Present Place Lived

Discussion in 'Places I Have Lived' started by Frank Sanoica, Sep 6, 2016.

  1. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    This image was saved 3 days ago. My wife showed it to me, suggesting the folks here might enjoy seeing it. The detail freaked me out! No idea what kind of camera took this. We are looking northward with the big blue area being Lake Mohave. To it's left, Nevada, right, Arizona. I had always pictured L. Mohave as being skinny and long, but the wide basin surprised me. Right in the center is Davis Dam, impounding the Colorado, with the flow from it's turbines progressing southward. Then, it's Colorado River, again. Proceeding downwards, again, the highway encountered angling towards the left, upper, is NV 163, which intersects US 95 in the bluish upper left. US 95 runs northward to Boulder City, then Las Vegas, 100 miles.

    Our measly airport, Bullhead City International, lies at center, at the very bottom. The runway is unmistakable.

    The "downtown" part of Laughlin, NV. is at the very lower left. It is about 3 or 4 miles west of the "Strip", Casino Drive. There, a number of businesses cater to those preferring NV to AZ. A beautiful big and modern Post Office graces the area. A shame that the "boom" failed to return, so far. Many homes, condos, and apartments are vacant, my guess would be at least 20%.

    I'm guessing that the "wide-spot" in L. Mohave lies up around Searchlight, NV, an old mining town now having several hundred residents. Sen. Harry Reid (D. NV) was born and raised there. Further upwards, of course, beyond the scope of the pic lies Boulder City, home of Hoover Dam. Hoover impounds the waters which form Lake Mead, one of the largest man-made lakes, with a shoreline of 550 miles, half that of L. Michigan!

    We feel very privileged, in our old age, to be able to have chosen this place as our final area to live in. We love it here. We brave the summer heat, savor the mild winters. In between those extremes, life is nearly complete. It's a beautiful place!
    Frank



    [​IMG]
     
    #1
  2. Corie Henson

    Corie Henson Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Jun 11, 2015
    Messages:
    2,880
    Likes Received:
    2,465
    Another privilege of this age of ours is the digital technology which afforded us to see actual maps like that in the pic. Now we can clearly see where we are and where our home is situated that we may be surprised when it runs counter to our impression before. Even the directions using the GPS (global positioning system) is also a gift.

    Well, it looks like you have a good location there and it's enviable because you have the airport, you also have the dam for your nature trip. It's hard to imagine that you have the casinos there as well.
     
    #2
    Frank Sanoica likes this.
  3. Chrissy Cross

    Chrissy Cross Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2015
    Messages:
    19,089
    Likes Received:
    18,917
    Where did she get that view? I'd like to see where I live in color like that.
     
    #3
    Frank Sanoica likes this.
  4. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    @Chrissy Page

    Something she saw in the local F.B. deal, a bunch of folks spun off a thing called Laughlin Buzz. Several thousand members,. from all over the world. A member caught the image from an airplane supposedly at about 30,000 feet.
    Frank
     
    #4
  5. Chrissy Cross

    Chrissy Cross Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 11, 2015
    Messages:
    19,089
    Likes Received:
    18,917
    Okay, thanks. It's cool!
     
    #5
  6. Krissttina Isobe

    Krissttina Isobe Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 28, 2015
    Messages:
    1,413
    Likes Received:
    1,496
    What a view!
     
    #6
  7. K E Gordon

    K E Gordon Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Apr 23, 2016
    Messages:
    1,440
    Likes Received:
    1,390
    That is an awesome pic, and the colors are so vibrant. I find it to be very impressive. i have taken pictures out of a plane many times, and never have I gotten that kind of color or detail from the plane. The best I can see are some distorted images and some blurry colors. I love that pic, it is awesome. It must be fantastic to be a pilot really. To be able to see that every day must be grand.
     
