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Question of the Day, Sunday, January 10, 2016
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lovely!
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ahhh, the beach! great choices of places with beaches too!
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both warm and beautiful places!
Yup. Our place in the Bahamas would be a private island with a kitty playground with stuff to climb on and hide in and of course, kitty sized hammocks so they could nap in the sun while enjoying the ocean breezes.
both warm and beautiful places!
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very good point!
I'm pretty young and broke, so I've had very few opportunities to travel, almost none in my adult life. However, I really do think I'd prefer a colder climate (I know, I'm crazy), but the cold always makes the kitties cuddle more, and my Dubs could never handle the heat, even though I've lost him now its still a consideration. I'm more of a "sit on a beach in the cold with a coffee" person than a "lie on the beach and tan" person. Ideally a world of perpetual autumn would be great, but we don't live in a perfect world.
i'm so sorry for your loss.
I'd rather have perpetual spring. The flowers would be blooming, it still wouldn't be too hot or cold and the snowbirds would be at HOME.
very good point!hmmm, a world of perpetual autumn...not too cold, but not too hot either...i like that thought!
i'm so sorry for your loss.
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that sounds like a utopia.........for both you and your cats!
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good points! and i always feel like spring time is full of hope, of the promise of warm weather and everything starting to grow again.
I'd rather have perpetual spring. The flowers would be blooming, it still wouldn't be too hot or cold and the snowbirds would be at HOME.
Yeah, I always preferred spring to fall. the flowers would all die, the leaves were falling (which I'd have to rake), school starts (yuck) and fall meant the worst thing of all. WINTER IS COMING.
Now it doesn't matter because there's no leaves to rake and no winter but I still love spring.
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an ocean view, even in the distance, would be lovely!
We're really happy where we are, but if you could pick the mountain up and spin it around so we're facing the ocean that would be great.
where you live, i would be seriously tempted to move there, even though the winters would likely 'do me in' eventually.
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very nice!
Right where we are, ocean is near nice cool breeze in summer never extreme heat, very mild winters expecting a trace of snow tomorrow. One night we were -2 that's been it so far
i visited (the city of) Vancouver years ago. now, if i'm not mistaken, Vancouver Island is directly west of the city of Vancouver...? is the weather different on Vancouver Island than it is in the city of Vancouver? just curious...
one thing i absolutely loved about the city of Vancouver was the totem poles -- just the coolest!
We would move based on the seasons!
I'd spend Spring on the Outer Banks, North Carolina. We vacationed there one May and it was gorgeous and there weren't too many other tourists. DH and I really enjoyed renting a kayak and paddling around some back waterways. (No ocean kayaking for me!)
I'd spend Summer in the Adirondack mountains and fall in the Smokey Mountains. Both are very beautiful; but the winters are too cold and snowy in the Adirondacks for me. And if a winter storm comes through in the Smokies; you might be stuck home for a while! I like being home; but not because I HAVE to be home. I want it to be a choice!
So I'd spend winter in Key West. I guess all of my places are on the Eastern coast of the US. None require me to learn a foreign language either.
I'd spend Spring on the Outer Banks, North Carolina. We vacationed there one May and it was gorgeous and there weren't too many other tourists. DH and I really enjoyed renting a kayak and paddling around some back waterways. (No ocean kayaking for me!)
I'd spend Summer in the Adirondack mountains and fall in the Smokey Mountains. Both are very beautiful; but the winters are too cold and snowy in the Adirondacks for me. And if a winter storm comes through in the Smokies; you might be stuck home for a while! I like being home; but not because I HAVE to be home. I want it to be a choice!
So I'd spend winter in Key West. I guess all of my places are on the Eastern coast of the US. None require me to learn a foreign language either.
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haha! that's an excellent point -- 'with some kind of short, not too cold winters to kill off bugs and give a person a break' !!!
you made some really good points too, about some warmer climate places having mosquitoes (that look like they're on steroids) and the humidity. even up here in northern NY State, i never go outdoors during the evenings/nights in the summer months, as the mosquitoes would literally eat me alive -- plus their bites turn into welts on me.
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ahhh, the ideal concept!
We would move based on the seasons!
I'd spend Spring on the Outer Banks, North Carolina. We vacationed there one May and it was gorgeous and there weren't too many other tourists. DH and I really enjoyed renting a kayak and paddling around some back waterways. (No ocean kayaking for me!)
