Thinking of moving to the country?

[O Really]

A listicle reviews some smallish cities where people are moving, or recommended as a place to move because "Portland and Austin are full."
Included is whack9 world, getting good reviews.

Greenville feels like it was focus-grouped by a committee of realtors targeting hip young homebuyers. Walkable downtown? Check. Great restaurant scene? You’ll find it at nationally acclaimed Husk, and the Gather food hall made of repurposed shipping containers. Say hi to local chefs as you peruse the farmers market in Travelers Rest, the perfect pitstop on a breezy morning bike ride down the Swamp Rabbit Trail.

The beer scene is on the rise, nipping at Asheville’s storied heels, and every Friday, the Main Street thoroughfare shuts down for an all-night street party.

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[neoplacebo]

They must have hidden the bodies and the cars.

[Ulysses]

Yes, leggy bacon can certainly be baked in legless ovens but the amount and kind of ridicule to be expected from legless baking will vary from campsite to campsite. One group of campers may just snicker and whisper uncomplimentary comments while another group of more activist campers may go as far as taking the wheels off your van, truck, or car and then mocking the legless baker with taunts of "now, see how this works?"

I will have to assume this is in reference to my Camp Chef mini-range.

You appear to be obsessed with that thing.

Tell you what: for $1 million you can have it. I'll even pay for the shipping to whatever bung hole in which you currently reside.

Deal?

[GoCubsGo]

Yes, leggy bacon can certainly be baked in legless ovens but the amount and kind of ridicule to be expected from legless baking will vary from campsite to campsite. One group of campers may just snicker and whisper uncomplimentary comments while another group of more activist campers may go as far as taking the wheels off your van, truck, or car and then mocking the legless baker with taunts of "now, see how this works?"

I will have to assume this is in reference to my Camp Chef mini-range.

You appear to be obsessed with that thing.

Tell you what: for $1 million you can have it. I'll even pay for the shipping to whatever bung hole in which you currently reside.

Deal?

Pretty sure you'd have to pay neo to take the EZ Bake Oven.

In the meantime, his musings are priceless.

[Ulysses]

Yes, leggy bacon can certainly be baked in legless ovens but the amount and kind of ridicule to be expected from legless baking will vary from campsite to campsite. One group of campers may just snicker and whisper uncomplimentary comments while another group of more activist campers may go as far as taking the wheels off your van, truck, or car and then mocking the legless baker with taunts of "now, see how this works?"

I will have to assume this is in reference to my Camp Chef mini-range.

You appear to be obsessed with that thing.

Tell you what: for $1 million you can have it. I'll even pay for the shipping to whatever bung hole in which you currently reside.

Deal?

Pretty sure you'd have to pay neo to take the EZ Bake Oven.

In the meantime, his musings are priceless.

Hardly.

More of your usual insane rambling.

The Camp Chef mini-range is a keeper. I just need to figure out where to go with it. LOL.

Neo is out of luck.

You are out of gas.

[Vrede too]

(post: childish gibberish)
(signature: obsessed butthurt )

Awww. , Useless. So much for "Ignored". You fail again. Plus, Useless, you've been busted too many times for anyone to believe you're not reading my posts, anyhow. It's just your excuse for cowering. Awww.

[O Really]

The Camp Chef mini-range is a keeper. I just need to figure out where to go with it. LOL.

"Figure out where to go..." Seriously? You live in California, home to 281 state parks, 9 national parks, and a thousand campgrounds. Here's the parks in Northern California, 7 in Alameda County. Pick one and go. What's the worst that can happen - you don't like it and go somewhere else next time.

Northern California State Parks
Alameda County
Albany State Marine Reserve
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area
Carnegie SVRA (also partly in San Joaquin County)
Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve (also partly in Contra Costa County)
Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach
Alpine County
Grover Hot Springs State Park
Amador County
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
Butte County
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park (also partly in Glenn County)
Butte City Project Park Property
Clay Pit SVRA
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Table Mountain near Oroville isn’t strictly a state park, but it is managed by the CA Fish and Wildlife service and the spring wildflower hiking there is not to be missed.

