No snakes, scorpions? That sounds pretty attractive @roamer_1
Yes,
@berdie , it is... And more than its glory, with the exception of ticks and beaver fever, everything that wants to eat you is big enough to see, and too big to hide in cracks or crawl in your boot... I go barefoot all the time with never a care, except for Chewy's yard art.
But it is just so d@@n cold there. My arthritis would be in overdrive.
You and me both darlin... Stock up on turmeric and moringa...
Actually I like the cold. Makes a reason for a wood fire, and that is a wonderful thing for arthritis.
I dunno, really... It's kinda like trapping in the winter... wading in ice cold water... You get used to it.
And besides... While you're down there bakin in the 100s, it hardly gets 90s here, and the shade works. summertime is marvelous. What a great week that is.
And I do think you said there are BEARS.
Just a big hairy wild pig... So they tell me... I wouldn't know, as I have never seen a wild pig in my life. But I bet you have. Nothin to worry about. just bring a dog and a gun. That'd be a BIG dog to you, I'd reckon... Likely you'll need neither. I have only had three really bad times with bears. One of them wound up with a dead bear, never have lost a dog to a bear, though I have had to stitch em up from time to time, and one bad enough I packed him out on my shoulders, but a cougar did that. See? hardly nothin in 50 something years...
Besides, it's kinda fun evading the snakes and scorpions...and lizards. Liberal Cali folk wouldn't enjoy it .
Yeah.. That's winter here... The woods kinda fill up with hippies from time to time... Then we get a real winter with 4' of snow on the ground and -20 or more for a month or two... It's like magic. Come spring, POOF! They're gone.
Did I mention we ain't got cockroaches? Nary a one.