[FRIAM] The Dream of Florida

Thu Jul 1 15:29:35 EDT 2021

Thanks Russ, that's very nice. I am not sure if Los Angeles is a good choice for us. Like New York it is such a huge city that it must be exhausting at times. California is of course fascinating. Maybe we start with the east coast as Pieter suggested.Do you plan to travel yourself too, now that you have a bit more time? Or do you have other plans? My wife would probably spend more time with her horse - she has bought a 19 year old black horse last month which she is riding once or twice a week. If I would have more time I would probably spend a lot of time in libraries or write another book which nobody reads :-)-J.
-------- Original message --------From: Russ Abbott <russ.abbott at gmail.com> Date: 7/1/21  19:16  (GMT+01:00) To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group <friam at redfish.com> Subject: Re: [FRIAM] The Dream of Florida Agree with Marcus. On the other hand, California has much more variety wrt scenery than Florida or Hawaii. Also, the weather is typically much nicer than Florida. Even though it's July 1, it's in the mid 70's where we live (in Culver City).  But there is probably a 20-degree difference between downtown LA and the beach. And it gets even warmer further inland.We have a guest room, which you're welcome to use. The main problem will be that it has a single bed, which you will probably find crowded for two. It shouldn't be too bad for a few days, though.  -- Russ On Thu, Jul 1, 2021 at 8:22 AM Marcus Daniels <marcus at snoutfarm.com> wrote:

Go to Maui!

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Hi, Jochen, 

It’s the word “relax” that stuck.  What follows is composed entirely of prejudices and hearsay.  Hard for me to imagine relaxing anywhere in the US, certainly not Florida.  Bear in mind California is given to cold water beaches (because
 of the upwelling) (the hotter California gets, the colder the beaches get) and Florida to warm water beaches (because of the Gulf stream.  If I were wanting a Beach where I could Get Away From It All,  I would go looking in Northern Michigan or perhaps some
 of the Ontario coastline of the great lakes.  But bear in mind that the food in Rural America is awful.   Take your espresso pot in your suitcase.

Now Glen will immediately read me out for sweeping generalizations, as he should.  What’s the pleasure in making generalizations that don’t sweep?  So every one of my SG’s has notable exceptions.  But they are hard to find.  The best thing
 would be to find somebody you trust who knows of a vacation cabin you could have in a month that the owner isn’t using it.   On the shore of Lake Winnipesauke in NH, say, only a couple of hours from Boston.  The lake will be utterly deserted, except on weekends,
 when it will be busy with stupid people on mindless water craft.    June in New England has its hazards, of course.  You could have two weeks of drizzle or two weeks of a thundering heatwave.  You might try Nantucket in the off season.  I don’t know anything
 about that.   There is a little town just over the border in New Brunswick where my family (rarely me) has gone for generations, Called St. Andrews.  Terrible beaches, cold water, but a very pleasant ethos.  And a 27 foot tide!  Local pastime: go to the causeway
 and watch the tourists cars get inundated.   Don’t know about water temp on the seaward side of Nova Scotia.  Any of these places, you could get lucky and have a hot June, get unlucky and sit in the fog for a month. 

N

Nick Thompson
ThompNickSon2 at gmail.com
https://wordpress.clarku.edu/nthompson/

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Subject: [FRIAM] The Dream of Florida

We are planning a vacation in the USA next year, if we are still healthy and do not lose our jobs. What do you think is the best sunshine state to relax, Florida or California? Or maybe New Mexico? The best time for Florida is probably
 spring or early summer before the hurricanes? Or is Florida in a crisis now too?

https://slate.com/business/2021/06/miami-condo-collapse-florida-building-industry-crisis.html

-J.

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