Cold Weather Blues vs. Favorite Temperate Spots

inspiredsports
inspiredsports Posts: 5,501
edited January 2010 in The Clubhouse
It's in the teens here today and we have more than a a foot of snow that's accumulated since it thawed to bare ground back on Christmas day. Shoveling snow and clearing/scraping the cars is a multi time a day event. The furnace is on as much as it is off.

I've always loved winter here in northeastern Ohio, especially when skiing was my primary hobby. I can still keep up with my teenage son in the bumps and off of the jumps (for about an hour), but after that first hour I'm shot and off to the lodge while he skis with his buddies. If I ski like a normal 50+ year old, I can stretch it to a few hours, but I've realized that without the strong draw of skiing, winter pretty much just sucks!

We used to vacation frequently in Hawaii when times were good and I've always said that's where I want to live. I want to be mosquito free and pretty much able to be outside and comfortable in a tee or light shirt every day.

Share your favorite spots to retire in a TEMPERATE CLIMATE (and explain why). :)
VTL ST50 w/mods / RCA6L6GC / TlfnknECC801S
Conrad Johnson PV-5 w/mods
TT Conrad Johnson Sonographe SG3 Oak / Sumiko LMT / Grado Woodbody Platinum / Sumiko PIB2 / The Clamp
Musical Fidelity A1 CDPro/ Bada DD-22 Tube CDP / Conrad Johnson SD-22 CDP
Tuners w/mods Kenwood KT5020 / Fisher KM60
MF x-DAC V8, HAInfo NG27
Herbies Ti-9 / Vibrapods / MIT Shotgun AC1 IEC's / MIT Shotgun 2 IC's / MIT Shotgun 2 Speaker Cables
PS Audio Cryo / PowerPort Premium Outlets / Exact Power EP15A Conditioner
Walnut SDA 2B TL /Oak SDA SRS II TL (Sonicaps/Mills/Cardas/Custom SDA ICs / Dynamat Extreme / Larry's Rings/ FSB-2 Spikes
NAD SS rigs w/mods
GIK panels
Post edited by inspiredsports on
· Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

Comments

  • dkg999
    dkg999 Posts: 5,647
    edited January 2010
    Seldotna AK is where I am retiring to. Gobal warming might actually be real by the time I retire.
    DKG999
    HT System: LSi9, LSiCx2, LSiFX, LSi7, SVS 20-39 PC+, B&K 507.s2 AVR, B&K Ref 125.2, Tripplite LCR-2400, Cambridge 650BD, Signal Cable PC/SC, BJC IC, Samsung 55" LED

    Music System: Magnepan 1.6QR, SVS SB12+, ARC pre, Parasound HCA1500 vertically bi-amped, Jolida CDP, Pro-Ject RM5.1SE TT, Pro-Ject TubeBox SE phono pre, SBT, PS Audio DLIII DAC
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • superjunior
    superjunior Posts: 1,632
    edited January 2010
    yep, its brutal in ne ohio for sure :(
    I guess I'd like to retire in s carolina maybe? somewhere away from the snow but not un bearably hot in the summer. no bugs, low humidity, good fishing, and lots of golf courses. is there such a place?
    panasonic th-50pz85u
    pioneer elite vsx-92txh
    pioneer elite bdp-05fd
    emotiva xpa-3
    monster power hdp 2550
    sa 8300 hd dvr
    sda 2b's
    fronts - rti a9's
    center - csi a6
    surrounds - fxi a6's
    sub - polk dsw pro 600
    harmony one
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • sandworms
    sandworms Posts: 1,043
    edited January 2010
    grand caymen, maybe i can find a generous bank to fund my tiger yacht
    Samsung pn64f8500
    Sonus faber venere 2.5
    Sf venere center
    Oppo 105d
    Squeezebox touch
    Parasound hca1500a
    Apc power filter
    Audioquest cables asst
    Polk rtia3 SB
    Polk fxia6 sl,sr
    Dual hsu vtf3 mk3

    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • woodsman10b
    woodsman10b Posts: 408
    edited January 2010
    Up the coast from L.A.(Malibu, Thousand Oaks, Oxnard), good weather most of the time, lots of beautiful mexican women, and great mexican food. This wont happen until im in my 70's(if I make it).
    Most of them only hear how loud it sounds, and the rest of us hear everything else - :rolleyes:
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • Ron-P
    Ron-P Posts: 8,516
    edited January 2010
    I'm in my retirement spot, Huntington Beach, California. The weather just doesn't get any better and nor do the beach babe's.
    If...
    Ron dislikes a film = go out and buy it.
    Ron loves a film = don't even rent.
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter
  • wz2p7j
    wz2p7j Posts: 840
    edited January 2010
    Key West BABYYYYYYYY

    Chris
    · Share on FacebookShare on Twitter