Colusa County
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area
Contra Costa County
Franks Tract State Recreation Area
Marsh Creek State Historic Park
Mount Diablo State Park
Del Norte County
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Pelican State Beach
Tolowa Dunes State Park
El Dorado County
Auburn State Recreation Area
D. L. Bliss State Park
Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park
Emerald Bay State Park
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (also partly in both Placer and Sacramento counties)
Lake Valley State Recreation Area
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Washoe Meadows State Park
DL Bliss, Ed Z’berg and Emerald Bay are featured stops in this scenic drive around Lake Tahoe.

Humboldt County
Azalea State Natural Reserve
Benbow State Recreation Area
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area
Humboldt Lagoons State Park
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Little River State Beach
Sue-Meg State Park (previously called Patrick’s Point State Park)
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Richardson Grove State Park
Trinidad State Beach
Many of California’s best redwood forests are in Humboldt County. But you can also find them in Del Norte, the Bay Area, Big Sur, Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon.

Lake County
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
Clear Lake State Park
Marin County
Angel Island State Park
China Camp State Park
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Olompali State Historic Park
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Tomales Bay State Park
Mariposa County
California State Mining and Mineral Museum Park Property
Mendocino County
Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area
Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve
Caspar Headlands State Beach
Greenwood State Beach
Hendy Woods State Park
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
MacKerricher State Park
Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Manchester State Park
Mendocino Headlands State Park
Mendocino Woodlands State Park
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve
Navarro River Redwoods State Park
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park
Reynolds Wayside Campground
Russian Gulch State Park
Schooner Gulch State Beach
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park (also partly in Humboldt county)
Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
Van Damme State Park
Westport-Union Landing State Beach
Find out why Fort Bragg and Mendocino’s amazing coastline puts them on our list of cool coastal towns in Northern California. And Hendy Redwoods and Van Damme are featured stops on our epic 5 day road trip from San Francisco to the redwoods.

Merced County
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
Wassama Round House State Historic Park
Pacheco State Park (also partly in Santa Clara County)
The Wassama Round House State Park features on our SF to Yosemite road trip.

Mono County
Bodie State Historic Park
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
Napa County
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park (also partly in Sonoma County)
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (also partly in both Sonoma and Lake Counties)
Nevada County
Donner Memorial State Park (also partly in Placer County)
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
South Yuba River State Park
Empire Mine and Malakoff Diggins are just two towns feature on this list of California’s gold mining ghost towns.

Placer County
Burton Creek State Park
Tahoe State Recreation Area
Ward Creek Park Property
Plumas County
Plumas-Eureka State Park
Sacramento County
Brannan Island State Recreation Area
California State Capitol Museum
California State Railroad Museum Point of Interest
Delta Meadows Park Property
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
Locke Boarding House Museum Point of Interest
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Prairie City SVRA
State Indian Museum State Historic Park
Stone Lake Park Property
Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park
San Benito County
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park
San Francisco County
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
San Joaquin
Caswell Memorial State Park
San Mateo County
Año Nuevo State Park
Bean Hollow State Beach
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park Property
Butano State Park
Gray Whale Cove
Half Moon Bay State Beach
Montara State Beach
Pacifica State Beach
Pescadero State Beach
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
Pomponio State Beach
Portola Redwoods State Park
San Bruno Mountain State Park
San Gregorio State Beach
Thornton State Beach
Santa Clara County
Henry W. Coe State Park (also partly in Stanislaus County)
Martial Cottle Park State Recreation Area
Santa Cruz County
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Lighthouse Field State Beach
Manresa State Beach
Natural Bridges State Beach
New Brighton State Beach
Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe Park Property
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Seacliff State Beach
Twin Lakes State Beach
Wilder Ranch State Park
Zmudowski State Beach (also partly in Monterey County)
The Forest of the Nisene and Natural Bridges are featured in this Santa Cruz Weekend Getaway.

Shasta County
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park
Castle Crags State Park
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park
Shasta State Historic Park
Solano County
Benicia State Recreation Area
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
Sonoma County
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Austin Creek State Recreation Area
Fort Ross State Historic Park
Jack London State Historic Park
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Salt Point State Park
Sonoma State Historic Park
Sonoma Coast State Park
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Trione-Annadel State Park
Armstrong Redwoods and the Sonoma Coast are featured in this Guerneville weekend getaway.

