: I am soooo living in the wrong part of North America. Look at that will you,
: not only do you have liquid water BUT you also have green vegetation. Ok,
: ok, I get to do cross-country skiing and it can be a very beautiful sport
: to participate in and I can ski on top of the lakes I paddle in when they
: are melted. Ok, I also get to have a Hot Toddy after a cold ski, so I
: guess there are some advantages to being way up here in nanookland.

Dear Robert, We are blessed down here in the Winter. I do miss the white Christmas (figure if I miss it too much I can hop on a plane..) and the crisp summer mornings of summers up north.

This is a great place to be (provided it is the correct season) but in the summer you have to put up with hurricanes (4 this year thank you), nights that rarely dip below 83F and daily afternoon thunderstorms - #1 nationwide in annual lightning deaths.

I think we are all blessed by the wonders of our world. My grass is currently "greener" (heck it never gets brown....which means I still cut it every week) but come April....I will yearn for a little northern chill.

Happy New Year.

Jay