Craig Jungers wrote: > On Tue, Nov 3, 2009 at 5:12 AM, Paul Hayward <pdh_at_mmcl.co.nz> wrote: > >> Note that we do our darndest to look after people who make the effort to >> come and give us some international spice... We mean that. >> >> If I won the lottery or managed a financial ponzi scheme my fantasy would > be to have a home in, say, Nanaimo and another home somewhere in NZ. And a > C-130 to fly back and forth between them. An endless summer except that > twice a year I'd fly to wherever I could find good cross country skiing for > a grand total of two or three weeks of winter. > > Craig Jungers > Moses Lake, WA > www.nwkayaking.net A good idea, Craig. Although I have two small corrections. The first would be *successful* ponzi scheme. Successful from your POV, of course. The second would be to skip the "twice a year" winter part. I spent my childhood in the Canadian arctic. There are two reactions to that sort of thing: you either love winter, cold weather and all that stuff, or you hate it. I'm definitely in the latter camp. I'll take the "endless summer" without a break, thanks very much. (Okay, maybe a week of crisp Fall weather with the leaves at their peak colour. But that's it.) I had a friend posted to NZ for a couple of years with the Canadian army. He loved it, as did another friend who spent a month visiting him down there. I could go for a summer home down there. Not sure about Nanaimo though. Interesting waters to paddle, but cold water too. I like to be able to strip down and jump in after a day on the water. (I know it scares the bejesus out of animals and small children when they see me, but that's their problem.) -- Darryl *************************************************************************** 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 Nov 03 2009 - 11:37:57 PST
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