Jonathan:
When Obama took office, I thought it best to sell my Lear Jet, and so
I do not get out to California much any more. But there was a little
river between Albion and Mendocino, where I liked to go canoeing in
their neat little dug outs. They had a hundred year old tree as a
footbridge across this creek, but a flood finally took it out to sea,
where it was salvaged, and sold for a small fortune. That is the only
time I thought about moving to California. Imagine, making a fortune
from selling one tree. I have a thousand of them where I live live
now, and I have to pay to have them cut down!
My problem, I think, is that I spent too much time on the west coast
when I was in the US Navy during WW2 and the Korean War. In those days
it took thirty to forty-five minutes to drive from Long Beach to LA,
and maybe an hour to get from Coronado to San Diego, because of the
slow ferry boat.
By contrast, in those days, the last stop light between Louisville and
Shelbyville was at Chenoworth Lane, and I could make the trip in
fifteen minutes any day, in my Hudson.
But to get back to the subject matter, my brother-in-law, who grew up
growing hemp during the war in Lagrange- (how's that for word usage)
joined the air force, and became a jet jocky, and retired to the
Pacific where he lives on a rocky hill overlooking the ocean. He said
he did not like the weather around here, but I really don't care much
for the weather out there. Probably because my DNA classification is J2.
Would you believe that during the Korean War, I made several trips
down highway 1 in my TG MG, without seeing any significant traffic. My
ship shot out the rifling in the main battery in 1950, so we came back
to replace our gun barrels. It wasn't much of a war, but at the time,
it was the only war we had, and I was making almost $200 a month as a
Lt.JG, Now that was the life!
If you would like one of my books, to wit, The Forgotten Ship in the
Forgotten War, send me your USMail address, and I'll put one in the
mail for you.
Neal Hammon
Shelbyville
On Aug 430, 1120092007, at 6:00 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote:
Albion! Wow, I used to live (HALF a century ago!) in Willits, 55
driving miles (and TWO hours, according to Google) NNE of Albian.
<http://maps.google.com/maps?f=d&source=s_d&saddr=Albion,+Mendocino,+California+95410&daddr=willits,+CA&hl=en&mra=ls&sll=39.222269,-123.769998&sspn=0.011171,0.017724&ie=UTF8&ll=39.321135,-123.583965&spn=0.713918,1.134338&t=h&z=10
>
Mendicino county is one beautiful place! My dad used to go abalone
fishing with friends from his church over at the coast (I wasn't big
enough to bring along), and I have visited in the area a few times
since. I love the geography of the CA coast, from Santa Barbara
north (avoid LA and south). Gorgeous.
You didn't say: does he have broadband? You may have hinted at it by
calling it rural, but noted Mac author Jim Heid lives in Mendocino
(the town), a few miles up the coast from Albion, so it can't be a
TOTAL tech wasteland.
j.
On Aug 30, 2009, at 4:57 PM, Neal Hammon <[email protected]>
wrote:
Jonathan:
I know exactly what you mean, but I spent my money for this rural
place before anyone even had email, much less broadband. And rural
in California is just like rural here. My brother-in-law lives in a
house on a cliff overlooking the Ocean near Albian. But he does not
get too many visitors. The state of California had a sign on the
road going to his house that says, "Danger. Unsafe Road, Use at
your own risk."
I drive fast when visiting. But he can sit on his porch and watch
the whales. He moved to California because he did not like hot
weather, and he never has to worry about hot weather most of the
time because it is so foggy. I guess it takes all type to make up
this old world.
Neal Hammon
from my warmed up G5 going out on a old slow AT&T wire.
On Aug 430, 1120092007, at 4:15 PM, Jonathan Fletcher wrote:
Neal,
I was driving along HWY 1 up the coast of CA a few years ago and
there is this incredibly awesome stretch between San Louis Obispo
and Monterey. It's the section that includes San Simeon, Big Sur
and a whole lot of near-vertical rock descending down into the
Pacific Ocean. We stopped at a turnout to take pictures and I took
a few shots of this house out on the end of a point sticking out
into the ocean. It was surrounded by trees and an absolutely
incredible view of the ocean.
I was imagining myself living in such a cool corner of the world
when it dawned on me, "I wonder how you would get broadband out
here?" Immediately following that was the realization that I
hadn't even been able to get a cell signal for the past few hours.
I suppose that if I could afford to live at a place like that that
I could afford to have someone run a cable over the mountains to
this lonely place. But, I would probably beat my head against the
satellite wall for a while before I spent the megabucks it would
take to get a decent broadband connection there. It would be
idyllic and intensely frustrating at the same time.
I love rural locales and would love to live on a palatial country
estate, like you, but if I couldn't get decent broadband I'm
afraid I would have to pass.
Can't do it.
I will be SOOOOO useless in a post-apocalyptic world!
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