You know I have lived in lots of different types of towns all around the west coast. I am very happ where I am at right now, but I do miss somethings from the other areas. Silly things, some things that did not even register until I left the area. So here is my list of things I miss and where I miss them from and why:
Ocean breeze-Huntington Beach, CA
Never thought I would miss this, but it is kind of nice to know when it is hot, the sun beating down on you and all of a sudden that breeze kicks in... pure heaven.
The vast amount of different things to do-Santa Ana, CA
From this location, and a few city's around it, you can be a great many places really rather fast. Beach, mountains, hiking, shopping, LA, Tijauna. Hell with in 4 hours you can be in Vegas. It is a great central location to be based out of. A solid public transportation, airports, trainstations etc... If I was going to build a world HQ it would be in Santa Ana California.
Late night anything-Las Vegas, NV
Honestly 24 hours a day 7 days a week. All things are possible. I used to work a swing shift, I would leave work about 1am. Now where in the hell am I going to cash my check... Oh Yeah AZ Charlie's here I come. Want to drink oh yeah ALL the bars are open. Want to drink, chat, get laid? Oh yeah SINCITY! Now really what I am missing most is the late night Starbucks BS festivals. We would sit on the patio, playing cribbage, smoking cigars. Oh yeah, the warm breeze blowing in off the dessert, the night sky with all the lights. And no one even acting like it was strange. I do really miss that.
The silence-Bullhead City, AZ
Oh how it got so very very quit in the early evening, you could almost hear the river from blocks away. This is where I learnd to love the dessert landscape, as the sunset crept away and the silence began to take hold. It was almost like the sand would catch on fire just for an instance. Then the flood of moonlight would put it out.
Friends and family-Mission Veijo, CA
I was raised, and lived in California for the better part of my life. I moved away just as I was turni9ng 25. California had offered me very few options and because of my being an idiot, I blew them all. So I left to start over. But I had to leave all I knew behind. Scariest thing I had ever done, but my friends were behind me 100%. My family thought I was insane, but hell the whole lot of them never traveled oputside the state... except during wartime. And I do miss them all very much, my brother and sister having children and now they are grown and have little need of me. Friends got married/divorced and I was not there to party with them.
And thats all I have time for now, there will be more later.
2 weeks ago
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