The Chinal Pearl Inn part 8

[chris2c4u]

::Sprinkles a little water to help with the germination::

Lifts facemask and snorkel and blows a stream of water. You call that a little?

 

[sharingfantasies]

Lifts facemask and snorkel and blows a stream of water. You call that a little?

Well I wanted to make sure you had enough.

 

[chris2c4u]

Well I wanted to make sure you had enough.

Much appreciated

 

[sharingfantasies]

Much appreciated

Any time.

 

[chris2c4u]

Do you have a towel?

 

[sharingfantasies]

Ummm.. ::looks around:: I have a dish towel.

 

[chris2c4u]

Mutter. Can't get the staff.

Well, quiet in here so there's only one thing for it, SF, you'll have to sit in the window in your underclothes again and lure passing people.

 

[sharingfantasies]

Last time a person was here? Last week the mailman dropped off a package, but today is a holiday, so no mail delivery today. We are on our own.

 

[chris2c4u]

Last time a person was here? Last week the mailman dropped off a package, but today is a holiday, so no mail delivery today. We are on our own.

Just you, the painted desert a cricket and a million spiders.

 

[sharingfantasies]

Just you, the painted desert a cricket and a million spiders.

Painted desert is a bit of a drive, three hours or so. Around here is Thumb Butte and Granite Mountain.

 

[chris2c4u]

Painted desert is a bit of a drive, three hours or so. Around here is Thumb Butte and Granite Mountain.

Quite the wilderness...ish

 

[sharingfantasies]

Yeah, not so much. The forests out here are a lot different than the forests in the northwest or the east. Water is scarce here so the trees are far apart and there isn't much undergrowth. Not much GREEN here.

 

[chris2c4u]

Yeah, not so much. The forests out here are a lot different than the forests in the northwest or the east. Water is scarce here so the trees are far apart and there isn't much undergrowth. Not much GREEN here.

I can imagine. I'm always surprised how things hang on in deserts. I recall those pics of flowers blooming after the first rain in ages, that sort of thing.

 

[sharingfantasies]

I can imagine. I'm always surprised how things hang on in deserts. I recall those pics of flowers blooming after the first rain in ages, that sort of thing.

Yeah, I saw a few blooms the other day. But we just don't get enough water for a lot of growth until after the monsoon season, then we get some flowers around here. This gives you an idea of what it is like around here.

http://www.aluminarium.com/camping/arizona/camping-prescott-national-forest/

 

[chris2c4u]

Yep and those are all the trees in the forest, individually posing

 

[sharingfantasies]

I can imagine. I'm always surprised how things hang on in deserts. I recall those pics of flowers blooming after the first rain in ages, that sort of thing.

Yep. They don't want to share their water or their space.

 

[chris2c4u]

So long as you're happy there that's the main thing. I wouldn't like to be out of a city myself.

 

[sharingfantasies]

So long as you're happy there that's the main thing. I wouldn't like to be out of a city myself.

I lived in southern California for most of my life. Hated it. I never felt like I was living but rather surviving. The minute I could get out, I ran as fast as I could. The only thing that kept me going was knowing some day I would get out. Most people wouldn't be happy in my lifestyle, they need people and activity, But I feel happy here. It is more enjoyable because of the people in the inn, but I like the idea of being alone. Although I suppose the other 30 thousand people that live in the area wouldn't say they are alone. It sure beats 14 million people. LOL

 

[chris2c4u]

I lived in southern California for most of my life. Hated it. I never felt like I was living but rather surviving. The minute I could get out, I ran as fast as I could. The only thing that kept me going was knowing some day I would get out. Most people wouldn't be happy in my lifestyle, they need people and activity, But I feel happy here. It is more enjoyable because of the people in the inn, but I like the idea of being alone. Although I suppose the other 30 thousand people that live in the area wouldn't say they are alone. It sure beats 14 million people. LOL

Yes I'm pretty similar but I like places that have things to go to if I want them but I can certainly empathise with that idea of selective isolation. I've been living that idea for a little while now

 

[sharingfantasies]

Yes I'm pretty similar but I like places that have things to go to if I want them but I can certainly empathise with that idea of selective isolation. I've been living that idea for a little while now

There are things to do around here. I can't walk much so I don't go to them, but there are museums and a little zoo. Several colleges, movie theater, chamber music, the oldest rodeo in the state, a road rally, concerts, theater shows, and Whiskey Row. Hiking, camping, lakes, rock climbing, horse back riding, and lots of other stuff. All that within ten miles of my house.

 

[chris2c4u]

There are things to do around here. I can't walk much so I don't go to them, but there are museums and a little zoo. Several colleges, movie theater, chamber music, the oldest rodeo in the state, a road rally, concerts, theater shows, and Whiskey Row. Hiking, camping, lakes, rock climbing, horse back riding, and lots of other stuff. All that within ten miles of my house.

So you're not a pioneer living in a covered wagon

Ah! Unmasked!

 

[sharingfantasies]

So you're not a pioneer living in a covered wagon

Ah! Unmasked!

When I was looking for a place to live I had just come out of a long term care facility so finding a place near a hospital and emergency services was a priority. I found a lot of places that I liked that were small but lacked a hospital. This place was a day's drive from relatives and close to the hospital so it made my relatives a lot more comfortable since I was going off on my own. When I lived near Los Angeles, I stayed home. I went to work, went home, and two or three times a year I went out to lunch with friends. I have always been more comfortable at home. Even when I lived near relatives we only saw each other once or twice a year. I have always been a loner.

 

[chris2c4u]

When I was looking for a place to live I had just come out of a long term care facility so finding a place near a hospital and emergency services was a priority. I found a lot of places that I liked that were small but lacked a hospital. This place was a day's drive from relatives and close to the hospital so it made my relatives a lot more comfortable since I was going off on my own. When I lived near Los Angeles, I stayed home. I went to work, went home, and two or three times a year I went out to lunch with friends. I have always been more comfortable at home. Even when I lived near relatives we only saw each other once or twice a year. I have always been a loner.

There's a lot to be said for being a loner. The frantic-ness of modern social media and having "friends..." oh dear. Not for me. I remember a nice cinema advert that a phone company did a few years ago to encourage people to turn their phones off in the cinema having some young people saying, "but if we don't get a message off each other every few minutes well, we might think you're dead..." (I paraphrase.)

Loners rule OK.

 

[sharingfantasies]

There's a lot to be said for being a loner. The frantic-ness of modern social media and having "friends..." oh dear. Not for me. I remember a nice cinema advert that a phone company did a few years ago to encourage people to turn their phones off in the cinema having some young people saying, "but if we don't get a message off each other every few minutes well, we might think you're dead..." (I paraphrase.)

Loners rule OK.

LOL I have a cell phone because I used to drive cross country so my brother bought me a pay as you go phone. A couple of years ago I upgraded to a flip phone. It makes phone calls and I can get texts. Most of the time I use it as a clock. I don't always get good reception here. But I take it when I leave the house.

 

[chris2c4u]

LOL I have a cell phone because I used to drive cross country so my brother bought me a pay as you go phone. A couple of years ago I upgraded to a flip phone. It makes phone calls and I can get texts. Most of the time I use it as a clock. I don't always get good reception here. But I take it when I leave the house.

Yes I have a pay as you go nowadays. I too should really wear it on my wrist but it's good to have some sort of tenuous link to the "other world." About three or four times a month I might get a text. *proud*