Re: The state of California
I found RI to be the best place I went out there. I love the waters you guys have, we only have open ocean. I went on a couple of boats when I was there and had a blast. I could see myself living out that way except for the word "Wicked" I must have heard that every other sentance.
LMAO! So true!
I never lived in RI, but was there every summer and had very close ties to it, because that's where my parents were from. All of my cousins, aunts, uncles, grandparents. were all "born and raised" in RI. My parents also retired in RI.
I experienced RI when it was a very simple place, before over-population, pollution, stupidly high taxes, etc., set in. If anyone has seen the movie "Summer of '42," that's pretty much what it was like.
We used go to a beach in southern RI in the 50s and 60s and there wouldn't be another family for a 1/2 mile or more. We grew up digging quahogs (clams), catching fish, crabs, lobsters, etc. and cooking them all for supper. Going to "Georges" in Gallilee for clam cakes was a huge treat, as was going to the old fashioned general store, where we were allowed two pieces of penny candy per trip. Going to Block Island on the ferry was "big time" adventure!
My first boat/motor, was a home made, flat bottomed skiff, with a 1957 Evinrude 5.5hp motor on it. The "big boat" was my grandaddy's 14' Whirlwind, with a Johnson 28hp motor and, later on, a Chrysler 35hp motor. We thought that boat was as fast as a jet with that 35hp motor!
I've lived in Ca. too and I can see why you've had enough. Its beautiful in many places and the people can be great, but it is just too expensive and in some places, just too crowed. The last time that I went to LA on business, I about suffocated in the smog. My lungs were irritated and my eyes burned!
Come see how the rest of us live - you'll like it!