Stanislaus
Turlock State Recreation Area
Sutter County
Sutter Buttes State Park
Tehama County
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park
Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area
Trinity County
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
Tuolumne County
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Yolo County
California Indian Heritage Center Park Property
Woodland Opera House State Historic Park

[GoCubsGo]

Other suggestions....

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell,_California

[Ulysses]

The Camp Chef mini-range is a keeper. I just need to figure out where to go with it. LOL.

"Figure out where to go..." Seriously? You live in California, home to 281 state parks, 9 national parks, and a thousand campgrounds. Here's the parks in Northern California, 7 in Alameda County. Pick one and go. What's the worst that can happen - you don't like it and go somewhere else next time.

Northern California State Parks
Alameda County
Albany State Marine Reserve
Bethany Reservoir State Recreation Area
Carnegie SVRA (also partly in San Joaquin County)
Emeryville Crescent State Marine Reserve (also partly in Contra Costa County)
Lake Del Valle State Recreation Area
McLaughlin Eastshore State Park State Seashore
Robert W. Crown Memorial State Beach
Alpine County
Grover Hot Springs State Park
Amador County
Indian Grinding Rock State Historic Park
Butte County
Bidwell Mansion State Historic Park
Bidwell-Sacramento River State Park (also partly in Glenn County)
Butte City Project Park Property
Clay Pit SVRA
Lake Oroville State Recreation Area
Table Mountain near Oroville isn’t strictly a state park, but it is managed by the CA Fish and Wildlife service and the spring wildflower hiking there is not to be missed.

Colusa County
Colusa-Sacramento River State Recreation Area
Contra Costa County
Franks Tract State Recreation Area
Marsh Creek State Historic Park
Mount Diablo State Park
Del Norte County
Del Norte Coast Redwoods State Park
Jedediah Smith Redwoods State Park
Pelican State Beach
Tolowa Dunes State Park
El Dorado County
Auburn State Recreation Area
D. L. Bliss State Park
Ed Z’berg Sugar Pine Point State Park
Emerald Bay State Park
Folsom Lake State Recreation Area (also partly in both Placer and Sacramento counties)
Lake Valley State Recreation Area
Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park
Washoe Meadows State Park
DL Bliss, Ed Z’berg and Emerald Bay are featured stops in this scenic drive around Lake Tahoe.

Humboldt County
Azalea State Natural Reserve
Benbow State Recreation Area
Fort Humboldt State Historic Park
Grizzly Creek Redwoods State Park
Harry A. Merlo State Recreation Area
Humboldt Lagoons State Park
Humboldt Redwoods State Park
John B. Dewitt Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Little River State Beach
Sue-Meg State Park (previously called Patrick’s Point State Park)
Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park
Richardson Grove State Park
Trinidad State Beach
Many of California’s best redwood forests are in Humboldt County. But you can also find them in Del Norte, the Bay Area, Big Sur, Yosemite and Sequoia/Kings Canyon.

Lake County
Anderson Marsh State Historic Park
Clear Lake State Park
Marin County
Angel Island State Park
China Camp State Park
Marconi Conference Center State Historic Park
Mount Tamalpais State Park
Olompali State Historic Park
Samuel P. Taylor State Park
Tomales Bay State Park
Mariposa County
California State Mining and Mineral Museum Park Property
Mendocino County
Admiral William Standley State Recreation Area
Caspar Headlands State Natural Reserve
Caspar Headlands State Beach
Greenwood State Beach
Hendy Woods State Park
Jug Handle State Natural Reserve
MacKerricher State Park
Mailliard Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Manchester State Park
Mendocino Headlands State Park
Mendocino Woodlands State Park
Montgomery Woods State Natural Reserve
Navarro River Redwoods State Park
Point Cabrillo Light Station State Historic Park
Reynolds Wayside Campground
Russian Gulch State Park
Schooner Gulch State Beach
Sinkyone Wilderness State Park (also partly in Humboldt county)
Smithe Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Standish-Hickey State Recreation Area
Van Damme State Park
Westport-Union Landing State Beach
Find out why Fort Bragg and Mendocino’s amazing coastline puts them on our list of cool coastal towns in Northern California. And Hendy Redwoods and Van Damme are featured stops on our epic 5 day road trip from San Francisco to the redwoods.

