mnm99
Well-Known Member
1 mile away. Maybe 5 min
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature currently requires accessing the site using the built-in Safari browser.
My choice of location was because of boating, not working.
I designed the house to store all my boats under cover.
When my company moved to a place with limited boating, I sucked it up until I found another job that allowed a very short travel distance every day to get to work.
Yeah I think you get my dilemma. When my boss told me we were moving and I told him boating was my life, he said but the ocean is only 2 hours drive. Then, I said but its salt water and I can't afford the maintenance. Besides you keep me on the road 6 days a week, so when would I have time? Then, he said but your salary will double and if you chose not to you'll lose half your pension. And I then said, but the school system there sucks the big one and what about my kids. Then he said put them in private school you'll be able to afford it. And I said but the real estate costs double....yada yada.Jim, that could be a whole different thread about why we live where we live. I bought the house that I did ONLY because of the good schools for my kids. It's about a half hour to the closest part of the ocean. Since then, I've gotten into boating and started to really wish I live on (or near) the shore.
Or I watch Miami Vice and start to wonder what it would be like to live in a region where there is no "boating season" because you can go on the water all year long.
Where are you at on the Delta? I was up at Willow Berm Marina in Isleton last summer almost every weekend in July and August.I drive 30 minutes, used to be 20 minutes to a closer marina but that one was a two hour run to the main river to the Delta or Bay. 10 more freeway miles each way saves $200 each weekend trip to the Bay or Delta.
Carpe Diem
The boat is in Benicia two hour cruise to SF and Three hours from Willow Berm which really is about the only place we like to go in the Delta.Where are you at on the Delta? I was up at Willow Berm Marina in Isleton last summer almost every weekend in July and August.
Our drive now from Redlands to San Pedro is around 1:20 depending on traffic
We kept a searay downtown Oakville just up the river past the power boat club and we lived in Bronte...that was the closest we ever lived to the boatI live in a town on Lake Ontario but drive about 2hrs (115mi) to the cottage/boat on Georgian Bay, Lake Huron. I had a boat on Lake Ontario for about 5 years. I miss the 10 min drive to the boat, but don't miss the Lake. Not my kind of boating. Our cottage is on the beachy part of Georgian Bay, so the boat has to be in a marina about 15 min away, door to helm. I really liked this summer when COVID had me working from the cottage so I had my short trip to the boat again. Silver linings I guess.
Todd where are you on the south shore?30 mins. I live on the north shore of long Island, a block from the sound, but prefer the boating & ocean beaches of the south shore.
Can’t beat the south shore!30 mins. I live on the north shore of long Island, a block from the sound, but prefer the boating & ocean beaches of the south shore.
My boat was in the marina at Bronte harbor. I used it a lot then. Mostly for salmon fishing with me and my two kids. There is really no where to go on that lake that is close. And you probably remember how rough it gets in an east wind and there are few harbors to tuck into to avoid it. My wife never enjoyed it except on the infrequent glassy lake day.We kept a searay downtown Oakville just up the river past the power boat club and we lived in Bronte...that was the closest we ever lived to the boat
Yes...we went to Toronto island a lot... or shoot across to WilsonMy boat was in the marina at Bronte harbor. I used it a lot then. Mostly for salmon fishing with me and my two kids. There is really no where to go on that lake that is close. And you probably remember how rough it gets in an east wind and there are few harbors to tuck into to avoid it. My wife never enjoyed it except on the infrequent glassy lake day.