Any riders in the park have this problem?

[mimitabby]

Hey Liz
If you go hiking around here (PacNW), you'd BETTER lock your car and hide all your valuables in it too. We have the roughest wildest wilderness, but unfortunately, there are still humans here too.

[salsabike]

Hey, I grew up in Albany! Have lived in Seattle for 24 years now.

Many people who grew up out here and have never been to NYC have totally unrealistic and weird views of the city---nothing but muggers, etc.

Lizbids, you'll be fine out here! It's great. No more or less scary than any other place.

Yes, I am sure that I will go into a pleasant culture-shock. I only lived outside of NYC in a smaller city...Albany! So yes, I am looking forward to seeing what else is out there. And who knows...I may fall in love with a new part of the country.

The city-slicker in me is scared of grizzlies, mountain lions and lunatics with chainsaws...so ladies of the Northwest/West coast, tell me I'll be okay!

I love the idea of a sunrise. I'm not sure how cold it gets in the late evening, overnight and early morning in that part of the country. I'm assuming it's chillier than I think, especially when you're on the water?

Haha, I know I sound like a neurotic New Yorker. One time I went camping in the Adirondack mountains, and after we checked into a rustic cabin, I locked my car door, to which all of my upstate friends ragged on me the whole time.
What it's really about is inexperience and how I don't want to underestimate the land, you know? I get the feeling within a day or two I'll forget that I'm anywhere but home...on the road

[lizbids]

I hear ya, Mimi--

What made my situation funny is that the land was privately owned by my college, and since we were the only students who had a cabin on the entire plot, it was unlikely that anything would go missing..jeeez, I probably had my club on, too!