Friday Five
1. Where were you born? San Antonio, Texas.
2. If you still live there, where would you rather move to? If you don’t live there, do you want to move back? Why or why not? I live just up the road in Austin, about an hour’s drive. I used to miss S.A. horribly but over the years have come to think of Austin as my home town. I had always planned on moving back to San Antonio but after I got married, we decided to stay here. I guess I wouldn’t really mind moving back, but it’s not something I really want to do anymore.
3. Where in the world do you feel the safest? In bed under the covers with my lamp on, reading a good book, while there’s a raging thunderstorm outside.
4. Do you feel you are well-traveled? Compared to some, yes. I’ve been to England twice and got married in Costa Rica. I’ve also been to Arizona (visiting family), Arkansas (driving through), California (Disneyland!), Colorado (family), Connecticut (friends), Delaware (driving through), Hawaii (vacation), Illinois (vacation), Kansas (family), Kentucky (driving), Louisiana (vacation), Maryland (driving/visiting), Massachusetts (friends), Michigan (friends), Mississippi (driving), Nevada (vacation), New Jersey (friends), New Mexico (driving), New York (friends), North Carolina (Dead show), Ohio (driving), Pennsylvania (Dead show), Rhode Island (driving), Tennessee (driving), Texas (living), Virginia (college), West Virginia (driving), and Wyoming (family).
5. Where is the most interesting place you’ve been? I’d have to say Ka Lae – South Point – on the big island of Hawaii. It’s the southernmost point in the United States, on the same level as Mexico City. It’s terribly windy there and the trees are bent sideways. The windmills make an eerie humming noise. There’s a green sand beach that’s spectacular (and deadly, with the rip tide) down a really miserable “road”.
July 19th, 2002 at 8:45 pm
That sideways tree is absolutely surreal. What type of tree is that? Is that a characteristic of the tree, or are they bent by the wind?
July 19th, 2002 at 10:14 pm
I’m not sure what kind of tree it is, but it might be a Brazilian Pepper tree. If there weren’t the constant strong trade winds, that puppy would be straight up and down. And I can’t even begin to describe how eerie the wind farm sounds. I have been searching all evening for a sound file of a wind farm. Really, really creepy!