My siblings and I grew up enjoying the California coast and all that came with it.
We spent time at the beach almost year-round and seldom worried about any sort of winter weather.
When I was in my junior year at high school our parents announced that we needed to move up to the Northeast and we were all upset about that. The Northeast is beautiful but the weather is certainly not conducive to spending time outside year round unless you like colder weather. Most days are rainy and damn and we had to make some serious lifestyle changes when making the move. The biggest change for me was learning to deal with being cold all the time. In the Northeast the summers are very short and it seems that cold damp weather is normal for 3/4 of the year. I had to learn to like indoor activities where the heat was on and I could stay warm and dry. There was one sport however that I learned to enjoy and that was snowshoeing. I could take you to another beauty of the outdoors and enjoy the peace and quiet that came along with it. I wouldn’t spend much time out there because I still didn’t like being cold. At least it gave me a bit of outdoor activity during long cold months. The other benefit to living in the Northeast is that my parents are very happy and in the long run I guess that’s all that matters. They moved us here to be closer to our grandparents who at the time really needed more assistance and it allowed us to become better acquainted with them as well.
