Yea, 'ert, I feel healthier here, even though the high altitude doesn't have enough oxygen for me. Glad to hear you might come back. I think it also, for me at least, has to do with the wide open skies, weather patterns, air, and general feel of the mountains and prairie. Deepak Chapra talks about each persons' dosha(can't remember if that is the correct spelling), anyway it is the type of climate and surroundings each person is better off in, than others.

I love nothing better than to smell the sage and dry old dirt of the Rockies, right after an afternoon shower has sizzled when it hits, because of the heat, then chilled into a fine mist, all the while with the sun shining through strongly and brilliantly lighting up the dust motes.

Cat A Tonic, yes one can dip in on the East coast and cool off, but talk about HUMID!!! Toronto probably has nothing on New England for humidity in the summertime! We are thinking of where to move to and Toronto was one thought. When I asked Rick, dearie, about humidity, he told me the neck on his mando dried out so there must not be much! Now you say it is hot and humid there! AAarrrggghhh! Maybe I'll have to stick to my mtns. after all.

kat