Winter Escape Location Question ,,, Warm/Learn/relax ...

[jpd]

Originally Posted by RP

You're giving this 66 year old some ideas....

And we're the same age

[jpd]

Originally Posted by blue

San Diego/La Jolla area.

I'm pretty sure you can find a musician or two down there

Seriously. If you don't need fancy food, it can be insanely inexpensive, other than rent. Lots of entertainment opportunities.

*Fantabulous area*

[Brucebubs]

We like Americans.
We speak English.
Our dollar will cost you around $0.75.
Our beer is ice cold.
Come on down.

[blue]

Originally Posted by Brucebubs

We like Americans.
We speak English.
Our dollar will cost you around $0.75.
Our beer is ice cold.
Come on down.

It's on the bucket list, or as you call it the wiggy-wongledy-piggly-jobber. At least that's what I learned you called it from the Simpsons T.V. show when they went down under

[songz]

I am a native of Nashville and spent most of my 70 years there, so please
believe me when I say the winters are cold and gray.

Ron

[Jim_G]

Originally Posted by songz

I am a native of Nashville and spent most of my 70 years there, so please
believe me when I say the winters are cold and gray.

Ron

Nice try. It didn't save Portland or Seattle, so I doubt it will work for you either.

As for Jasper - you wimp! You're missing one of our best seasons, skiing, snowshoeing, hiking. In fact winter is the best time to hike.

[cmd612]

Originally Posted by songz

I am a native of Nashville and spent most of my 70 years there, so please
believe me when I say the winters are cold and gray.

Ron

I was thinking that some of these great suggestions (Nashville, Asheville - all those "villes" ) make sense if the OP is thinking of waiting until April for a trip. If you're talking winter, though . . . well, I'd take a northern blizzard over a southern ice storm any day.

How 'bout all of them? A nice long road trip starting in San Diego and heading East slowly over a few months. . . . Spend some time in Austin, head up toward Nashville and Asheville in the spring, stop by Charlottesville before heading back home.

[Dirk Hofman]

Originally Posted by jpd

I "escaped" Detroit and wandered down to Florida....then the Southwest....ended up on the Left Coast. Southern California is fantastic....but my final destination is the SF Bay area...near the Napa wine area and the Sacramento valley. I'd suggest you take a trip across the Country and see for yourself. The local music venues and plethora of guitar aficionados is terrific.

I was going to suggest the same. Not overly warm, but the weather here in the winter is actually quite nice–when it's not raining which is most of the time. The number and quality of teachers, jams and community activities around music is unparalleled.