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11/23/2009 01:40:08 PM · #1 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Photologist:
...and, by the way, where I live is one of the rare places where you can go surfing in the morning, then snow skiing/snow boarding in the afternoon ... |
In Vancouver, B.C. you can see the ski runs (on Grouse Mountain) from the beach ... |
Ah yes, I've snowboarded at Grouse Mountain a few years ago. Nonetheless, I don't think surfing at the coast is practical/possible when there is snow on that mountain. ;-)
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11/23/2009 01:31:19 PM · #2 |
Originally posted by Photologist:
...and, by the way, where I live is one of the rare places where you can go surfing in the morning, then snow skiing/snow boarding in the afternoon ... |
In Vancouver, B.C. you can see the ski runs (on Grouse Mountain) from the beach ... |
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11/23/2009 12:32:43 PM · #3 |
...and, by the way, where I live is one of the rare places where you can go surfing in the morning, then snow skiing/snow boarding in the afternoon (it's just a 1-1/2 to 2-hour drive from sand to snow).
Here's a view from when I was standing on the end of the pier at the beach, looking back toward the snow . . .
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Message edited by author 2009-11-23 12:56:48.
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11/21/2009 08:59:43 PM · #4 |
Originally posted by MelonMusketeer:
I just can't get enough "Ocean" |
 MelonMusketeer - I think you would wither away if you were not either on or near the ocean or a sea. And you have the beautiful pictures to prove it. I always am delighted to see your images.
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11/21/2009 08:53:42 PM · #5 |
I can't see the beach from my house but I reckon i could just about throw a stone and land it on it.
I would say about 200m from the beach..I wouldnt want to live anywhere else! |
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11/21/2009 08:44:32 PM · #6 |
It's about 45 minutes drive to: 
And about a 4 hour drive to: 
About 36 hours by sail to 
And about 10 days sail to: 
Then, for a couple of weeks every summer I go fish with my pals: 
I just can't get enough "Ocean" 
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11/21/2009 08:31:16 PM · #7 |
From where I live, it's a 58 minute ride to the Atlantic, according to Google Maps.
From where I am now (Craiova, Romania), the Black Sea is an 8 hour train ride away, and the Atlantic is a couple thousand miles away. |
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11/21/2009 07:20:03 PM · #8 |
| I don't live near the ocean. I think the nearest beach to me is an hour and half journey by train. |
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11/21/2009 05:59:07 PM · #9 |
The closest place I seen snow in that area was a place call Donner Lake which if memory serves me right was about a 2 hour drive from the Bay area. Donner Lake is beautiful and automatically became one of my favorite places.
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Blue Moon:
We're so lucky :) We have ocean, bay, rivers, lakes, desserts, forests, mountains, valleys, hills, volcanos, snow peaks, etc...all withing a 30 mile radius. Ahhhh :) |
You have to drive 30 miles for dessert? Poor baby...
Actually, I'm a long-time habitué of the Bay Area, and I'm not sure where you get snow peaks within 30 miles, or deserts for that matter... All the rest of it, yup, assuming it's allowed for the volcano to be extinct...
R. |
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11/21/2009 05:18:23 PM · #10 |
| 275 miles (4 1/2 hours) from the Virginia beaches. But there are some mountainous compensations for living in the Shenandoah Valley. teehee ;-) |
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11/21/2009 05:12:17 PM · #11 |
Perhaps 30 minutes less than  Bergiekat. That's not saying a lot, since we are well inland. Got lots of lakes and rivers, though. |
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11/21/2009 04:21:19 PM · #12 |
| 7 minutes I live on an Island |
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11/21/2009 03:56:00 PM · #13 |
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11/21/2009 02:00:07 PM · #14 |
| Before global warming/or the great earth quake, 1000+ miles after global warming/earth quake 250 miles to the west coast of Colorado. |
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11/21/2009 01:13:32 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by Blue Moon:
We're so lucky :) We have ocean, bay, rivers, lakes, desserts, forests, mountains, valleys, hills, volcanos, snow peaks, etc...all withing a 30 mile radius. Ahhhh :) |
You have to drive 30 miles for dessert? Poor baby...
Actually, I'm a long-time habitué of the Bay Area, and I'm not sure where you get snow peaks within 30 miles, or deserts for that matter... All the rest of it, yup, assuming it's allowed for the volcano to be extinct...
R. |
LOL - Bear, you just have to wait a year or so for the snow peaks. Mt. Tamalpais, Mt. Diablo and Mt. Hamilton all have white heads upon occasion when we get one of those cold, cold winters.
(You know, when it gets below that 50 degree mark)
Message edited by author 2009-11-21 13:14:05.
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11/21/2009 01:09:37 PM · #16 |
Originally posted by Blue Moon:
We're so lucky :) We have ocean, bay, rivers, lakes, desserts, forests, mountains, valleys, hills, volcanos, snow peaks, etc...all withing a 30 mile radius. Ahhhh :) |
You have to drive 30 miles for dessert? Poor baby...
Actually, I'm a long-time habitué of the Bay Area, and I'm not sure where you get snow peaks within 30 miles, or deserts for that matter... All the rest of it, yup, assuming it's allowed for the volcano to be extinct...
R. |
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11/21/2009 12:07:35 PM · #17 |
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11/21/2009 10:34:52 AM · #18 |
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11/21/2009 10:29:34 AM · #19 |
| 19-24 hours driving to the Pacific, depending on which route I would take. |
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11/20/2009 02:51:51 AM · #20 |
I'm about 10 minutes walk from here:
And about 20 minutes drive from Bondi Beach on the Pacific. |
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11/20/2009 02:25:34 AM · #21 |
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11/19/2009 08:09:33 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by TrollMan:
Those dang bay people! :P |
I can't wait for the thread "How Close Do You Live To The Mountains?" so we can debate whether it has to be a whole range, or if a single peak or hill will qualify ... perhaps we should have a "Make A Mountain Out Of A Molehill" challenge ... ;-) |
I literally live on the side of a mountain. :) |
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11/19/2009 08:02:11 PM · #23 |
Just moved to San Francisco. About a 15 minute walk from the ocean.
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11/19/2009 07:56:45 PM · #24 |
Those dang bay people! :P
I can't wait for the thread "How Close Do You Live To The Mountains?" so we can debate whether it has to be a whole range, or if a single peak or hill will qualify ... perhaps we should have a "Make A Mountain Out Of A Molehill" challenge ... ;-)
We're so lucky :) We have ocean, bay, rivers, lakes, desserts, forests, mountains, valleys, hills, volcanos, snow peaks, etc...all withing a 30 mile radius. Ahhhh :)
*waiting for the jealousy to set in ;)
Message edited by author 2009-11-19 19:58:21. |
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11/19/2009 07:54:49 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by Ja-9:
about an hour and a half...either direction...I live in Central FL |
You might be the closest person to me, I live in Leesburg. |
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