Merced County
San Luis Reservoir State Recreation Area
Wassama Round House State Historic Park
Pacheco State Park (also partly in Santa Clara County)
The Wassama Round House State Park features on our SF to Yosemite road trip.

Mono County
Bodie State Historic Park
Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve
Napa County
Bale Grist Mill State Historic Park
Bothe-Napa Valley State Park (also partly in Sonoma County)
Robert Louis Stevenson State Park (also partly in both Sonoma and Lake Counties)
Nevada County
Donner Memorial State Park (also partly in Placer County)
Empire Mine State Historic Park
Malakoff Diggins State Historic Park
South Yuba River State Park
Empire Mine and Malakoff Diggins are just two towns feature on this list of California’s gold mining ghost towns.

Placer County
Burton Creek State Park
Tahoe State Recreation Area
Ward Creek Park Property
Plumas County
Plumas-Eureka State Park
Sacramento County
Brannan Island State Recreation Area
California State Capitol Museum
California State Railroad Museum Point of Interest
Delta Meadows Park Property
Folsom Powerhouse State Historic Park
Governor’s Mansion State Historic Park
Leland Stanford Mansion State Historic Park
Locke Boarding House Museum Point of Interest
Old Sacramento State Historic Park
Prairie City SVRA
State Indian Museum State Historic Park
Stone Lake Park Property
Sutter’s Fort State Historic Park
San Benito County
San Juan Bautista State Historic Park
San Francisco County
Candlestick Point State Recreation Area
San Joaquin
Caswell Memorial State Park
San Mateo County
Año Nuevo State Park
Bean Hollow State Beach
Burleigh H. Murray Ranch Park Property
Butano State Park
Gray Whale Cove
Half Moon Bay State Beach
Montara State Beach
Pacifica State Beach
Pescadero State Beach
Pigeon Point Light Station State Historic Park
Pomponio State Beach
Portola Redwoods State Park
San Bruno Mountain State Park
San Gregorio State Beach
Thornton State Beach
Santa Clara County
Henry W. Coe State Park (also partly in Stanislaus County)
Martial Cottle Park State Recreation Area
Santa Cruz County
Big Basin Redwoods State Park
The Forest of Nisene Marks State Park
Henry Cowell Redwoods State Park
Lighthouse Field State Beach
Manresa State Beach
Natural Bridges State Beach
New Brighton State Beach
Rancho San Andrés Castro Adobe Park Property
Santa Cruz Mission State Historic Park
Seacliff State Beach
Twin Lakes State Beach
Wilder Ranch State Park
Zmudowski State Beach (also partly in Monterey County)
The Forest of the Nisene and Natural Bridges are featured in this Santa Cruz Weekend Getaway.

Shasta County
Ahjumawi Lava Springs State Park
Castle Crags State Park
McArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park
Shasta State Historic Park
Solano County
Benicia State Recreation Area
Benicia Capitol State Historic Park
Sonoma County
Armstrong Redwoods State Natural Reserve
Austin Creek State Recreation Area
Fort Ross State Historic Park
Jack London State Historic Park
Kruse Rhododendron State Natural Reserve
Petaluma Adobe State Historic Park
Salt Point State Park
Sonoma State Historic Park
Sonoma Coast State Park
Sugarloaf Ridge State Park
Trione-Annadel State Park
Armstrong Redwoods and the Sonoma Coast are featured in this Guerneville weekend getaway.

Stanislaus
Turlock State Recreation Area
Sutter County
Sutter Buttes State Park
Tehama County
William B. Ide Adobe State Historic Park
Woodson Bridge State Recreation Area
Trinity County
Weaverville Joss House State Historic Park
Tuolumne County
Railtown 1897 State Historic Park
Yolo County
California Indian Heritage Center Park Property
Woodland Opera House State Historic Park

Thanks for that list.

