Your house is brick. I love brick. My father started out as a bricklayer and I've worked on many brick laying jobs with him. Lots and lots of walls and fireplaces Climbed a lot of ladders with no hands except to balance a heavy flu liner on my shoulder.
Probably the majority of houses I remember seeing in Georgia were brick while the majority of homes I remember seeing in Florida were block. I guess you use the material that's most plentiful in your area.
Indeed. You have a few trees in the PNW.
Not a lot of tall trees here. We have them, but nothing close to those in Oregon, Washington, etc.
OK, a couple of years ago, my wife and I decided to take a driving trip to see the Redwoods, and such. She had never seen one, and it had been decades for me. Actually, that trip has been one of the most memorable for us. We flew into Reno and rented a car. We drove around Lake Tahoe, but didn't spend the night there. We then drove to Yosemite NP and spent a couple of nights there. That park is incredible! Whoa! What wonderfully immense trees! We were fortunate to be there the day Mariposa Grove opened back up! We definitely plan to get back and stay somewhere down at the floor level. We were in an AB&B outside the park. We then drove to Sequoia NP and spent a couple of nights there. A wonderful park, but not nearly as exciting as Yosemite. We then drove through the (produce wonderland) Cali Central Valley. That segment of the trip was where you roll down the car windows and dangle your feet outside (passenger only!), feeling the wind between your toes while singling along to the blaring Hotel California, etc. We continued on into San Francisco, where we spent a couple of days, staying at another AB&B in the very cool Mission District. Lots of fun there, as well. Anyway, I had always wanted to drive up that slow spiraling, winding Highway 1. You know the one, right along the California coastline....sometimes a bit treacherous, or so it seemed. Began at Bodega Bay (where The Birds was filmed) and wended our way on up the coastline. My wife was relieved we were heading North...away from the ledges! LOL From there, we then toured all through the Redwood Forest, drove through a tree, and such. We worked our way up the Oregon Coast, then headed East out of Newport. By the way, one of my favorite restaurants is Local Ocean in Newport...down on the bayfront. Next time you're there, check it out. You won't be disappointed! We spent a couple of nights in Bend (firepits at McMenamins, baby!), then on to Portland to visit family. We returned the car in Portland and flew back to Nashville from there. All in all, we put 2,000 miles on the car over two weeks. Again, it was probably the best trip we've been on. I gotta say, flying somewhere and plopping down has its purposes and fun, but there's nothing quite like a road trip! We're planning to do a Texas road trip next. (Austin is a bucket list destination for me! I'm a huge Stevie Ray Vaughan fan. R.I.P.)
Sorry about the novel,
@Lanny , but you seem like the type that likes to share and reminisce.
