"Unofficial Good Morning Thread!"

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by Henry43

We have so many friends who are either snowbirds or who have permanently located to Fla

The high cost of living in the Northeast has caused many people to move south.

TM

[Lakers Fan]

Exactly .We also know people who are relocating to the carolina's rather than fla

[green_rd]

Good Morning Gang,

We hope to move back to the water even before we retire. Like TM family ties are keeping us here now. When we lived in FL my wife would take the kids to school and drive out to the beach for her daily walk. She misses that a lot.

Henry, funny you should mention Carolina. Many Floridians head to NC for vacations. They like getting to the cool mountains in the summer and escaping the snowbirds in the winter. Our church had many snowbirds - so attendance began to grow after Thanksgiving and begin to shrink around Easter.

[Manuel]

Good morning gang

Tequila thursday is here!

Just what we need here since it's a cool damp morning.

TM

[green_rd]

Kat's DH took her to the desert to see the Orionid meteor showers:


Orion:

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by Henry43

Exactly .We also know people who are relocating to the carolina's rather than fla

We will spend Thanksgiving in Myrtle Beach SC. But to move to, I find that I would fit better in the Florida lifestyle than in the Carolinas.

TM

[bahamamomma]

Good Morning Gang!

Another beautiful day here in Ks. should hit about 72 later today -
one day closer to the weekend (yeah!) not much going on - hope everyone is having a great day -

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by green_rd

Kat's DH took her to the desert to see the Orionid meteor showers:


Orion:

Nice pictures Bob.

One thing that I enjoyed in my trip to Portugal is that we stayed in the country for a few days, and we could really see the stars at night.

TM

[Lakers Fan]

Thats amazing ,Manuel

[green_rd]

I grew up in a small town and often went camping. It is incredible to see the stars in an open sky. Sometimes I wish they could turn all the lights off when cruising - but I know that would not be safe, sigh. Maybe when we taking are sailing trip.

[green_rd]

I wanted to post two more photos from my image search on the Mojave Desert.

They have a really big solar collector:


It it is one of the places airplanes go, when they don't go anywhere any more:

[Lakers Fan]

Originally Posted by green_rd

I grew up in a small town and often went camping. It is incredible to see the stars in an open sky. Sometimes I wish they could turn all the lights off when cruising - but I know that would not be safe, sigh. Maybe when we taking are sailing trip.

I grew up in NYC and envied people living in small towns .Currently I live in a relatively small area ,pop. 25,000 .Its a delight .

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by green_rd

I grew up in a small town and often went camping. It is incredible to see the stars in an open sky. Sometimes I wish they could turn all the lights off when cruising - but I know that would not be safe, sigh. Maybe when we taking are sailing trip.

I think that there are are times during a cruise when lights could be dimmed a bit.

TM

[Lakers Fan]

That would be something ,woundn't it

[Manuel]

When we were sailing to Vietnam on the USS William Weigel, ther was very little light at night and we could see all the stars.

TM

[Lakers Fan]

Originally Posted by Manuel

When we were sailing to Vietnam on the USS William Weigel, ther was very little light at night and we could see all the stars.

TM

I assume that the intent was not to look for stars

[green_rd]

Good night - too tired to look at stars

[robh]

Well, they are hard to see when it is snowing
Surprise when you go south and it is dark at 6pm and light at 6am.

My wife was not amused when we first married and I asked her to get up and see the sun rise in Barbados.

[green_rd]

Good Morning Gang,

Still sleepy. Rob - your wife didn't want to start her first full day of married life watching the sun rise? I thought women were romantic that way.

Have a church retreat tonight out in the boonies. Maybe we'll see some stars then. It was cold enough here that we sat in the hot tub last night watching the steam rise.

[Manuel]

Good morning gang

Have a very happy open bar/bra friday.

Bob, I have enjoyed your Desert pictures.

I'm sure that you all agree that we miss the Cruisequeen.

TM

[Kathleen Templeton]

Happy friday everyone,

Well the first of our rain storms came through last night, now we have a break for a few hours before the big wind and rain storm comes through over the weekend. Not looking forward to that.

Will be gone all weekend, so have a good weekend everyone,

Kathy

[robh]

Originally Posted by green_rd

Good Morning Gang,

Still sleepy. Rob - your wife didn't want to start her first full day of married life watching the sun rise? I thought women were romantic that way.

Have a church retreat tonight out in the boonies. Maybe we'll see some stars then. It was cold enough here that we sat in the hot tub last night watching the steam rise.

So did I and this event was about three years into our marriage

[green_rd]

One final picture from the Mojave. This is Kelso Dune:

[bahamamomma]

Hey Gang!

TGIF - yep, country living is the best - I love to see the stars and the moon - OMG, the other morning the moon was huge (this was about 5:45 Central Daylight Time) I really just wanted to watch the moon and all the stars but unfortunately I was driving to work so that was not possible, but the weekends I force myself to get up early so I can be a stargazer and even at night I try to be outside to catch sight of the first star so I can make a wish - yeah, I'm still a kid at heart!!

Hey, have a great rest of the day and a wonderful weekend!!

[Lakers Fan]

Happy TGIF to all

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by green_rd

One final picture from the Mojave. This is Kelso Dune:

Bob, you did a graet job in promoting tourism in the desert.

TM

[Lakers Fan]

I have a friend who only vacations in deserts

[Manuel]

There is a beautiful moon tonight. I would love to be in the desert to really apreciate it.

TM

[Lakers Fan]

I would love to walk in a desert

[Manuel]

Originally Posted by Henry43

I would love to walk in a desert

You have to take a trip to the Southwest one of these days. I drove from San Diego, Ca. to Yuma, Az. and saw some beautiful sights.

TM