How Far Have You Moved

I've lived within the state of MS my whole life. All within 150 miles of my original home town. Now I have a vacation condo on the AL coast so I'm really branching out. ;)
 

Bullie76 we had an interesting experience in Mississippi once. I forget the town but I imagine my husband would remember. We were driving on a pitch black night and it was misty and foggy and we were trying to find a motel to spend the night in. My husband always argues with the GPS (now I turn the sound off and keep it on my side of the car) and we were pretty well lost. We were tired as we had left Georgia and I don't think we had slept a wink. This was one of the most frightening times of my life. We were taking a freeway on ramp to get to "somewhere" that we might find a motel and I saw a sign but it was just a black blob and I couldn't make it out but I figured it was a "go this way" sign so we made a sharp curve to get onto the freeway but we realized all the headlights were coming TOWARDS us! God bless all those people who flashed their lights and honked their horns at us! I guess they wanted to live as much as we did! We realized we were going the wrong way on a freeway ON ramp!! So my husband who never panics in a close call managed to get us off the road and just pulled into the traffic going the correct way. And he waited about 30 seconds to tell me it was all my fault for telling him to go that way. :) So when we got back to California I told him he was 62 and could take an early retirement and I was sick of the traveling. The last 15 years before he retired he worked all over the US and I usually went with him. Anyway, our life isn't as exciting now and I do miss all the traveling. I always remember 2 things about Mississippi. I spent the night in the town Elvis was born in (I forget what it was now) and the terror of thinking I might be dying any minute and taking a few other people with me.
 
Elvis was born in Tupelo. One of these days I want to take a tour of the museum there. I'm just never in that part of the state.
 

Linda said:
Wow Cole Slaw, you have really been around. I bet you have a lot of interesting stories to tell. I have been in Virginia, New Mexico and Florida of the places you have mentioned. What is your favorite place?
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I'd have to say that my fondest memories are from the island of Penang off the west coast of Malaysia. Bali is pretty awesome as well. :)
 
born in mass left there when i was 17 moved to washing dc moved to virginia moved to maryland moved to new hampshire moved to georgia---and i wish i was back in maryland
 
Long Island NY
Home ports in the Navy were Norfolk VA and San Diego CA. Trips ranged from Greece to the Panama Canal to Pearl Harbor.
Back to Long Island, then over to New Jersey
Four different cities in Florida
The west valley near Phoenix
Back to Florida, this time to stay.
 
Born in the state of NY, moved to Indiana, then to So California (Navy), then to Colorado, then to NC and now northeastern Florida, with one more move to make. That "move" could very well be back to Colorado or into southeastern Wyoming. Wife and I have to get back to some type of "Western" life that is definitely not where we now live.
 
Still living in the house where I was born, on the southcoast of Massachusetts. House was built in 1921 by my grandfather. I was born in '33 while my folks were living here and have lived here all of my life excepting military service and the first 4 years after marriage.
 
Born in Chicago area, lived in Spain then Kansas, back to Illinois in DeKalb, Carbondale back to Chicago, Hollywood Florida back to Chi., Pascagoula, Mississippi, Galveston, Texas and Houston, Texas then Pasadena, TX, then Webster, TX and now Houston.
 
fmdog44 said:
Born in Chicago area, lived in Spain then Kansas, back to Illinois in DeKalb, Carbondale back to Chicago, Hollywood Florida back to Chi., Pascagoula, Mississippi, Galveston, Texas and Houston, Texas then Pasadena, TX, then Webster, TX and now Houston.
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Born in Chicago, moved to suburbs then to Texas in the 80' s...u
 
I think one of my biggest mistakes was back in 1989. I was offered a job with the FBI. I had gone through a long, lengthy process of different tests and interviews by different panels, only to turn down the job offer because I would have had to move to San Francisco and my wife wasn't having any of that. Had the offer been to stay on the east coast, she says that we would have made the move, but she is from a very close knit family, as am I, but she couldn't or wouldn't cut the cord.
 

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