The architecture is really nice, Alexander. Can't say I'd take an extremely long flight to your neck of the woods to see it, but it's really nice to see how different it is in comparison to most modern architecture with it's extreme minimalism (I liken that to generic and not much for redeeming characteristics).
And unlike Washington state, Southern Indiana does NOT have much in the way of breathtaking scenery. Unless you like soybean and cornfields and muddy riverbottoms.
Samantha, I still miss waking up in the mornings to cool, crisp refreshing daybreak in Cashmere. I remember that mostly after 30+ years. And seeing an occasional aurora. Southern Indiana? It's far too humid for any of that.
And unlike Washington state, Southern Indiana does NOT have much in the way of breathtaking scenery. Unless you like soybean and cornfields and muddy riverbottoms.
Samantha, I still miss waking up in the mornings to cool, crisp refreshing daybreak in Cashmere. I remember that mostly after 30+ years. And seeing an occasional aurora. Southern Indiana? It's far too humid for any of that.
One Mean, Green-Eyed Fitch.
Once when I was about 5, I remember a visit to Vancouver. We took a ferry boat. It was so scary to me watching the water rush by, knowing just how very deep it was. It was a pretty place back in 1978. Beyond that, I don't remember much of it or even why we went there.
Around those years, I do remember my dad taking the family up into the mountains a few times to log some timber and a couple of times, we panned for gold. I think the latter was just to give us kids something to do while we were in the high mountain areas. The glacier (ok, maybe it was just butt-chilling ice COLD) streams were beautiful and so fast flowing too. I never got a chance to be close to those water edges. Saw some really awesome wildlife there as well.
Indiana has a comfort zone I appreciate. But it lacks the sparkle that I saw with mountain valley life.
Around those years, I do remember my dad taking the family up into the mountains a few times to log some timber and a couple of times, we panned for gold. I think the latter was just to give us kids something to do while we were in the high mountain areas. The glacier (ok, maybe it was just butt-chilling ice COLD) streams were beautiful and so fast flowing too. I never got a chance to be close to those water edges. Saw some really awesome wildlife there as well.
Indiana has a comfort zone I appreciate. But it lacks the sparkle that I saw with mountain valley life.
One Mean, Green-Eyed Fitch.
LOL, well yeah, I didn't expect the town was perched on the tip of a peaksilvermitt wrote:More like the valley beneath the cascade mountain range. And it was beautiful.
I've spent quite a bit of time at various places in the interior of B.C. I've skied on Shuswap Lake, fished on Crystal Lake, driven the Frasier Valley Highway when it was still gravel covered and the lane wasn't wide enough on some of the curves for 2 cars to pass each other. Cripes, I'm old.