to rent in a new area, before buying! That probably applies to vehicles also. I recently rented a mid-size Dodge, that I can't even remember it's name. 1 day was enough with that appliance.
Where we are visiting right now, the rental situation is woeful unfortunately. Maybe a lease/purchase would work out though.
Reno is tacky.
Vancouver, WA is alright, if a bit industrial, as long as you don't have to make a daily commute into Portland from there!
Well, they're nice in October and the often flat roads give you good fuel mileage.
One of these Octobers I want to go to Vermont. It's been on my "places to see" list for years, but I just haven't done it.
After hitting all the states, all the territories and provinces in Canada (except Nunavut - that's still on my bucket list), and around half the Mexican states, I think I'd be pretty happy living most anywhere. Lots of great spots all over North America.
You can get anywhere down there on a bus or cab, for cheap. We'd rarely wait more than 10 or 15 minutes to catch a bus to the next town.
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I'm guessing that isn't Memphis? lol...
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How's the damp in Vancouver? We've only driven through there a few times but never really explored the city. My wife had trouble the summer she lived on Vashon Island and keeps steering me away from coastal WA and OR.
Not sure if most would describe that region as having ideal weather though. Some don't like the cold and snow.
Maybe that's what I was trying to say---that the weather on the Central CAL coast or the Colorado Front Range is constantly "variable". No one condition just digs in and stays there day after day after day.
I do like looking at snow but am far too old to be shoveling it, thanks.
I lived in Tallahassee for a year. That agreed pretty well with me - though Florida rain is like no other. If we get an inch in a day that's rainly. In Florida an inch of rain is partly cloudy.
Other things enter into it. With my health I can't live too far away from really good medical facilities which rules out, say, the Outer Banks where the only hospital has 19 beds and the good places are three hours away.
I'm not to where I have to pay in advance for a three minute egg or anything but I'm higher maintenance than most.
Of course, I have a couple of other friends who head that direction for medical tourism.
If they don't fumble the hand off on their first possession, you'll see a small miracle.
Last time I was on the Hill was 05 for our 50th Class Reunion and I haven't any desire to return soon.
Wish you a great weekend.
Not having much facility in picking up languages, I never much wanted to be an ex-pat (unless we went to Newfoundland perhaps).
Switzerland---well god bless you, but the Swiss, as efficient and clever as they are, would drive me crazy with their fussiness and hard-nosed pragmatism.
When you drive from Switzerland to Italy, it's like when the color of the movie changes in the Wizard of Oz.
Italy is fun...to visit...but it'd be a lot less developed without the economic benefits gained via its northern neighbors, IMHO.
I'd love to live in a place like where a Swiss friend of mine lives. Tiny hamlet (population <100) adjacent to another village (population maybe 300) near the German border. Idyllic little place, no stores apart from a couple little restaurants. But there's a town 5 minutes away with all shopping amenities and medical care, or you can drive 10 minutes, go into Germany, and shop cheaper. A decent sized town (population ~40K) is about 20 minutes away, and Zurich is an hour away by car maybe slightly longer by transit. I could deal with living in any of those.