Bj”rn Forsstr”m (2:203/614.61) wrote to Steven Horn at 17:10 on 26 Apr 2005:

 BF> Don't.

Snowbirds normally go no further south than the southern U.S.  They ofgten
drive from their Canadian homes to their American wintering place,

 BF> I just got home after three weeks in Domenican Republic and it was
 BF> HOT. We were the last flight back to Sweden since it's getting *too*
 BF> hot for us and now it's much nicer for us to go to Greece instead
 BF> and then it's only three hours flight instead of ten to DR.

That makes some sense to me.  BTW that is "Dominican".

 BF> It was quite a few Canadians there and one asked us what the SWE my
 BF> wife and I have tatooed on our upper right arm means and sugested
 BF> South West England......hmmmm.....

You should have tattoed SVE.:-)

 BF> I think even Canada is ending its season down there now due to the
 BF> warmth. It was about 95F in the shadow and about 100F in the water
 BF> and it's getting even warmer. One day when it was "only" 77F it was
 BF> warmer in the water. 

Cuba is at least that hot in April but was still enjoyable.  But the rainy
season should be arriving soon, hurricanes may arrive in the summer and
it's finally getting warm here so why stay?

Take care,

Steven Horn (steven.horn{at}gmail.com)
Moderator, ALASKA_CHAT 
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