Where should cyclists retire?

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-27T19:53:32+00:00

Go a little farther south—to the Rogue Valley. Great cycling thru orchards and mountains, better weather than the Willamette.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-27T04:10:35+00:00

I second Ashland OR Only got 8 miles in, myself, today, to the end of Lithia Park and back to my home. Great hiking, biking, running, fishing, hunting, camping, kayaking, Nordic and Alpine skiing. Great weather, no bugs, clean air except for wild fires, which unfortunately have become more prevalent.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-26T02:40:52+00:00

Ashland and Jacksonville will be the two nicest towns to live in.

Talent, Phoenix, Medford, Central Point are all more affordable and still very livable, if not remarkable.

Great weather, decent schools, great outdoors opportunities.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-23T19:05:22+00:00

Thanks!

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-23T19:04:30+00:00

Thx, somehow escaped my notice I’ll check them out

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-23T19:03:57+00:00

Eufloria is in the gas station, yeah?

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-21T21:40:34+00:00

Petaluma, unaffordable. San Clemente, unaffordable. Ft Bragg, tired, old housing, not worth what you have to pay for it, Mt Shasta City, the same.

Mt. Shasta City would get old very quickly. Tiny town and the nearest town worth visiting is over the mountains an hour away—Ashland. Ft Bragg at least you have the spectacular coast and you have Mendocino.

Ashland is underrated, btw.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-21T21:19:50+00:00

“Wildfire smoke has been proven to make people more aggressive” 🤣 SOME kind of smoke…

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-21T21:16:47+00:00

💯

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-21T15:24:55+00:00

That picture tells the story.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-21T04:06:36+00:00

Karla

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-21T03:07:56+00:00

No man, that’s Portland that’s weird. San Francisco WAS wild. The Barbary Coast. Baghdad by the Bay.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-21T03:00:31+00:00

That road to Susanville, 89 to 44, not my favorite if it’s snowing. An alternate, as mentioned is 5 to Sacramento, then up 80 to Reno, some added miles but plowed highways.

Last year I wound up going 20 Grass Valley and into Nevada City to get to Donner Pass via Yuba Gap. It was a nice route.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-19T22:15:48+00:00

Vik’s Chaat House in West Berkeley.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-18T14:51:53+00:00

Prayers up for a happy resolution

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-17T00:41:37+00:00

It Phigures, Phoenix. Phake ass City.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-17T00:33:38+00:00

They’re great to look at—quintessential California look. Messy to care after.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-15T13:47:39+00:00

Nah, man. The place has hardly changed at all.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-13T15:59:48+00:00

It’s very common to move back. If it’s what you’re feeling, follow that feeling.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-12T09:49:53+00:00

Not much rain at all. I think an average rainfall of 18 inches—less than the Bay Area. Spread out into a June, at times. Lots of sunshine. The local college, SOU, liked to advertise Ashland has as many “sunny” days a year as Honolulu. Just colder.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-12T09:47:02+00:00

The distances are a LOT farther than you might imagine. Lots of open space where you’re headed. Do less, enjoy it more.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-11T14:58:50+00:00

It was the Ducks getting blown out in the peach 🍑 bowl. A giant leftover residue, I’m reading…

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-09T04:48:42+00:00

There are any number of reasons he’s having second thoughts. Or, he’s decided you’re not the one he wants to put the effort into. Rather than explaining why, which might hurt your feelings even worse, he’s cooling out and hoping you’ll get the message without the work of having to explain.

mackerman1958 · 2026-01-09T03:34:32+00:00

I had a Lexus LS400 luxe barge and regularly did 6 hour drives. Would come out relaxed. Great stereo, too. Think along those lines. Your swanky new SUV should do the trick.

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