-CO> -> After escaping the cold, the drive down I-95 adds to the excite-
-CO> -> ment.  The more you drive, the warmer it gets.  You literally
-CO> -> drive from winter (in Virginia) to summer (in Georgia) in the
-CO> -> same day.
-CO>        Boy that must be a great feeling to drive down from
-CO> Virginia and
-CO> feel the change in air temperatures as you reach summer
-CO> like conditions
-CO> in Georgia.  And doing all this in the same day.  Sometimes
-CO> that is all
-CO> you can say about the experience of the trip from north to
-CO> south.
The reverse is also true.  Left Roanoke Rapids this morning at 8.
In Virginia, the temperature was 72F.  By the time I got to New
England this evening, we were down in the 30s.
 
-CO> -> The grass is green, the air smells sweet - I remember the sights -
-CO> -> Chain'O'Lakes Park in Winter Haven, Terry Park in Fort Myers,
-CO> -> Al Lang Stadium in St. Pete -- temperatures in the eighties,
-CO>    
-CO>       The names of Places and sights i have no idea what
-CO> you talking
-CO> about since i never seen or been to any of them.  But it
-CO> sure kinda
-CO> feels like after the way you explain it, as if i was
-CO> experience it
-CO> myself.  I can tell you this much, and that is you picked
-CO> the right
-CO> words to describe your experience to why spring training
 
Well, I did get to two spring games this week.  One with the
Red Sox and Rangers at Port Charlotte (Rangers won, 3-0), and
my wife and father-in-law and myself took it in, on a nice 85
degree day.  The next day I went back and caught a Triple-A
game between Salt Lake City and Oklahoma City.  Oke City won,
probably 15-13 but no one was paying attention to the score.
 
-CO> posting an experience that i will never be able to have. 
-CO> Mainly because
-CO> i am stuck in this house and not because i am injured or
-CO> anything.  But
-CO> because i chose to live life where i can't really go
-CO> anywhere like you
-CO> did.  And umm, it's hard to explain and better not to be
 
Well, I was caught in a lousy job for four years and didn't
get the opportunity to do it for some time.  This trip
proved to me that it is very important to get out and smell
the roses.  And unless there is some restriction on your
freedom - you have to MAKE the time - set it aside - and also
set aside the $$$ (you don't need too much) and JUST DO IT.
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