"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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On 1/24/2007 12:03 PM, Chuck Gould wrote:

On Jan 24, 8:23 am, Harry Krause wrote:
On 1/24/2007 11:18 AM, Chuck Gould wrote:





And runs through a week from Saturday, (Feb 3).
As per the last few years, one ticket provides admission to both
locations, the "indoor" show at Qwest Field and the "afloat" show at
Chandler's Cove.
If you want to see the entire show in one day, start early at the
floating portion of the
show- it opens and closes earlier than the indoor portion.
Free transportation between venues.
I'll be staffing a booth and presenting four seminars, so there's even
a small chance
you might run into me....but if you can avoid that, you'll probably
enjoy the show! :-)Decisions, decisions...which boat show to attend,
Seattle or Miami.
Seattle: 45F, lousy weather, water too cold to swim.

Miami: 80F, bright blue skies, swimsuits, warm water.- Hide quoted
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We denizens of the rain forest sure do envy that Miami lifestyle,
sprinting from air-conditioned house to air-conditioned car to
air-conditioned office in order to earn $1500 a month to moor that
air-conditioned boat. Not to mention the toll that thse UV rays take on
paint, varnish, gelcoat, canvas, etc. Nothing like living in a sauna
24/7...

And nothing at all like a good lungful of cool, crisp, invigorating
ocean air, boating just below the snowline of mountaintop "islands"
just north a bit, and
scores of interesting destinations and anchorages scattered around our
protected inland sea.

I'm sure that people who live and boat in Florida find it very
enjoyable. Sure *hope* they do, anyway. But different strokes for
different folks. I've been to Florida, several times. Nice enough
place, but I didn't find any particular reason I'd want to hurry back.
Naturally, Floridians who venture to this opposite corner of the lower
48 must find the surroundings equally strange. I'm glad I live here and
not there. (Some folks down FLA way are glad I live here and not there,
I'm sure). There are lots of people in FLA who wouldn't consider ever
living in the Pac NW, and they are entitled to their preference and
opinion.



South Florida is a wonderful place to visit in the cold winter months, but
I couldn't live there year-around because of the heat in the spring and
summer. I'll be at the Miami boat show next month for a day while
attending the February meetings usually held in the area.

If I were heading back to Florida to live there again, I'd pick a spot no
lower in latitude than St. Augustine. The summers along the Atlantic Coast
are warm, with bearable humidity, the spring and fall are delightful, and
the winter is short and not bad at all. There were many bright sunny days
in December, January and February in NE Florida when I was able to get out
and fish the ICW and the inlets.

The hypothermic boating you have up in Seattle is not something I'd enjoy.

Maybe the Snowbirds have it right.
May til October best spent up around the 45 lat but Nov-April would be more
enjoyable well below that Mason Dixon line.