Last year when we went to visit family in Washington state Donna came back from the trip determined that we should move out there. She even had a town all picked out, Sequim (pronounced skwim), it is out on the Olympic Peninsula which is close enough, but far enough from little Scott and family. It is small town, only 6,600 people, so we wouldn’t have the selection of restaurants or shops to choose from we do here. The temperature ranges are similar to Aiken and they actually get less total rain than here, but it is cloudy for twice as many days as Aiken with only 130 predominantly sunny days a year.
This year when we went to visit family out west Donna came back from the trip determined that we should move out there. She even had a town all picked out, Carson City, NV. The temperature is generally cooler year round as it is high desert at 4,100′ above sea level. It is a lot colder in the winter though with an average of 17″ of snow a year. It is a bigger town than Aiken with a population of about 50k, so there is that, but real estate is a bit more expensive, we’d end up with less house.
After a few weeks the fever to move wanes because it would be a monumental hassle, with trying to sell a house, move everything we own, including two cars 3,000 miles away, buy another house, pick out a new set of banks, doctors, insurance agents, etc. Besides we do generally like it here.
The photo above is of the closed Ridgecrest Coffee Bar. We drove by there the other day and were devastated to find that while we were gone this time the place closed. According to the sign on the door the owner was having legal issues from a previous location and landlord troubles at this location, so she pulled the plug. We have taken an early morning bike ride and ended up here for breakfast for nearly every Sunday for the last 4 years.
We have a backup plan for Sunday mornings, Dunkin Donuts1, but anything available there pales in comparison to the the breakfast panini we know and love, plus the bike riding out that way is not as nice. This loss may be the straw that breaks the camel’s back and gets us to move out west somewhere.