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[sm4him]

Tomorrow, I may just have to drink coffee nonstop. Or crank up the heat and hide under the blankets all day.

 

[Forkie]

Afternoon everyone!!

 

[sm4him]

Smokey Mountain are not the Sierra Nevada. (Which is why they have different names.)

No, they definitely are not. But they are what I'm used to. They make me happy.

 

[sm4him]

HEY Forkie!!! How are you this fine…errr…afternoon there, isn't it?

 

[Gary A.]

Except for the traffic and cost of housing, California is absolutely wonderful.

 

[sm4him]

Except for the traffic and cost of housing, California is absolutely wonderful.

I've only ever been to San Diego, once, and Santa Cruz, once. I loved them both, but probably liked San Diego better than Santa Cruz.

 

[sm4him]

Both visits were for work, when I did conference planning, but on the San Diego trip, I got to stay after the conference for about 3 days and just enjoy the area.

 

[sm4him]

Except for the traffic and cost of housing, California is absolutely wonderful.

I lived in Atlanta for about 12 years. Learned how to drive there.

Whenever the traffic here seems bad, I just remember what it was like THERE, and I feel much better.

 

[Gary A.]

Even our local nothing mountains are taller than the Smokey's. The San Gabriel's are 10,000' high and the San Bernardino's go up to 11,500'. The San Gabriel's are less than an hour drive from LA and the San Bernardino's a little over an hour.

 

[sm4him]

I think I might need more coffee. Maybe that will take my mind off how hungry I am.

 

[sm4him]

Even our local nothing mountains are taller than the Smokey's. The San Gabriel's are 10,000' high and the San Bernardino's go up to 11,500'. The San Gabriel's are less than an hour drive from LA and the San Bernardino's a little over an hour.

That's because the Smokies are like a bazillion years old, and have been worn down to practically nothing.
They don't seem like nothing when you're hiking them, though.

 

[Gary A.]

From Mt Whitney, the tallest point in the Continental U.S. you can look down into the lowest point in North America, Death Valley.

 

[Forkie]

HEY Forkie!!! How are you this fine…errr…afternoon there, isn't it?

Hey! Yep - it's precisely 14:31 and 21 degrees celcius. Which is mental, because it's November tomorrow.

Just come back from lunch where I had a massive burger - I'm eating lots today to prepare my stomach for the evening's festivities.

 

[sm4him]

And it's the Smokies. Or the Great Smoky Mountains.

Just so you know.

 

[sm4him]

HEY Forkie!!! How are you this fine…errr…afternoon there, isn't it?

Hey! Yep - it's precisely 14:31 and 21 degrees celcius. Which is mental, because it's November tomorrow.

Just come back from lunch where I had a massive burger - I'm eating lots today to prepare my stomach for the evening's festivities.

So what's up this evening?