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Originally Posted by Scout Master
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Originally Posted by accadacca
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Someone has to add the rain! :naughty:
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Well that's a little better. Just keep it clean OKQuote:
Sorry Santa. Naughty list? Not again.
How about this?
I hadn't even noticed that until you mentioned it. Too friggin funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by CrazyFinn
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How did you make those collages? They're really cool!
Just so everybody knows, that's a pose. I'm snapping the photo. He really isn't "raining" there, we just set it up because that quote on the wall was funny.Quote:
Originally Posted by deathcricket
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Originally Posted by TreeHugger
I use the Picasa photo editing thingy I downloaded from Google for free. In it, you can store your photos, edit photos and make collages, etc......it's pretty cool stuff! :five:
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How did you make those collages? They're really cool!
I feel like I live the dream, especially for the past several years. Great Family, Great friends and more hobbies than a guy could ever handle. Several invites to choose from each weekend :cool2:Quote:
Originally Posted by Scout Master
I was living the dream until we moved to CT. Then, that came to a grinding halt. Between crappy weather 80% of the year (IMO, anyway - I detest cold, wet weather and humidity), a bout with Lyme disease, having rain on 100% of our car camping trips, insufferable insects and uninteresting hiking (aka the Appalachian Trail), my enthusiasm for doing anything outdoors has pretty much disappeared. For someone like me who was an avid outdoors person, it really sucks. I just feel fat and lazy now.
The most memorable outdoor things we've done were hiking up Mt. Washington and Mt. Mansfield. Both are the highest peaks in their respective states (NH and VT). Woopie-friggin'-do :roll: . Then again, you'll see bumper stickers that say "this car climbed Mt. Washington". Only in New England would people admit to being so lazy and stupid enough to pay $26 to drive up a paved road to the top of a 6,288' mountain :lol8: .
Anyway, I'm just trying to hold out for the remaining 2 1/2 years of our stay here while my boyfriend completes his work obligation. Then, it's back to the west - Durango, this time. And, our resumption of the outdoor dream! :nod:
In the meantime, I have to live vicariously through the trip reports and the awesome photos people post here on Bogley. It does sometimes make me more homesick, but I just try to remind myself we *will* be coming back, even if it's not as soon as I'd like (which was yesterday).
BTW, Richard - loved the video of you and Abby :2thumbs:. Your pics always rock as well!
-SJ
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Originally Posted by canyonphile
Girl you need to get back to the Wild West!!!! This sounds atrocious!!! There's a reason why I haven't been attracted to the East Coast and you summed it all up. COME HOME CHIC! :2thumbs:
YEESSS!! Oh, believe me, sister - the moment we drive away from here for good will be one of the happiest days of my life! :nod:Quote:
Originally Posted by abirken
I never had any desire to leave the southwest. I've always loved everything about it, and have considered it home even when I was away. We only left because: 1) the job opportunity that my boyfriend got out here, combined with my flailing career that I was looking to end anyway; 2) we were only going to be there for 4 years...what could be so bad about that, after all? Since neither of us had been to this part of the country, we thought it might be an adventure; 3) we were definitely only there for a finite time.
I was advised by several people that I'd probably not like it here and also that the people were not friendly. They were right on both accounts.
So, yeah - now I know first-hand what it feels like to hate where you live. It sux. Last Sept, we flew to Denver for a wedding, and I was so happy! We took a day drive along I-70 all the way to Glenwood Springs and back up through Aspen/Leadville and stayed in Dillon that night. Went on a hike up part of the Continental Divide trail where it crosses I-70 and it was so many levels of awesome. The aspen were in full-on-disco color and a storm had deposited snow on the northern peaks of the Rockies. I seriously did not want to come home, and was depressed for several days after we got back.
There are some people that could be happy, or at least content, living probably anywhere, and they are lucky. I am most definitely not one of them - I'm truly a product of my environment. I like dry air, rocks, dirt, lots of open space with epic spans of rock and ditches in the ground to explore. Not clausterphobic, endless forests that cover a flat landscape and look ugly and dead half of the year. We live about 1/2 mile from the coast (by virtue of Long Island Sound), but the ocean doesn't interest me that much - I don't swim anymore and there's dangerous stuff out there anyway. We bought an inflatable kayak last year and did that for maybe 5 weeks, but it was a PITA.
Like you, I was never attracted to the east coast [even though I was born in MD], and for good reason I discovered. You aren't missing anything, IMO. The things people rave about: Boston, NYC, "fall colors", etc., are over-rated. NYC is cool, but mostly because that is where the Metropolitan Museum of Art is and there are some amazing eats. I wouldn't have ever made a special trip to go there otherwise. I like Stowe, VT and North Conway, NH. Friendly people and actual outdoor-oriented towns that remind me of CO. I pretty much have no use for the tick-infested, over-priced and pretentious state of CT.
We'll have to hook up for some drinks after I blow this pop-stand for good and return to the Centennial State. And go for a hike, dammit! :five:
-SJ
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Originally Posted by canyonphile
Heck yes we do!! Next time you take a road trip along I-70 west, totally let me know. I'd totally go hike and drink a beer with ya. That drive over Independence Pass through Aspen over into Leadville is just GORGEOUS. :2thumbs: :2thumbs: :2thumbs: 2 1/2 years and counting. :five: :mrgreen:
LOVE that she voices exactly how she feels. HEHE!!! :2thumbs: :2thumbs: Canyonphile just needs to get back to the West ASAP for a fix.Quote:
Originally Posted by Cirrus2000
<-- Living the dream. :2thumbs:
That was one of the most scenic drives I've ever been on - much beauty packed into a relatively short drive. Luckily, my boyfriend brought his camera on the trip, so we did manage to get some good pics. I didn't think to bring mine for some reason.Quote:
Originally Posted by abirken
Cirrus2K - ha! Was it that obvious? :haha: It's actually become sort of a joke around here. Someone asks us (or me): "So, how do you like Connecticut?" Wayne just stands back and says: "Oh boy...here we go". People are probably sorry they asked :naughty: . My boss was born and raised in the area, and loves it here, so I spare her The Rant.
Funny story: some people came into our shop (I work in a bakery/cafe part-time) the other day, and clearly weren't from around the area; they didn't know what a "lobster roll" was :lol8: . Turns out, they were from CO, specifically from Dillon/Silverthorne, which was where we stayed the same night we went on our day drive through Aspen. Oddly, they didn't seem particularly impressed with CT, either, esp. the wet, heavy snow. I can't imagine why :mrgreen: .
I'm hoping to head back to southern AZ for about a week in late Feb for at least a short fix of the good life. I'm seriously afraid I won't want to come back. I do occasionally check the job listings on craigslist in both AZ and CO....just in case.
I just hope it doesn't take me too long to get back in decent shape after living at this sissy sea-level elevation for so long. I was surprised the hike up the 11K' trail/mountain we did last year didn't totally kick my ass, but it didn't. Go figure!
-Sonya
You just about nailed it on the head :roflol:
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