An incentive for Janis to come to the Left Coast

[Rkitko]

An incentive for Janis to come to the great Left Coast:

http://www.somethingtimeless.com/images/Oregonsunset.jpg
A sunset off the Oregon coast.

And if you've got the time, I'll take you sight-seeing (if that's your thing) on a hike to view the M/V New Carissa (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Carissa), a freighter that ran aground near Coos Bay, Oregon in 1999:

http://www.somethingtimeless.com/images/Newcarissa.jpg
Interesting story behind this one... It wasn't anchored correctly in a storm and floated toward the coast, ending up right on the beach! They set it on fire to burn the fuel, cut it in half, and towed the bow out to sea to sink it.. but the bow wouldn't have that! It broke free from the tug, still afloat and ran aground again on the Oregon coast near Waldport. They finally took it out to see and sank it with a torpedo! The stern still sits on that beach there and the state is considering charging the Japanese company that owns it 15 thousand dollars a day to "store" the ship there.

So come on out and see a modern shipwreck!

[Eva]

I don't know how Janis feels about it, but it surely works for me. I have such wonderful memories of my stay in the bay area. I stayed with a friend who lives about an hour up north from San Francisco. In the mountains, by the sea. I still remember the view from my bedroomwindow... *dreamy eyes*

Eva

[sister rose]

That would work for me. The first picture is breathtaking!:)

[diver_boy]

i'd love to go to the west coast, i've never been there....

after i graduate from college, i definitely do plan on moving out west. that's where all the jobs are gonna be at!

[hoops]

I would be there in a minute if Janis said yes. I LOVE the west coast

[DaveM]

Surely, Dar's presence on the West Coast out to be incentive enough for anyone....or would it?

Looks to me as if the New Carissa might make a good "fixer upper" pirate ship....I'll bet they'd let it go for a pretty low price now....

[Rkitko]

Haha! Yes, I'm sure it would still float. Might be hard to dig it out of the sand, and you'd have to plug up those pesky, leaky fuel tanks. But otherwise, paint a skull and bones on the side and raise the pirate flag and you're good to go!

What kind of accommodations would be available on this pirate ship? Can we have a solarium?

[hoops]

surely Dar IS enough reason to want to go to the west coast, still, while we're there seeing a Janis show would be tops! AND while we're all out there there would be good reason for Janis to do a show:)... and Dar, we won't even all have to stay at your place, just some of us...the rest can stay in your back yard
peace Hoops