|
Post by kingedmund on Jun 22, 2022 16:26:06 GMT
We have decided to take a sabbatical because I am tired of this heat and I need a change of scenery. Off to the scenic circle of New Mexico where it’s 20 to 40 degrees cooler depending on how high you are in elevation.
|
|
|
Post by JoeP on Jun 22, 2022 20:04:30 GMT
Sounds like a plan.
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jun 23, 2022 1:33:13 GMT
Flee the scene of the crime.
|
|
|
Post by Moose on Jun 23, 2022 1:58:24 GMT
It's been bloody hot here too, though probably nowhere near what you have there.
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jun 23, 2022 4:55:40 GMT
I must admit that running away to New Mexico to escape the heat sounds bassackwards. To me, 'New Mexico' sounds hot.
|
|
|
Post by JoeP on Jun 23, 2022 7:15:09 GMT
That's what I thought - I guess it's the altitude that KE mentioned that makes the difference.
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jun 23, 2022 15:04:22 GMT
I think what one needs to know is that his starting point is Oklahoma (or, at least I think it is). Oklahoma is a hellhole just north of Taxes and its eastern border abuts the Mississippi River even worse, Arkansas, so one end of the state is like living in some overheated animal's humid armpit. Those conditions just worsen as one approaches N'Orlens. So, I suspect the improvement is more a matter of comparative disincentive rather than absolute upgrade....it's better being in New Mexico than it is Tulsa is pretty much a no-brainer any time of the year, in my estimation.
Then, there's the culture factor.
|
|
|
Post by kingedmund on Jun 24, 2022 20:44:37 GMT
I must admit that running away to New Mexico to escape the heat sounds bassackwards. To me, 'New Mexico' sounds hot. Pull up the weather for Toas, Red River, Eagles Nest. It’s never reaches high heat. You thinking the deserts of New Mexico in the south. The north is mountains and rarely gets hot like Oklahoma or south NEw Mexico. In many respects Oklahoma gets up to 110 F some summers and can’t kill you much easier than a desert can.
|
|
|
Post by kingedmund on Jun 24, 2022 21:23:39 GMT
I think what one needs to know is that his starting point is Oklahoma (or, at least I think it is). Oklahoma is a hellhole just north of Taxes and its eastern border abuts the Mississippi River, so one end of the state is like living in some overheated animal's humid armpit. Those conditions just worsen as one approaches N'Orlens. So, I suspect the improvement is more a matter of comparative disincentive rather than absolute upgrade....it's better being in New Mexico than it is Tulsa is pretty much a no-brainer any time of the year, in my estimation. Then, there's the culture factor. Not entirely true. That is like saying Washington and Oregon are always cold, wet and miserable with high suicide rates. While part of that might be true for some of it, you limited yourself to the ugly side and left out the natural beauty of the mountains, the oceans, and the sunshine that you do have there. While eastern Oklahoma is beautiful in the spring and fall like the Talihina Drive to see the fall leaves which is very similar to parts of New Mexico, Tennessee, Kentucky, upstate New York, ect. Eastern side hosts tons of trees and lakes with a lot of beauty. Then the western half of Oklahoma with its golden fields and array of orange, red, yellow, purple, and blue sunsets that people always remember when visiting Oklahoma. This goes without saying but with it’s spring fields of purples oranges and greens are peaceful and running too. ….. now winters can be horrid with times of extreme ice and snow that don’t last long and hot hot summers till end of august. Yes. It has its downside days too just like your state. I’m not sure where your idea of improvement comes from but every state and climate as a downside and a time of upside. You have to take the bad with good…… or do like me and travel if you can.. New Orleans I never visit in summer because I don’t like heat. And I never bother with New Orleans in March because of Mardi Gras. I prefer snow and cooler temps. After being to most every state in America, I find all of them beautiful. Now. I’ve never been to Hawaii or Alaska (for good reason), North and South Dakota which I will be doing in the beginning of fall, Michigan, West Virginia, Maryland, Delaware, Rhode Island, and California. I’m sure they are all pretty too and look forward to doing those soon. Current temp Red River, NM. 73 F or 22 C Current Temp Sante Fe, NM. 79 F or 26 C. Current temp where I am at 101 F or 38 C.
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jun 25, 2022 2:53:31 GMT
Indeed. Not entirely true. I think I've consistently alluded that it is always cool, damp, and overcast, with endemic seasonal affect disorder and relatively high suicide rates.
