posted on October 30, 2000 10:27:24 AM new
We just got back from our vacation in New Hampshire and Vermont.
It was so beautiful. I hadn't been back but once in fifteen years and that was for my Dad's funeral( no fun there ).
It was so beautiful my husband ( who was born there but has not been back since he was 7 )was in awe of it all. They kept telling him "should have come last week during peak foliage season" and he thought they were crazy because it couldn't have got any prettier.
I got a gazillion photos on my camera to do paintings from. ( bless my digital and 3-8 meg cards )
It smelled so nice ( keep in mind I live in pollution/houston )and my breathing improved enough to go hiking three days after we arrived.
Even better news is my husband has agreed to move us there if he can find a good job there.
Yea!!!!!!!!!!!:
I am hoping in the next two years maybe.
Life is good!!!!!!!!
If I could find my instructions on how to post pictures I would post a couple.
posted on October 30, 2000 10:55:48 AM new
Just remember that you visited the area during its most picturesque time of year. Currently the temperature in Stowe, VT (about mid-state) is 38, with a wind chill of 22. As of last night, much of VT/NH is under a blanket of snow, and will remain so until late March, when mud season begins. This means that much of the year you'll be dealing with with dry central heat and arranging for mountains of snow to be removed from your driveway just so you can skid your way to work. During my 19 years in New England (Vermont and Massachusetts), work was shut down a whopping three days total because of bad weather; you're expected to make it in, storm or no, and whether school's closed or not. Don't forget ice dams, frozen pipes, the price of heating oil (currently $1.80/gallon in NH), and having to heat up the car for half an hour after work so you can chip the ice off the windshield, skid to the supermarket, slither back home, and then shovel out your driveway so you can get to it after the plow's been by.
Hey, New England was beautiful. Honestly, I loved it while I was there. But to assume from a fall foliage visit that it's the place for you is, I think, a bit like deciding you want to have a baby because your niece looks so cute in her romper.
posted on October 30, 2000 11:44:09 AM new
I was born and raised in New England.
These last fifteen years away from it have been hell!!!
I'm a skier I love the snow, the cold invigorates me.
I love wood fires and cold brisk mornings.
You can always put on more clothes if you are cold try taking off enough to stay cool in the Texas summer. (even naked 110 degrees is still too darn hot)It gets just as wet and muddy in Texas in the spring followed by a scorching hot summer with 100% humidity.
I truly believe in blooming where you were planted but I was originally planted in the cool blue north and tend to wilt anywhere else.
posted on October 30, 2000 03:44:49 PM new
My point wasn't whether the weather in the North or the South is preferable - but that deciding "this is the place I want to be" based on a visit during its most attractive season is not very informed.
Some people love the winter. My mother was born and raised in Buffalo NY (shudder) and can't imagine living anywhere else; since she grouses about the weather 24/7/365, I guess it's heaven for her. From mid-May through September here in Pensacola, it hellish. From October-May, it is fabulous. Point is, I'm glad I knew about both before I relocated.
posted on October 30, 2000 04:00:43 PM newYou can always put on more clothes if you are cold
Yeah, but then I can't move! This Gulf Coaster likes t shirts, shorts, and sandals.
posted on October 30, 2000 04:28:22 PM new
HartCottageQuilts said:
"My point wasn't whether the weather in the North or the South is preferable - but that deciding "this is the place I want to be" based on a visit during its most attractive season is not very informed. "
I appreciate your concern but trust me I am not nearly that stupid or niave. I based my opinions of the place on the 25+ years I lived there not on one weeks vacation.We took a trip to Reno last year, it was great but I didn't want to live there,ditto: Oregon,Idaho and Missippi.
I have been wanting to get back since I moved here.The heat has reeked havoc on my health, especially the last few years.
Every location has it's up side and it's down side. We could debate the pro's and con's till the cows come home, but basically for me New England is home. My family is there, my husbands family is there and my heart chooses to call it home. I am very well informed about the area we are thinking of moving to.I know heating oil is high , it always has been too high as far as I'm concerned but since my August electric bill was 100.00 more than my mothers heating bill last December and her house has 3 more rooms I think it will even out in the end.
posted on October 30, 2000 06:18:58 PM new
I just came back from a trip to western Mass. It really is beautiful there up in the Berkshires. Breathtaking views. It really appealed to me, from flat Cleveland!!
Anyway, you all could move to Cleveland. We have temperatures to suit everyone. Stifling heat and humidity in the summer; plenty of wind, snow and ice in the winter with chuckholes in the roads and high heating bilsl on top of that!
My husband always wants to move...anywhere!
But seriously, I like it here. I can walk to Lake Erie, ride my bike in the "Emerald Necklace," a connected chain of parkland surrounding the metro area, enjoy all the cultural events like concerts and great museums, and the cost of living here is really reasonable. I have too many roots here to think about moving.
I lived in Florida during my college years and hated it. Too many bugs.
Anyway Tegan, I am happy for you and hope things work out so that you can move to where you feel at home.
posted on October 30, 2000 06:43:02 PM newtegan
I vacation in NH EVERY year and just visited the first 2 weeks of Oct. I have also visited in Feb. and I am with you - it is my Heaven on Earth. My sister in law just moved to Keene and Mr. Nobs and myself are buying property to build a retirement home on in the Lakes Region or Lake Sunapee area. We will be moving up there within 2 years I hope and pray. I love the snow and the cold does not really bother me as I am going to be in my home and warming my tootsies near the fireplace.
It makes me happy to see another person who loves NH/VT as much as I do so I just had to post.
I got some good pics this year but 2 years ago I got the BEST pics ever - it was one of them really brilliant and vibrant Autumns and the pics reflected it. They all looked like they belonged on a calendar. If I can ever get my husband to scan them, I will post some! We have this new scanner and I don't have a clue.
posted on October 30, 2000 07:19:25 PM new
Nobs:
This one is for you. Our last day there they were setting up the pumkins for the annual Pumpkin Festival in Keene.
I hope it works
