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Mountain biking no in the DFW area but water recreation, go look at a Google satellite map of the area within 70 miles radius and you'll see a ton of lakes. Yea no surfing is possible but other stuff is possible.
The reservoirs called lakes around DFW are not the same thing. I’m not much of a beach goer and prefer to sit on a boat, and even that is not a similar experience on Lake Lewisville versus Boston Harbor, Tampa Bay or Lake Washington. It’s okay that some places just simply have better and more natural amenities.
I’d say so…It is an area in a good location, you have sporting events(D1/ACC, highest level minor league Baseball and Hockey), you have plenty of lakes within minutes(the biggest lake in state, a Great Lake and Finger Lakes), you are less than a couple of hours(about an hour and a half/40 minutes) from mountains and a region of islands on an international border, there are cultural festivals of various kinds in the warmer months, it hosts the State Fair, it has a diverse food scene, you can get to wherever you want to in 20-25 minutes max in the immediate area, there is a lot of interesting history in the area, it is relatively affordable, it gets 4 seasons, people are generally down to earth, plenty of opportunities to give back/volunteer, there is some nightlife, a solid/maybe even underrated arts scene, plenty of parks/places to hike/waterfalls within minutes, etc. So, as long as one take advantage or appreciates what is out there, I’d say so.
The reservoirs called lakes around DFW are not the same thing. I’m not much of a beach goer and prefer to sit on a boat, and even that is not a similar experience on Lake Lewisville versus Boston Harbor, Tampa Bay or Lake Washington. It’s okay that some places just simply have better and more natural amenities.
70 miles to drive to a lake does not sound fun, not to mention the logistics of parking, getting into the right spot on the lake, etc.
I'm an outdoors person so I love the state of California in general. There's endless amounts of fun things to do for myself. I think the weather being consistent genuinely makes a ton of difference because I've always had that be a hindrance for outdoor activities sometimes in other places in the country I've lived.
I'm an outdoors person so I love the state of California in general. There's endless amounts of fun things to do for myself. I think the weather being consistent genuinely makes a ton of difference because I've always had that be a hindrance for outdoor activities sometimes in other places in the country I've lived.
Only place I can surf and ski on the same day. If you have the means it’s absolutely fun
Only place I can surf and ski on the same day. If you have the means it’s absolutely fun
It's one of those sentences you hear all the time, yet I suspect the number of people who actually want to ski and surf the same day is pretty small. I know I've never met anyone who's done it or even considered doing it. It seems like the kind of thing where if you do it, it's probably to make some sort of point rather than just an organic event.
If you're close enough to the mountains for skiing to be a short activity of maybe a 1-2 hour time investment, it'll be a long (2+ hour) drive to the beach and back. And of course vice versa.
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It's one of those sentences you hear all the time, yet I suspect the number of people who actually want to ski and surf the same day is pretty small. I know I've never met anyone who's done it or even considered doing it. It seems like the kind of thing where if you do it, it's probably to make some sort of point rather than just an organic event.
If you're close enough to the mountains for skiing to be a short activity of maybe a 1-2 hour time investment, it'll be a long (2+ hour) drive to the beach and back. And of course vice versa.
I did that once in 33 years, to check off a box (and the day I did it, involved “rock skiing” on manmade snow—not exactly ideal conditions when I did it)……probably ranks up there with a Manhattanite who boasts they had a porterhouse at 3AM—not something they do on a regular basis either (maybe not anymore post Covid).
We've been living in different places every 6 months. It's so fun we're not sure where to settle down now that our kids are getting older.
I love the idea of this, but how do you manage all of the "not fun" things in life - like doing tax prep and other horrible household management projects?
It's one of those sentences you hear all the time, yet I suspect the number of people who actually want to ski and surf the same day is pretty small. I know I've never met anyone who's done it or even considered doing it. It seems like the kind of thing where if you do it, it's probably to make some sort of point rather than just an organic event.
If you're close enough to the mountains for skiing to be a short activity of maybe a 1-2 hour time investment, it'll be a long (2+ hour) drive to the beach and back. And of course vice versa.
I can ski, mountain bike, fly fish, and yes, even surf all in a single day in Boise, all within ~30 minutes. But, yeah, I wouldn't do these all the same day except to make a point, though sometimes I mountain bike and ski the same day. Earlier this week I went skiing and it was a balmy 60F and corn snow on the mountain, then later went mountain biking down lower and it was almost 80F.
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