Doug wrote: >As far as day trips and odd overnighters, anywhere near water is fine. I'm in complete agreement. I've paddled in San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Tacoma, Vancouver (this past weekend--gorgeous city!), the CR Bar area, and the Oregon Coast. They were all beautiful, and I met and have friends in each of those areas. However, I wouldn't trade my inland lakes for all the marine life in the world. I'm in a great location to raise my daughters, have 15 minute access to a huge freshwater lake, 20 minutes to good mountain biking, 30 minutes to downhill skiing, 45 minutes to the backcountry, 25-45 minutes to Class III-V whitewater. I have a great job (but otherwise jobs are scarce), and we enjoy a somewhat low cost of living. Not a lot of cultural opportunities (not a college town). As with anything, there are tradeoffs...I'm sure most of us can find a spot we'd love to live 50-100 miles from where we live right now. We can probably find a spot that would really suck in the same distance. Do we really need to move 1,000-2,000 miles to where the grass is greener? I made a 120 mile move 2 years ago, and love it. Is the grass really greener (or in Sooke's case, more smokable?!) somewhere farther away? Happiness is where you choose to find it. Ask yourself hard questions. Are you moving to where the "grass is greener", or do you truly live in the wrong spot for your lifestyle. Let's face it, life is too short to live somewhere you hate, but would you really like another spot that is just a little nicer? Will it really be just a little nicer when you get there? Shawn __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search.yahoo.com *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Tue May 27 2003 - 12:28:52 PDT
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