Over the weekend we drove down to “the Valley” to visit my father-in-law. (I assume everyone knows that “the Valley” is the narrow fertile area near the mouth of the Rio Grande). I am “moblogging” this from my laptop over a dial-up connection. After several years of a DSL connection it is interesting to see how slow dial-up can be. Pictures in particular are really slow. I need to remember this for the benefit of my dial-up readers. (Isn’t there a way to make pictures load in a way where they “fade-in” instead of loading line by line?)
Tricia’s dad calls himself a “snowbird.” He’s one of thousands of northerners and midwesterners who make an annual winter trek to the southern borders every winter. This is a whole different culture and I want to write about it a little, but I’ll wait until I get back and have more time.
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No, Bill. The Valley is the San Fernando Valley which lays north of the Santa Monica Mountains. It’s where Valley Girls come from.
There’s also the Great Valley (San Joaquin Valley).
What other vallies could there possibly be?
so you decided four or five hundred miles was enough driving for this year’s winter vacation eh? didn’t want to tack on another couple of hundred for a trans-pecos leg of the journey.
well, maybe next year. we’re just eager cause our guest/computer room is finished now (furnished even)… looking forward to sharing our new somewhat-more-civilized lifestyle. good learning you’re on the road again though(sans medical setbacks this year). hope your birthday was enjoyable.
Sacremento valey, Owens Valley, Willamette Valley, Kittitas Valley, Tennessee Valley, Skagit Valley….Isn’t dial-up the pits? I am still on it.
Yes, Sunday was my birthday. I thought I was going to get away without mentioning it.
Happy belated birthday, Bill!
My husband and I most definitely want to be snowbirds “when we grow up”. Shovelling and living with all this snow is getting a little old.
Mary Lou, none of those appear on my map!
Ah c’mon Joel…Sacremento Valley and Owens Valley surely must be somewhere on your map. Look a little NORTH and then LOOK EAST and for the others, REALLY EAST and REALLY NORTH.
(You are Orange County or thereabouts right?)
And Sunday was MINE TOO!!!! Bill and I are twins!! I was carried away by Gypsies when we were born!