Nick, I appreciate what you're saying about returning to gloomier weather. We don't like to leave the Pacific Northwest in the summer because it's so nice. So, when we do go on vacation, we almost always return to gloomier weather ourselves! Right now, we're in Princeton, NJ to visit our older daughter, and it's beautiful here! We have to keep saying to ourselves "there's no such thing as bad weather; just bad gear!"
Still, other than missing the people we visit and perhaps the weather, I think I prefer to return home now. We chose to retire to our city of choice and moved into a new condo, avoiding from home and garden maintenance. So, perhaps in some sense, we set up our retired life as a holiday itself!
Yes, true about the wrong clothing. But the gloom, the lack of light, gets me. As I sit here typing, it is cold (for the UK). We had a sharp frost last night, but the sun is out. It makes a big difference. I still have a touch of the 'wanderlust'; you will hear about my next wanderings in this week's newsletter.
Nick, I appreciate what you're saying about returning to gloomier weather. We don't like to leave the Pacific Northwest in the summer because it's so nice. So, when we do go on vacation, we almost always return to gloomier weather ourselves! Right now, we're in Princeton, NJ to visit our older daughter, and it's beautiful here! We have to keep saying to ourselves "there's no such thing as bad weather; just bad gear!"
Still, other than missing the people we visit and perhaps the weather, I think I prefer to return home now. We chose to retire to our city of choice and moved into a new condo, avoiding from home and garden maintenance. So, perhaps in some sense, we set up our retired life as a holiday itself!
Yes, true about the wrong clothing. But the gloom, the lack of light, gets me. As I sit here typing, it is cold (for the UK). We had a sharp frost last night, but the sun is out. It makes a big difference. I still have a touch of the 'wanderlust'; you will hear about my next wanderings in this week's newsletter.