Are you living the Dream?

We're not doing too bad. We rode 200 miles round trip to the Colorado river in our buggy last weekend. Their not doing that in Minnesota where I came from.

I was just trying to make rainbows but that doesn't qualify. :ne_nau:

Well....I kind of am in the way that I am able to stay at home & do my own thing & not have to go to work with no problems, have a great time 4 wheelin' & Jeepin', have a very wonderfull hubby' & absolutely LOVE living in Moab.(it is much different here than in Utah Valley)
The downside of my life is that I have a son, his wife & my granddaughter in Australia, that I don't see very often because I moved here to marry my hubby. Life is cruel sometimes, best to just appreciate what we have & enjoy the time we have wherever we are.Like I always say "I am here for a good time,not a long time" :cheers:

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Originally Posted by canyonphile

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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Holy crap, it's like reading something straight out of my own brain (except the part about Lyme disease, though I have had many run-ins with those nasty little tick-SOB's)!!
Seriously, anyone who thinks the East or Midwest has ANYTHING to offer is out of their minds or haven't ever experienced the WEST. I'd rather live in poverty in the west than a millionaire lifestyle in the East.
Livin the dream here??? Only in my dreams...
OK, enough complaining from me. I'll go back to trying to make due with what I've got here...

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You aren't in the middle of these two hot chics with your arm around each one and you aren't sporting a gold chain to match your chest hair like Ron Jeremy. I'd have to say this is not REALLY living the dream Beech???? Try again. I know you have better than this. :lol8:

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You aren't in the middle of these two hot chics with your arm around each one and you aren't sporting a gold chain to match your chest hair like Ron Jeremy. I'd have to say this is not REALLY living the dream Beech???? Try again. I know you have better than this. :lol8:

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I'd fill you in, but I don't feel like moving this thread to the Rubbish Bin

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You aren't in the middle of these two hot chics with your arm around each one and you aren't sporting a gold chain to match your chest hair like Ron Jeremy. I'd have to say this is not REALLY living the dream Beech???? Try again. I know you have better than this. :lol8:

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I'd fill you in, but I don't feel like moving this thread to the Rubbish Bin

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Originally Posted by canyonphile

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.

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I've always had fond memories of hiking the AT in Connecticut. Perhaps after enduring the rocks of Pennsylvania and the dusty roads of New York, I found the many pine-needled passages along rivers, covered bridges, and waterfalls to be re-energizing. Anyway, until we moved from Jersey to Carolina my wife and I would return to Housatonic Meadows or Macedonia Brook for camping and hiking. We'd usually take in a race at Lime Rock Park or go visit a Hudson River mansion over in New York. For more rugged fare we'd head to the Mt Riga area.

My favorite trail run which admittedly was virtually devoid of single track was to head south from Housatonic Meadows and arrive at the bakery in downtown Kent where the best scones ever can be purchased and devoured.

I did make it back to Connecticut last year. Did the Nipmuck Trail Marathon. Ah, the humidity and the humility. Just might go back for more this year.