Thursday Thirteen

is brought to you by places I have been or lived.

1. Maui Hawaii  I had the good fortune to live there a couple of years in the mid 90's.  This is the most beautiful place I have ever been.  Our second son was born there, hence the name Kaikoa which means 'strong like the sea'.

2. Borrego Springs California  We spent many a winters in this wonderful desert town.  We seen lots of road runners, giant jack rabbits.  The weather was perfect and the desert flowers were the best in the world.  There is a hike you can go on up through a desert valley and ends in a palm oasis with a pond and numerous palm trees.

3.Grand Bahamas Island  pure white sand crystal blue water cheap rum what more can I say.

4. Las Vegas Nevada this has got to be the funnest place on earth.  There is something to do  for everyone.  Our daughter was born there and her name is Nevada.

5. Cancun Mexico we went there before it was the big tourist mecca it is today.  I don't know if I would want to go back and see the quaintness gone over to mega resorts.  I swam in a lagoon there with alligators unknowingly on my part. still have all my limbs.

6. Hicks Lake British Columbia  we go camping there or just for a picnic during the summer months. It's about a half our drive from our house.  This mountain lake is refreshing and unspoiled.  No motor boats are allowed on the lake so the water is pristine.

7.Yale British Columbia  this place is in the Fraser canyon and is an old gold mining town.   The river there is squished through a very narrow channel so the noise is deafening.  WE go sturgeon fishing there were there is a small back eddy.  We have caught 8 feet sturgeons out of there.  There are also train tunnels that are really cool as they are as they were when they originally blasted the rock out.  Many a chinese rail workers lost their lives building the railroad.

8.Mexico City Beach Florida.  wow what can I say this place has the whitest sand I have ever seen.  We spent the winter there in 2002.  Our four bedroom two bath house was right on the beach you walked out the front door onto the sand.  The rent was $750 for the month you can't beat that.

9. Las Cruses New Mexico is the most picturesque city I have had the pleasure of driving through.

10.  Jasper National Park  everyone should if they get a chance go see this Canadian beauty.  You will see all the wildlife to your hearts desire.  Just don't stop your car on the highway to take pictures.  There are vehicles coming up behind you on hairpin curves and its just not a good idea.

11. Tofino Vancouver Island British Columbia.  If you come in the winter months you can witness the most awesome display of natures wrath.  Don't go to far out on the rock out crop-pings.  They lose a tourist or two every winter to giant rogue waves. Mostly german tourists.

12. Carlsbad Beach State park.  This campground is on sandstone bluffs overlooking the Pacific Ocean.  You can watch the whales and the dolphins and seals right form your picnic table.  The sunsets are breath taking.  The sound of the waves puts you to sleep at night.

13.  Harrison River British Columbia.  Every time we take our boat up there I am transported to a different world.  The water is so blue it almost looks green.  There is no development along the shores that I can see and I love the beauty of nature untouched.

 

well five of the places named are right in my own backyard.  I think I live in a pretty wonderful location.  In the summer that is...