I don't blame you That Guy, they're not pests to me since they never pass my fence...just sweet little creatures of Mother Nature.
Loki is doing much better today, thanks so much for asking about him. :love_heart:
You're deeply rooted in California - I can see why you wouldn't want to leave.
BUT, if you ever do, come south of the Mason-Dixon where the cost of living will buy you anything you want, after you sell your surfside home. You're already used to the high temps, just add 100% and above humidity to those temps and you'll be golden
In spite of all the negativism that gets spread about, the South is a wonderful place to live. It has it's sore spots, like any area of the U.S. but it has a lot to offer including big bodies of water for various activities.
While there isn't surfing as you know and love it, I see a lot about wake surfing. Jake Owen the country singer is from Georgia and he talks about wake surfing all the time.
http://stokereport.com/rant/surfing-tennessee-river
Yeah me too! :uncomfortableness: The only ones cheeky enough to be lurkin' around doorways here are positively lethal. I sure wouldn't be stopping to apologize to any I step on. :glee: I've had enough close encounters to look where I'm treading now but I live in fear that the dog will come off badly in taking one on, she's a JR and is geared to attack first and think later. I'm working on training her to 'yap and point' at live things in the yard, but it doesn't always work. Instinct is still trumps in her.
I was under the impression it was the other way around..everyone trying to escape Kaifornication and move to another place and make it a shit hole, like the one from whence they came.
According to the 2011 census 100,000 more people moved out than moved in. The reasons cited are high taxes, high unemployment, high real estate prices, high cost of living and high illegal immigration. It is interesting that it is mostly low and medium income people that are moving out, versus higher income levels. Eventually, the tax burden will be so great on the wealthier people that it stands to reason that they too will start to leave.
Where one lives is a personal choice for many reasons usually, and every place has it's pros and cons. Sounds like California is in your blood from way back TG, and you are there to stay.
Yes, I have seen first hand what has happened in Oregon and Washington, as well. Oregon, soon to be New California. I grew up in Oregon and like your California memories, remember when there were wide open spaces, great water, clean air and affordable housing. If I still owned my little farmette in the Columbia Gorge, I would be on easy street now. I used to ride my horses all over God's green earth there, and now there is no where to ride in the areas I grew up in, let alone keep a horse. Sad!
Yes, I have seen first hand what has happened in Oregon and Washington, as well. Oregon, soon to be New California. I grew up in Oregon and like your California memories, remember when there were wide open spaces, great water, clean air and affordable housing. If I still owned my little farmette in the Columbia Gorge, I would be on easy street now. I used to ride my horses all over God's green earth there, and now there is no where to ride in the areas I grew up in, let alone keep a horse. Sad!
A Standard Schnauzer I had years ago, Gunter, was bit in the back leg in our yard by a rattlesnake. He knew to stay away from snakes, would just circle them and bark, but this one must have just snuck up behind him.
And now they're coming to Arkansas.:help1: We'll be doomed like Kalifornistan before long.
