Where is Everyone From?

Later this summer I am going to see my family who are meeting (my family of origin is quite scattered so we are so grateful when we are able to see each other because it happens so infrequently) in the Portland area. It can get hot there too but it really varies. It seems like some Summers are sweltering but sometimes the Summers have mostly comfortable days. Of course, this is the view of someone who has visited regularly but has never lived there. Would love to spend enough time there to visit rural Northern California.

Yes, I often think fondly of the open spaces I experienced during my youth. My family lived in the metro areas of Arizona but got a cabin in the mountains in a small town (I believe it still has less than 1,000 residents but the population temporarily swells during 3 day Summer weekends) when I was 5 years old. We went there nearly every weekend then moved there permanently during my middle school years. I loved the beauty, nature and seasons I experienced there. I was able to roam freely, hiking, horseback bike riding and then was lucky enough to have access to a car when I was 16. My high school was not in the same town (our school district paid tuition to another district) but I have fond memories of "ditching" high school during the late Spring (I didn't do it often but the Spring fever, which made me long to be outside when the weather was beautiful, would get really powerful towards the end of the school year for many of us). When students played hooky at this high school, the meeting places were the lakes down South of the high school or the cold rivers nearby. I am lucky that my Dad gave me access to a vehicle even though I was a careless and fun seeking person. That I survived my fast, careless driving shows me that God was protecting me even way back then. I was very hard on the vehicles I drove (my favorite was an International Scout) but he gave me the means of freedom anyways. I am lucky that he was so patient with me and wish everyone could experience this.

where abouts in england are your friends located?

I am hoping to move back to my home city of birmingham. before, the issue would have been covid, but that's slowly sorting itself out now

now it's money. I don't work, and I certainly can't pick it off trees

I moved to a different state in May. I don’t like to give out too much information because I’m worried I already have on this site.

Birmingham, UK. The country where we're obsessed with the weather.....

I’m from a city near Albany, New York

I moved around to a few different states throughout my life but ended up moving back here like 6 years ago

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Nope, I’m nearly stone deaf so paying the prices they charged was ridiculous. But I did go to the Eeyore party most years.