Never! I always tout the beauty of the mountains and the forests. Any claims of sunshine are most definitely overblown and should be ignored. Overcast is our prevailing sky scene.
Yadda, yadda, yadda....Yeah, all that and then some. "But, it's a wet heat."
|
|
|
Post by Moose on Jun 27, 2022 1:41:53 GMT
It's cooled down here a lot. I am profoundly grateful - and it probably didn't even get that hot, by some peoples' standards.
|
|
|
Post by kingedmund on Jun 27, 2022 14:14:51 GMT
I get a nice reprieve before I leave. Needless to say I think I’m going to the lake tomorrow to enjoy the afternoon and have a Picknick. It’s cooled down here for a few days but the day before I leave it will be hot, very hot again.
|
|
|
Post by kingedmund on Jun 28, 2022 19:52:30 GMT
You know. I think I want to do some horseback riding.
|
|
|
Post by JoeP on Jun 28, 2022 20:17:34 GMT
You know. I think I want to do some horse back riding. I think we just call that horse riding. ... Unless you Americans sometimes ride other parts of the horse?
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jun 29, 2022 1:40:39 GMT
You should see the horseface riders!
|
|
|
Post by kingedmund on Jun 29, 2022 3:54:59 GMT
You know. I think I want to do some horse back riding. I think we just call that horse riding. ... Unless you Americans sometimes ride other parts of the horse? That is pretty much what we call it here.
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jun 29, 2022 4:37:22 GMT
This is true. It pretty much is called 'horseback riding'. I guess it's to distinguish it from 'motorcycle top riding'.
|
|
|
Post by Kye on Jun 29, 2022 10:10:09 GMT
We also call it horseback riding.
|
|
|
Post by kingedmund on Jun 29, 2022 22:32:58 GMT
Never really thought about it until now. Wonder what the rest of the world says in their language.
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jun 30, 2022 1:58:31 GMT
My guess is something equivalent to 'horse riding'. The 'back' portion is not really necessary, and, in some circles, I'm fairly sure that the horse needn't even be mentioned. "Going riding" already implies the horse. Unless, of course, you're off to ride ostriches or some such.
|
|
|
Post by tangent on Jun 30, 2022 6:14:23 GMT
According to Google Translate, 'horse riding' is a recognised term in German, French and Spanish but not 'horseback riding'. Moreover, 'horse riding' translates into 'jahanje' in Slovenian which is simply 'riding'; and 'jahanje' translates back into 'horse riding'.
|
|
|
Post by JoeP on Jun 30, 2022 11:07:03 GMT
and, in some circles, I'm fairly sure that the horse needn't even be mentioned. "Going riding" already implies the horse. Unless, of course, you're off to ride ostriches or some such. For many people in the past 50 or 100 years, riding would mean riding a bike (pedal or motor). Bikes are more common than horses (and a lot more common than ostriches...).
|
|
|
Post by kingedmund on Jul 1, 2022 3:33:45 GMT
Very true. Well went to the polls to vote and finished packing. Put stuff together from the grocery store and into cooler. Put a bed liner\cover on the back of the truck. Loaded the puppies in the back along with luggage and finally made it.
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jul 2, 2022 19:47:35 GMT
and, in some circles, I'm fairly sure that the horse needn't even be mentioned. "Going riding" already implies the horse. Unless, of course, you're off to ride ostriches or some such. For many people in the past 50 or 100 years, riding would mean riding a bike (pedal or motor). Bikes are more common than horses (and a lot more common than ostriches...). Bicycles = 'some such'
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jul 2, 2022 19:52:01 GMT
Nobody's even brought up the semantic obscurity of 'bareback riding'.
|
|
|
Post by JoeP on Jul 3, 2022 20:02:12 GMT
Did you mean bearback riding
|
|
|
Post by whollygoats on Jul 3, 2022 20:42:46 GMT
No. I meant, "Whose back is bare, the horse or the rider?"
|
|
|
Post by tangent on Jul 4, 2022 8:13:28 GMT
|
|
|
Post by JoeP on Jul 4, 2022 10:51:59 GMT
|
|
|
Post by tangent on Jul 4, 2022 11:50:54 GMT
Pfft! Very true. Well went to the polls to vote and finished packing. Put stuff together from the grocery store and into cooler. Put a bed liner\cover on the back of the truck. Loaded the puppies in the back along with luggage and finally made it. Glad you made it. We're not exactly treating this thread with all seriousness though
|
|