I heard everyone complaining--again--about the cold.
Today, though, it was in a different place. No, I wasn't in Montreal. Les Quebecois would probably laugh at anyone who complained about the weather I experienced today. So, for that matter, would any French person who doesn't live in the Alps, Pyrenees or Vosges. For that matter, anyone who would think of today's weather was "cold" lives well south of here.
So where am I? Here's one clue:
Water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface. (It's one of the few things I still remember from my eighth-grade Earth Science class.) So we've eliminated 30 percent of all possible sites. It's a start, I guess.
OK, here's another clue:
Pink chairs, eh? I'm not sure of how much they narrow down the possible choices. There are, however, some places where one simply never would find them.
Colors are often useful clues:
This looks like the Southwestern US--or, at least, someone's imaginings of it. Whether or not it's sagebrush verite, it's incongruent with most seaside locales in the United States or Canada.
Just down the road, we can see similar colors in this building:
Believe it or not, public toilets are inside that building. It's in a state park.
Now, if you need more clues, take a look at these, just a couple of miles apart on a road I cycled today:
The road is Route A1A, specifically the segment that connects Painter's Hill, Beverly Beach and Flagler Beach before continuing to Daytona Beach.
I am indeed in Florida.
A rather brisk wind blew in from the north, which held the temperature to around 15C (60F) and made it seem even cooler. Still, it's nearly tropical in comparison with today's conditions in New York, where it was -13C (8F) early this morning. That may not seem very cold to some of you, but last week the Big Apple recorded its first subfreezing temperature since late last March.
Even though the weather is milder than it is in New York, it's not the reason I'm here. I am visiting my parents--and, of course, I plan to ride some more!
Today, though, it was in a different place. No, I wasn't in Montreal. Les Quebecois would probably laugh at anyone who complained about the weather I experienced today. So, for that matter, would any French person who doesn't live in the Alps, Pyrenees or Vosges. For that matter, anyone who would think of today's weather was "cold" lives well south of here.
So where am I? Here's one clue:
Water covers 70 percent of the Earth's surface. (It's one of the few things I still remember from my eighth-grade Earth Science class.) So we've eliminated 30 percent of all possible sites. It's a start, I guess.
OK, here's another clue:
Pink chairs, eh? I'm not sure of how much they narrow down the possible choices. There are, however, some places where one simply never would find them.
Colors are often useful clues:
Just down the road, we can see similar colors in this building:
Believe it or not, public toilets are inside that building. It's in a state park.
Now, if you need more clues, take a look at these, just a couple of miles apart on a road I cycled today:
The road is Route A1A, specifically the segment that connects Painter's Hill, Beverly Beach and Flagler Beach before continuing to Daytona Beach.
I am indeed in Florida.
A rather brisk wind blew in from the north, which held the temperature to around 15C (60F) and made it seem even cooler. Still, it's nearly tropical in comparison with today's conditions in New York, where it was -13C (8F) early this morning. That may not seem very cold to some of you, but last week the Big Apple recorded its first subfreezing temperature since late last March.
Even though the weather is milder than it is in New York, it's not the reason I'm here. I am visiting my parents--and, of course, I plan to ride some more!
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