I don't think I know anyone who really loves the ocean who didn't grow up with it.
I grew up in Ohio and I LOVE the ocean.
God, me too. It just feels *right* to me. I mean, something in me that I didn't even know was tense just relaxes when I see the ocean. It's perfect. I would move to a coast, but I seem to have a hometown honey keeping me here.
::snicker:: Sort of like when I lived in Ohio and people there would complain about humidity.
Hey, we got all kinda humidity here! We got MAD humidity here in this goddamn river valley.
And we were like, "To keep the pipes from freezing?"
After about five minutes of hysterical laughter, they assured us we didn't need to do anything so bizarre because in Ohio, they can bury the pipes below the frost line. Then they asked us why they didn't do that in Florida.
My neighbor's pipes froze a few years back, so it does happen. Not much, though.
My mother has loved the ocean since she first saw it at age 13 or so. She grew up in the Interior, which is lake country.
Me? I love the lakes and take the salt water for granted.
Having always lived in flat places until now, I generally disbelieve in the existence of mountains until I see them.
Ahahaha! I didn't believe in flat until I flew over the middle of the country. I figured it would be, like, Eastern Washington flat, which is to say, somewhat hilly.
I like this vista:
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(That's some random dude's photo on Flickr.)
From a geological standpoint, ocean v. mountain results in a win for the ocean, every single time.
Besides, oceans
have
mountains. And mountains don't have oceans.
I figured it would be, like, Eastern Washington flat, which is to say, somewhat hilly.
I think mountains are just showing off.
I figured it would be, like, Eastern Washington flat, which is to say, somewhat hilly.
Plei speaks for me, go figure. Flat is strange. So are places that don't have a lot of trees/moss/groundcover.
My assorted vistas
[link] (Seattle skyline)
[link] (Looking east to Bellevue)
[link] (Crummy phone photo of the Sound from my parents' place--on a clear day, you see the Sound, Vashon, and the Olympic range)
[link] (The actual view from my Aunt Olive's deck is spectacular, but that just gives a small hint at it. Okanagan Lake in the background.)
[link] (I love the Interior. That's Kalamalka Lake)
[link] (More of the Interior, the greener section where Mother grew up.)
Al Jazeera covers NYC street food. (I haven't watched the whole thing yet, but it seems neat.)
