View Full Version : Okay, so moving won't be TOO bad...
OrionGirl
12-21-2005, 12:22 PM
Some shots from California--this is the beach on base.
saltyc
12-21-2005, 12:42 PM
Hey, you'll be somewhere warm!! (at least at this time of year...)
OrionGirl
12-21-2005, 1:00 PM
No joke! We drove out the 7th to spend a week there, get a few things organized before the move. It was -18 here that morning--I don't think it got above 0 all day. The high was 18 and it was snowing when we came back on the 14th. There, it never got below 45, and made it up to 74 by noon.
Looks great. Hopefully the move goes nice and smooth.
OrionGirl
12-21-2005, 1:52 PM
Yeah, my fingers are crossed on that one. Hopefully the weather cooperates--if we can get most of the way through Utah, it's smooth sailing. all the tanks except the mantis shrimp are down now, and he'll be making the move with us. We're taking the tanks out of the house this weekend and preparing it for show--not fun.
sumthin fishy
12-21-2005, 2:22 PM
Fort brag? Youll be in my neck of the woods.
OrionGirl
12-21-2005, 2:40 PM
Nope, Vandenberg. I THINK that's north of you, but I won't bet on it.
sumthin fishy
12-21-2005, 4:38 PM
I think it is too. Fort brag is about 5 hours north on the coast, and Ive heard of vandenburg, but never been there. If you are north of SF, try to make a trip to brag. the caostal town has an old landfill called glass beach, where glass was dumped and smothed over by the ocean. now its like that cute colored goldfish gravel all over the whole beach!!
Leopardess
12-21-2005, 5:14 PM
What a heck of a time of year to be moving! No thank you! Good luck though.
So, this means we won't be having sushi??
How DARE you!!!
:D
OrionGirl
12-21-2005, 5:51 PM
So Ft Brag is north of SF? Vandenberg is south of SF, and about 2.5 hours north of LA. Sort of out on the 'tip', where the coastline bends in east. Lompoc is the nearest town--Santa Maria isn't far away, either.
Yeah, I'm not impressed with moving this time of year either. Fortunately, we hit I-15 in Salt Lake City, and then it's only a few hundred miles to Nevada, and from there, we don't have to worry about it snowing, just maybe some rain. We got lucky on this trip, and have a few days to play with for the trip out, so hopefully...
Well, I'll be in town this weekend...and I'm not moving until March! We still have time!
mogurnda
12-21-2005, 6:41 PM
I love the views. The sun sets on the wrong side here.
sumthin fishy
12-21-2005, 6:53 PM
I love the views. The sun sets on the wrong side here.
No it just rises on the wrong side back east. :D
Well you will be a far way off from glass beach, but if you are ever in that area you should go see it. And I can't recall any rout over the sierra nevada range that doesnt get snow on it, so have chains ready. Even if you are taking 395 south you will run into a little bit, and 80 is a definate mess if there is precipitation. Good luck, mabey we can go for sushi sometime ;)
:sim: to A
My sushi dance card is filling up! I'm gonna get fat! :eek: But darn, I'll be happy! :)
Ok, OG, tell me.... Sushi on Saturday night means that I get to skip out on my Dad's family Christmas party which is an extremely weird and dysfunctional event (think Jerry Springer and you're half way there!) Sushi on Sunday means I get to pass on going to visit Grandma at the nursing home...
DO TELL!!
;)
Genral72
12-21-2005, 8:28 PM
I don't know where you will be living but it seems like you mean up north and on the coast. We used to live in Vacaville(between san fransisco and Sacramento) before we moved out here(and now we are moving again). 60 degrees was cold and every year you wore shorts on Christmas. It was definitely not cold. Leaves on the trees year round (or as explained to me later there was summer, summer light, and something else? as opposed to Ohio almost winter, winter, still winter, and construction.)
OrionGirl
12-22-2005, 9:08 AM
We take 80 all the way to SLC, then get on 15 and take it south. So, once we're through UT, we're in the green. 15 goes through Las Vegas and the corner of AZ. Then we get on 58 at Barstow and take it across to 99, and then 101. From 101, it's only a few miles. I think it's considered southern CA--it's closer to LA than SF. But, I could be wrong there--could just be making that assumption because it's SO far south from here!
aknif: Well, I can't skip out on Christmas eve or day...Sorry I can't spring you. I could probably make lunch on Saturday--but my sister would be TOTALLY jealous, because she has to attend an open house. :)
sumthin fishy
12-22-2005, 11:04 AM
So you are swinging way south. You're right you should be safe. And yeah, you will be closer to LA than SF. Lucky, the farther south the warmer it is. Were looking at a blustery 55*F for christmas. Brrrrrrrrrr!! ;)
OrionGirl
12-22-2005, 11:21 AM
So you are swinging way south. You're right you should be safe. And yeah, you will be closer to LA than SF. Lucky, the farther south the warmer it is. Were looking at a blustery 55*F for christmas. Brrrrrrrrrr!! ;)
:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
Ummm...They are forecasting an unseasonably WARM weekend, with highs getting near 55. Yesterday it was down right balmy for the first day of winter--we got up to 50!
Sigh.