How long do you have? If a longer amount if time, California, absolutely. Drive the beautiful coastal highway from San Diego to the giant red woods (or at least San Francisco).
If it is a short trip, pick a warm beach in Florida. Miami or Key West or something like that. It will be a Big American Beach, and you won't be sad you didn't get around as much. On Thu, Jul 1, 2021, 3:30 PM Jochen Fromm <j...@cas-group.net> wrote: > Thanks Russ, that's very nice. > > I am not sure if Los Angeles is a good choice for us. Like New York it is > such a huge city that it must be exhausting at times. California is of > course fascinating. Maybe we start with the east coast as Pieter suggested. > > Do you plan to travel yourself too, now that you have a bit more time? Or > do you have other plans? My wife would probably spend more time with her > horse - she has bought a 19 year old black horse last month which she is > riding once or twice a week. If I would have more time I would probably > spend a lot of time in libraries or write another book which nobody reads > :-) > > -J. > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Russ Abbott <russ.abb...@gmail.com> > Date: 7/1/21 19:16 (GMT+01:00) > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam@redfish.com> > > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The Dream of Florida > > Agree with Marcus. > > On the other hand, California has much more variety wrt scenery than > Florida or Hawaii. Also, the weather is typically much nicer than Florida. > Even though it's July 1, it's in the mid 70's where we live (in Culver > City <https://goo.gl/maps/icZyo81dKq6NPFtL7>). But there is probably a > 20-degree difference between downtown LA and the beach. And it gets even > warmer further inland. > > We have a guest room, which you're welcome to use. The main problem will > be that it has a single bed, which you will probably find crowded for two. > It shouldn't be too bad for a few days, though. > > -- Russ > > > On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 8:22 AM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> > wrote: > >> Go to Maui! >> >> >> >> *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of * >> thompnicks...@gmail.com >> *Sent:* Thursday, July 1, 2021 7:29 AM >> *To:* 'The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group' < >> friam@redfish.com> >> *Subject:* Re: [FRIAM] The Dream of Florida >> >> >> >> Hi, Jochen, >> >> >> >> It’s the word “relax” that stuck. What follows is composed entirely of >> prejudices and hearsay. Hard for me to imagine relaxing anywhere in the >> US, certainly not Florida. Bear in mind California is given to cold water >> beaches (because of the upwelling) (the hotter California gets, the colder >> the beaches get) and Florida to warm water beaches (because of the Gulf >> stream. If I were wanting a Beach where I could Get Away From It All, I >> would go looking in Northern Michigan or perhaps some of the Ontario >> coastline of the great lakes. But bear in mind that the food in Rural >> America is awful. Take your espresso pot in your suitcase. >> >> >> >> Now Glen will immediately read me out for sweeping generalizations, as he >> should. What’s the pleasure in making generalizations that don’t sweep? >> So every one of my SG’s has notable exceptions. But they are hard to >> find. The best thing would be to find somebody you trust who knows of a >> vacation cabin you could have in a month that the owner isn’t using it. >> On the shore of Lake Winnipesauke in NH, say, only a couple of hours from >> Boston. The lake will be utterly deserted, except on weekends, when it >> will be busy with stupid people on mindless water craft. June in New >> England has its hazards, of course. You could have two weeks of drizzle or >> two weeks of a thundering heatwave. You might try Nantucket in the off >> season. I don’t know anything about that. There is a little town just >> over the border in New Brunswick where my family (rarely me) has gone for >> generations, Called St. Andrews. Terrible beaches, cold water, but a very >> pleasant ethos. And a 27 foot tide! Local pastime: go to the causeway and >> watch the tourists cars get inundated. Don’t know about water temp on the >> seaward side of Nova Scotia. Any of these places, you could get lucky and >> have a hot June, get unlucky and sit in the fog for a month. >> >> >> >> N >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Nick Thompson >> >> thompnicks...@gmail.com >> >> https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/ >> >> >> >> *From:* Friam <friam-boun...@redfish.com> *On Behalf Of *Jochen Fromm >> *Sent:* Thursday, July 1, 2021 2:15 AM >> *To:* The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < >> Friam@redfish.com> >> *Subject:* [FRIAM] The Dream of Florida >> >> >> >> We are planning a vacation in the USA next year, if we are still healthy >> and do not lose our jobs. What do you think is the best sunshine state to >> relax, Florida or California? Or maybe New Mexico? The best time for >> Florida is probably spring or early summer before the hurricanes? Or is >> Florida in a crisis now too? >> >> >> https://slate.com/business/2021/06/miami-condo-collapse-florida-building-industry-crisis.html >> >> >> >> -J. >> >> >> - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . >> FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv >> Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam >> un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >> FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ >> archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >> > - .... . -..-. . -. -.. -..-. .. ... -..-. .... . .-. . > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Zoom Fridays 9:30a-12p Mtn GMT-6 bit.ly/virtualfriam > un/subscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ > archives: http://friam.471366.n2.nabble.com/ >
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