KTC -
It's the whole package out here, surf, sun, skiing, hiking, biking, and all within day trips of the major tech areas, whether SoCal or here in the SF Bay Area... Means a lot to an upward bound youngster.. Hopefully my family's upward bound will hook up with similar immigrants, whether from the East or Far East.. Lots of apparent growth, locally I'm watching for signs of the commercial vacancy to improve, and it is, slowly building.. Then Whitman dumps 27k jobs, screws up the numbers..
Our travel plans are set, this year, but on our bucket list are plans to spend time in the NE, DC, and North... Go while we can... Fly and drive... Too far for camping.. Be better if our investment income rates hadn't dropped to zip, but we get by... Russia is calling, waiting on our Visa's return, a couple weeks from St Petersburg to Moscow, a multitude of Photo Ops... See how the Putin world is working... Should be interesting if we can escape at least some of the tourists!
Onward!