Re: [IRCA] Travelogue to the Caribbean

["Bob Foxworth" <rfoxwor1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>.  We spent a couple of days in Ft. Lauderdale and Miami Beach (South
Beach) after the cruise.  No radio >listening but I did see the biggest
most expensive homes and yachts I've ever seen, and I thought there were
>plenty in the Pacific North West.  As many of you know, I'm building a
modest cabin on the beach up on the >Queen Charlotte Islands.  My wife
who happens to be Haida had a poster framed which will hang prominently
>in the cabin up there.  It's based on a Cree saying.  I couldn't get it
out of my head looking at this 50 million >dollar mansion, and that 100
million dollar yacht:
>
>     Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned
and the last fish been caught will we >realize we cannot eat money.
>
>A point we need to all ponder!  Happy new year!........Walt Salmaniw,
Victoria, BC.


Cat 4 hurricanes have a way of equalizing such discrepancies.
Perhaps in a few years the Pac. NW will again have the
largest homes. What is ironic that those who have these
largest homes often have the highest loss tolerance.

I enjoyed reading your trip report, Walt.

- Bob



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