Our front yard

scruffy · Aug 8, 2001

Re: Our side yard

Glueguy, I agree that a long term stint in an agreeable location can, and will surplant that 'hometown' feeling for our place that we grew up. I can assure you, I really like your new 'home' area! I spent many years living in the Fortuna, Garbeville areas, and really like it, but the pot growers have kinda changed my attachment for it. My understanding is that is swinging back the other way now....I hope its true!
As for Coos Bay, Oregon, I've never liked the town! Both my brothers moved northeast to The Dalles and to La Grande, but I still like that 'drippy stuff' that falls out of the sky.

pchupity · Aug 8, 2001

Hey! That's our ~back~ yard!

Where about are you located, Glueguy? Looks like the picture was taken from about Portola Park? We're down on Alpine Rd., on the south face of Mindego Hill, at about 1200' elevation.

It's funny finding someone so local here. Take care,

Peter Chupity

glennmac · Aug 8, 2001

Re: Our side yard

I grew up in NYC. I dont think its attractive and I am repelled at the thought of living there. I did spend all my summers in Maine as a boy, and from that formative experience has developed a lifelong love of lakes, canoeing, rivers, mounains and woods.

I have lived and travelled all over the country. Considering climate, natural beauty, and things to do and see, I think Santa Barbara up through Oregon is unsurpassed.

scruffy · Aug 8, 2001

Re: Our side yard

Just thought I would attach a pic of my wife's new rocker. She is still waiting axsiously to sit in it. It is set up, but figured it would be best to have an additional 24 hours for the finish to cure.

jimmoore · Aug 9, 2001

Re: Our side yard

Good job Scruffy! She is as slick as snot on a door knob and as shiny as a goats butt!

jim

scruffy · Aug 9, 2001

Re: Our side yard

Jim, just thought I would give Glueguy an idea what he needs on that front deck!
Thanks for the kind words!

PBMAX · Aug 9, 2001

Awesome,I used to lived in SanJose in 80-81 and love it when my folks decided to go for road trip in the mountains....I have an uncle near Eureka with 20 acres I'm dying to visit.... I now live on a LIL mtn in Alabam about 1400ft Foot hills to you...but we do get the fog and low clouds in with the view...We even got 7" of snow when no one in Birmingham got more than wet...this March...When does the snow move in on you?I bet that looks great...

Laziness is the Father of invention.../w3tcompact/icons/laugh.gif
Lil' Paul
Proud owner of TC21D

Bird · Aug 9, 2001

Re: Our side yard

Glad my wife's not in here to see that, Scruffy. We have two old wooden rockers and she's mentioned 2 or 3 times that "we" ought to refinish them. So far, I've just pretended that my hearing aids weren't turned up enough to hear her./w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

Bird

skent · Aug 9, 2001

Glueguy,

So ya finally took the digital plunge. . . . .I knew you wanted to but were going to wait. What kind of camera did you end up with?????

View is BEAUTIFUL!!! GREAT PICTURES!!!!

Steve

GlueGuy · Aug 9, 2001

We get snow about every other year or so. Last year we got 8" one day. 80% of it was melted by nightfall that day. Nearly 100% the day after that. However, two years ago we got 3" of snow that lasted for a whole week.

Needless to say, the climate is relatively warm (at least by some standards. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

If I can remember /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif, I will try to scan a pic we took during one of those little snow squalls...

The GlueGuy

GlueGuy · Aug 9, 2001

Peter,

I think I've met you at one of the SSA shindigs?!? That top photo just missed Mindigo hill. It is located just a little to the right of the area in which the picture was taken. We see Mindigo almost exactly "due west" from our front yard. Often see Brama bulls on it.

Did you know that Mindigo is an extinct volcano? Hasn't erupted for a couple million years or so...

The GlueGuy

GlueGuy · Aug 9, 2001

Re: Our side yard

Great job Scruffy! If it's any consolation, we _do_ have a rocking chair in the front room. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

The GlueGuy

GlueGuy · Aug 9, 2001

What kind of camera did you end up with?????

We ended up getting a Kodak DC4800 (3.1 M-pixel, 3X optical zoom, 2X digital zoom). Found it on the internet for $470, plus I got a $100 rebate. The rebate was good 'till July 14. I suspect that this camera is being "phased out". Not a problem for me, I like cheap. /w3tcompact/icons/wink.gif

The GlueGuy

skent · Aug 10, 2001

VERY VERY good price! Real nice camera too!

Steve

GlueGuy · Aug 11, 2001

Re: Your ~back~ yard

Peter,

Fog was up a bit higher today, but Mindigo hill is still visible in this shot. I took it about 7AM. Guess you're underneath that white stuff (at least for an hour or two)...

This picture is looking almost exactly due west (a little to the right of the first pic in this thread). If you look real carefully in the extreme left side of the picture, you can see a tiny portion of Alpine road (just above the fog line). The darkish area on the hillside this side of Mindigo is the old Ortega ranch. Paul Ortega passed away earlier this year, after living there for about 78 years (or so).

The GlueGuy

JATO_RaT · Aug 16, 2001

Oh so your one of those transplants we talk about here in Northern California. Actually, up here nobody calls it Northern California, but I like to distinguish between it and the fluff (Southern Cal.) Been up here all my life. Love taking trips over to the the bay area when I can pick the time. Have much family in the Bay area. When I was young kid back in the 60's, we made 2 week vacations at Stinson Beach. Rat...

GlueGuy · Aug 16, 2001

Oh so your one of those transplants we talk about here in Northern California

According to my wife, if you've lived in California for 30 years or more, you are entitled to call yourself a "native". This is my 30th anniversary year, so as of this fall, I will start calling myself native.

BTW - We don't call it Northern California, we call it North California

The GlueGuy

Harv · Aug 17, 2001

We don't call it Northern California, we call it North California

We do?

Lived my whole 53 years here in the East Bay, and I didn't know that. /w3tcompact/icons/crazy.gif

BTW -- my SCUBA diving club, out of El Cerrito, was considered part of the CenCal (Central California) diving council. Guess it all depends on how many pieces you wanna slice us into. /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif

JATO_RaT · Aug 17, 2001

Only transplants call it North California, your not there yet GlueGuy, wait awhile, natives don't call it anything except where it is that they are, me I'm from Carmichael and now live in Newcastle, if you don't know where they are you get a map. I'll tell folks on this board Northern California because with a state as long as California, we usually get split into 2 maps, Northern and Southern and frankly because I don't want to be identified as from the all fluff Southern California, Rat...

P.S. nice pictures, my cousin could be your neighbor, flys for American Airlines. Course hes a transplant from Philadelphia and should be easy to recognize as he says things like "North Califronia"

JATO_RaT · Aug 17, 2001

Harv, I've done some diving myself, qualified over at Cannery Row in Monterey. By the way, folks up in Redding call their part of the state "the North state", anything below the town of Cottonwood they consider to be part of some other state, Rat...

P.S. ever go golfing? Theirs a great course over in your land in the foothills by Ione, Castle Oaks, right by the prison, I play golf a couple of times a year, but always as more of a social event.