    #7
  8. Kate Ellery

    Kate Ellery Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Dec 12, 2015
    Messages:
    36,340
    Likes Received:
    7,850
    I live in the driest state in Australia ..but this winter we have had double the expected rainfall ...
    This time last year it was 35c ( 95f) it is 13c right now (55) and we are forecast to have the worst rain /wind storm on record tomorrow ...( for two days)
    Where we live its mainly cereal farming ,lots of open country side, we don't have much trouble with flooding as most of our excess rainfall runs out to sea ( I'm only 500 mtrs from the sea) with fairly good drainage areas for water to run away quickly ( we live in a fairly new estate,with good drainage )
    I grew up in an very dry town in New South Wales ,which only seen rain once or twice a year ( if we were lucky )
    I moved to South Aust in the 70's but I've never seen the rain that's being forecast in the next couple of days
    That sort of rainfall is seen in Queensland... 3000 km from us ..
     
    #8
    Frank Sanoica likes this.
  9. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    My wife just called out from the living room, after I just returned from the store, current temperature is 120
    degrees F!

    I felt it too, having parked in a far corner of the lot. Protective of my old (24 years) pet:

    [​IMG]
    Frank
     
    #9
  10. Don Alaska

    Don Alaska Supreme Member
    Task Force Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 6, 2018
    Messages:
    11,065
    Likes Received:
    20,459
    Nice car! It is a shame to leave it out in the blazing sun. Do you not have a carport?
     
    #10
    Bobby Cole and Frank Sanoica like this.
  11. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    @Don Alaska
    Good point! The pic was taken on the day I brought it home. I keep it in the garage, the paint is original, no sign of clearcoat deterioration, which is seen often in the desert even on cars only a few years old. Bought it 14 months ago, $2200, a steal, I thought (not my wife, though!). 5.0L High-Output overhead valve engine, it's a '94, the 5.0 was discontinued after 1995. Car has 5-speed manual, 161,000 on the clock when I got it, burns no oil, runs like a top! We are both quite familiar with 5-OH Mustangs, having bought a used '89 in 1993, a '90 in 1994, and a bruised '93 Cobra in 1995 which I repaired, bought on condition it would be her car for driving to work! She became the talk of the office! The Cobra was sold to my Nephew; it is up on stands in KS, awaiting it's owner's return from Japan.
    Frank
     
    #11
  12. Hoot Crawford

    Hoot Crawford Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2017
    Messages:
    970
    Likes Received:
    1,545
    I'm in the West Valley area of Phoenix. I've seen 120F several days on my patio, but don't think the official temp ever got that hot. If the heat starts to bother me, I just look at some pictures I took back in Ohio when we had a massive winter storm and about 2 foot of snow. Always makes me feel better
     
    #12
  13. Frank Sanoica

    Frank Sanoica Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Feb 21, 2016
    Messages:
    9,297
    Likes Received:
    10,619
    @Hoot Crawford
    I wonder if the super-storm we got in late January, 1967 in Chicago, extended it's reach clear over into Ohio? My folks lived then in southern Michigan, got 30+ inches, we got 27"; our street in suburban Chicago was unplowed for 2 weeks!
    Frank
     
    #13
    Bobby Cole likes this.
  14. Hoot Crawford

    Hoot Crawford Veteran Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Aug 14, 2017
    Messages:
    970
    Likes Received:
    1,545
    I don't remember a 1967 storm in Central Ohio. The one I have pictures of was a Saturday in January 2008. After the third pass with the snow blower to clean the driveway, I had this conversation with my wife:

    Me: Dear, please call Delta
    Her: Okay, where we going?
    Me: Florida.
    Her: Okay. Why are we going?
    Me: We're gonna buy a house.
    Her: Okay!

    10 days later we were in Florida a bought a house.
     
    #14
  15. Martin Alonzo

    Martin Alonzo Supreme Member
    Registered

    Joined:
    Mar 7, 2015
    Messages:
    6,504
    Likes Received:
    6,751
    I am very luck the temperature change here for a whole year is about 30 degrees from mid 60 to mid 90 and when the temperature changes 10 degrees here the people put on a jacket and complain about the cold. Glad I live here but could stand a storm we are quite dry.
     
    #15
    Bobby Cole likes this.

Share This Page