Using forearm crutches/the Waterfal State

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I live in the nation's Mecca for whitewater, the Waterfall State (aka the

Sunshine State). Many people think of us as merely the state where Disney

World and the Epcot Center is, or perhaps they remember how the state rose

to prominence during the last presidential elections. But the state is

also one of the safest places to be. We have almost no snowmobiling deaths

or injuries to speak of, and hardly anyone is hurt mountain climbing here.

Although we have a lot of seniors here, it is pretty much unheard of for

someone to have a heart attack while shoveling snow. (Actually, I live

about as far west of Ocala as you can get and still be in their zip code,

about 90 miles north of Tampa.)

>Galen,

>Where do you live? I know lives in California. But I have never

>heard where you are from. I live in the same neck of the woods as Dale.

>Colorado. California sounds like a nice place to live right now. I am

>getting tired of heavy coats too! Take care.

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA ghekhuis@...

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>Galen your weather yesterday was Yesterday 73 ° F / 23 ° C 39 ° F / 4 ° C it

Shaw's big different between day and night typical for desert's condition, do

you live in a dessert ? :---) ?

Now that you mention it, I do live near the top of the Ocala Rise, a

limestone formation that runs from the Georgia line in the north to a bit

south of Ocala, FL. I sit at about 98 feet above sea level, quite high for

Florida. Just over the next hill is Rainbow Springs (Falls) State Park,

which has a lot more of the vegetation and stuff folks usually associate

with Florida. The micro climate where I am specifically is a bit desert

like, although I imagine we get much more rain and the temperature swings

between night and day aren't normally that dramatic. One of the things I

have noticed is that it doesn't get nearly as hot here as it does, say, in

Kansas or something. All last year it didn't break 100 degrees F. Sure,

it got into the 90s, and nights sometimes didn't get any cooler than 80,

but we have never had the searing heat that you might find in Texas or

Arizona or something. Granted, it is more humid, but not near as

" intolerable " as some might suspect in the summer. November through June

is pretty carefree here, but when hurricane season starts up again, it's

best to keep one eye on the tropics, although as I recall we weren't hit

last year by hurricanes. It's common, but it isn't an annual event.

Galen Hekhuis NpD, JFR, GWA ghekhuis@...

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups