[Noumenon]

Very nice! Most blue-zoners can't handle the nature that they claim to worship. One of the more amusing features of northern Idaho is the number of 'for sale' places that pop up after the summer California move-ins get a load of our winters. I just finished a StarBand installation for an engineer type who's moving up from San Jose to a place he just built across the runway.

Eyeing the long roof line, I made a comment that he could look forward to a sizeable snow berm by the side of the house as the winter wore on. He announced that he would just use a snow blower to keep his windows clear. Ain't gonna happen.

There's a reason why we all own heavy equipment out here. Our 35 HP John Deere is just adequate for snow removal and management. Oh, well - he'll figure it out...

[Tijeras_Slim]

Got a family from the Bay Area "next door" in the New Mexico East Mountains. They're trying to sell right now, and we have'nt had a real winter in three years.

Live in 180 square feet? My greenhouse is bigger than that. I better go tell my fig trees and melons they've got it better than folks in NYC. :)

[Mamzelle]

re: engineer type who's moving up from San Jose to a place he just built )))

Did he swing a hammer? :') Wonder what engineering school he went to.