Thursday, January 08, 2009
TO A TEE
We have our warm weather back. I suppose that is the end of winter.
It is t-shirt weather. 70s. And seems determined to stay that way for the foreseeable future.
This is when we used to come out here to get out of the snowy weather. In those days, this place seemed hot in January. Now, not so much. Our thermostats have slipped.
We went to St. Croix for many years, then skipped a few, then went back. Their weather is a lot more consistent season to season. Unvaried 80 degree water and sunny days with occasional rain showers. A storm or two every couple of months.
Then there were the hurricanes. Infrequent but devastating.
And the crime. All the houses were built as jails. Secure rooms within the houses. Very close to what is done in Johannesburg, South Africa.
No thanks on either threat. It was OK for a couple of weeks in a resort (armed guards) but nothing permanent.
We always went to Florida in April. January and February are iffy. We had one of the worst vacations ever in Key West in February.
We finally settled on Stuart. We could live there, even in iffy weather. Friends stay near where we would have lived. They are happy.
But they have had three hurricanes right over their house.
When we began to think of full time living, it was either Florida or Palm Springs.
We opted for Palm Springs.
No humidity. No mosquitoes and lots of gay people. That beats Florida out totally.
Florida was a good place to be gay in, maybe, Orlando or Lauderdale. But there was always some cracker waiting around the corner to give you the diss or worse.
Here, the entire economy rests on us. That makes for a lot of pleasant dealings day to day. To say nothing of the t-shirts in January.
It was a good decision. Eleven years and I wouldn't unwind any of it.