I'd spend Summer in the Adirondack mountains and fall in the Smokey Mountains. Both are very beautiful; but the winters are too cold and snowy in the Adirondacks for me. And if a winter storm comes through in the Smokies; you might be stuck home for a while! I like being home; but not because I HAVE to be home. I want it to be a choice!
So I'd spend winter in Key West. I guess all of my places are on the Eastern coast of the US. None require me to learn a foreign language either.
i loved the Outer Banks, North Carolina too. just a beautiful place! did you see the Brew Thru's, when you visited there? i don't drink alcohol, but i thought that was just so cool!
Um. I live in San Diego. Due to global warming, AC is now recommended...
Grew up here. Lived in a bunch of other places (cities). Am back. I'm really tired of people, though.
SD is one of the largest cities (#8?) in the country, and the second largest in CA. I know it advertises itself as a "not-city," but it's not true.
Really like the desert and the ocean. NM is very very appealing--but there's no ocean...
Valparaiso.
Vancouver.
Maybe Edinburgh.
Maybe somewhere S. France (after I win the Powerball...).
When I was a little girl, I wanted to live in Montana on a farm... but that's more like the romanticized version of get me the bleep out of here...
SD's okay. It's not really for me. Though I'd probably complain anywhere...
Grew up here. Lived in a bunch of other places (cities). Am back. I'm really tired of people, though.
SD is one of the largest cities (#8?) in the country, and the second largest in CA. I know it advertises itself as a "not-city," but it's not true.
Really like the desert and the ocean. NM is very very appealing--but there's no ocean...
Valparaiso.
Vancouver.
Maybe Edinburgh.
Maybe somewhere S. France (after I win the Powerball...).
When I was a little girl, I wanted to live in Montana on a farm... but that's more like the romanticized version of get me the bleep out of here...
SD's okay. It's not really for me. Though I'd probably complain anywhere...
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those all sound like lovely places to live! even the farm in Montana!
Um. I live in San Diego. Due to global warming, AC is now recommended...
Grew up here. Lived in a bunch of other places (cities). Am back. I'm really tired of people, though.
SD is one of the largest cities (#8?) in the country, and the second largest in CA. I know it advertises itself as a "not-city," but it's not true.
Really like the desert and the ocean. NM is very very appealing--but there's no ocean...
Valparaiso.
Vancouver.
Maybe Edinburgh.
Maybe somewhere S. France (after I win the Powerball...).
When I was a little girl, I wanted to live in Montana on a farm... but that's more like the romanticized version of get me the bleep out of here...
SD's okay. It's not really for me. Though I'd probably complain anywhere...
I saw them but we didn't go to any. DH almost never drinks and I'm more of an occasional glass of wine or a drink with dinner kind of person. I wondered if they have problems with drunk people driving through. I suppose not any more than other liquor stores would.
ahhh, the ideal concept!
i loved the Outer Banks, North Carolina too. just a beautiful place! did you see the Brew Thru's, when you visited there? i don't drink alcohol, but i thought that was just so cool!
DH and I did a lot of beach walking when we were there. I find it so relaxing! But I love walking in the woods too (on trails). I also don't like crowds. So I'd prefer the beaches in the off season and the solitude of the mountain otherwise. We rented a very nice cabin for our honeymoon. I'd like to do that type of vacation again too.
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i would imagine they might have some problems with drunk people, especially during the summer and heavy tourist season.
i'm not really much of a beach person. give me a few hours at the beach and i'm all set, don't really want more of it. the woods are a different matter for me; i love the woods, and hiking. i know that i wouldn't want to live in a heavy tourist area.
I'm not a person who goes to the beach much. It's the ocean. When I drive to the gym, I come over a hill, and there's the ocean.
I need to find my wet suit (the Pacific here is pretty darn cold), and go in the water after sunrise.
When the water starts to heat up, we get the red tide--and that's just gross.
I don't go in the sun. So many people around here have so much sun damage.
The snow is nice sometimes. I miss the silence.
Walking out at night during a snowfall, it's so silent.
Although the thing is, I'm not sure if the snow was okay because I was younger. Now, I'm not sure if I could deal with it--the cold literally causes me pain.
I need to find my wet suit (the Pacific here is pretty darn cold), and go in the water after sunrise.
When the water starts to heat up, we get the red tide--and that's just gross.
I don't go in the sun. So many people around here have so much sun damage.
The snow is nice sometimes. I miss the silence.
Walking out at night during a snowfall, it's so silent.
Although the thing is, I'm not sure if the snow was okay because I was younger. Now, I'm not sure if I could deal with it--the cold literally causes me pain.
