Ahhh, Paradise
Hi David, I know exactly what you mean about high elevation climates. The high temperature can be in the 40's and the low can go down to 5 all within a 12 hour span. We weren't thinking so much for living at elevation in the winter, it was more for summer. That way we wouldn't have to deal with 85+ degree temperatures for very long. Then we could come home to the beautiful winter here, and pop out there for skiing once in a while. Of course retirement is a still a ways off yet, but its fun to dream and prepare.
Hmmmm, let me think now…
I've only had a dead battery once, but it was in mid-May at 79 degrees.
I've never used snow tires.
I've never had the car do a 360 turn around slide. I know how to dive in the snow, you simply slow down and use common sense.
I've never slid down a hill, but we have almost no hills here.
It took me 15 minutes to blow the snow yesterday and to clear the walk. I do this seven or eight times on year on average. So maybe 2 hours of extra exercise per year, I can always use that.
I guess I bundle up, I put my coat on.
On those precious few -15F mornings a year (here in the city, 2 if were lucky) those cups of hot Sunbeam Coffee-master taste mighty fine.
I guess the lesson here is there is nothing more rewarding in life than getting to live in your own version Paradise be in Minnesota, Hawaii or anywhere else if absolutely you love it.
Hi David, I know exactly what you mean about high elevation climates. The high temperature can be in the 40's and the low can go down to 5 all within a 12 hour span. We weren't thinking so much for living at elevation in the winter, it was more for summer. That way we wouldn't have to deal with 85+ degree temperatures for very long. Then we could come home to the beautiful winter here, and pop out there for skiing once in a while. Of course retirement is a still a ways off yet, but its fun to dream and prepare.
Hmmmm, let me think now…
I've only had a dead battery once, but it was in mid-May at 79 degrees.
I've never used snow tires.
I've never had the car do a 360 turn around slide. I know how to dive in the snow, you simply slow down and use common sense.
I've never slid down a hill, but we have almost no hills here.
It took me 15 minutes to blow the snow yesterday and to clear the walk. I do this seven or eight times on year on average. So maybe 2 hours of extra exercise per year, I can always use that.
I guess I bundle up, I put my coat on.
On those precious few -15F mornings a year (here in the city, 2 if were lucky) those cups of hot Sunbeam Coffee-master taste mighty fine.
I guess the lesson here is there is nothing more rewarding in life than getting to live in your own version Paradise be in Minnesota, Hawaii or anywhere else if absolutely you love it.