[neoplacebo]

I suggested months ago that you just pull off into the breakdown lane on the interstate, set up the legless oven right there, and start baking. And it's not me that's obsessed with the useless thing....haven't thought about it until the moment you replied to an old post of mine about it. Road bake.

[Ulysses]

I suggested months ago that you just pull off into the breakdown lane on the interstate, set up the legless oven right there, and start baking. And it's not me that's obsessed with the useless thing....haven't thought about it until the moment you replied to an old post of mine about it. Road bake.

1) It's not legless. It comes with little 1" long (approx) rubber legs. These are captured by the white U-channel steel runners affixed to the top of the foot stool. The whole thing is quite stable, unlike you.

2) Why would I want to "start baking" in the "breakdown lane"? Sounds like something only an insane person such as yourself would do.

3) It's not a "useless thing". It has a quite useful panoply of features, including the two big burners on top, as well as a complimentary full size non-stick griddle that fits the top perfectly. Perhaps the only useless thing here is your brain?

[neoplacebo]

I suggested months ago that you just pull off into the breakdown lane on the interstate, set up the legless oven right there, and start baking. And it's not me that's obsessed with the useless thing....haven't thought about it until the moment you replied to an old post of mine about it. Road bake.

1) It's not legless. It comes with little 1" long (approx) rubber legs. These are captured by the white U-channel steel runners affixed to the top of the foot stool. The whole thing is quite stable, unlike you.

2) Why would I want to "start baking" in the "breakdown lane"? Sounds like something only an insane person such as yourself would do.

3) It's not a "useless thing". It has a quite useful panoply of features, including the two big burners on top, as well as a complimentary full size non-stick griddle that fits the top perfectly. Perhaps the only useless thing here is your brain?

1. Congratulations. All along I thought it was totally legless. But then again, if the legs are "captured" by channels in the support for the thing that you'd not need if the goddamn thing had fold out metal legs in the first place, it's as if it does indeed have no legs. I bet you could pick the whole goddamn contraption up while it's baking something and tilt it at least thirty degrees and it still wouldn't topple out of the captive in channels stub of legs arrangement you've come up with. Bake on with your bake self.
2. It was only a suggestion. Besides, if you're lucky you might manage to stomp some kind of mammalian wildlife scurrying across the interstate in a frantic attempt to get back to some semblance of a safe place. Just stomp hell out of it after you catch it and cut its legs off (otherwise it won't fit in the oven) and bake that bastard to a fine crisp. I defer to your experience on what some random insane person would do or say in this or any other situation.
3. Burn and bake your panoply of burning bakeness using plenty of gas and high fire. This is best done at night; the later the better. Light up that bake baby and start baking like nobody's business.
4. neo bonus: pick five spots from O Really's list of places to take a legless camp oven and report back on what was baked and what was faked.

[Ulysses]

Yeah, I don't have a "legless camp oven". So yours is a pointless request for a "report back on what was baked and what was faked".

Furthermore, I probably won't be going to any place this year on O Really's list. Why? Because they are all state parks. My plan is to visit a national park. Not sure I wan't to reveal which national park in advance.

[Vrede too]

I suggested months ago that you just pull off into the breakdown lane on the interstate, set up the legless oven right there, and start baking. And it's not me that's obsessed with the useless thing....haven't thought about it until the moment you replied to an old post of mine about it. Road bake.

... 3) It's not a "useless thing"....

That's just a typo. Your Easy-Bake Oven is a Useless thing.

Yeah, I don't have a "legless camp oven". So yours is a pointless request for a "report back on what was baked and what was faked".

"pointless"??? neoplacebo did an excellent job of winding you up, again. THAT is the point. You are so easy!

Furthermore, I probably won't be going to any place this year on O Really's list. Why? Because they are all state parks. My plan is to visit a national park.

Wrong, you fail comprehension again. O Really even told you so in his intro:

"Figure out where to go..." Seriously? You live in California, home to 281 state parks, 9 national parks, and a thousand campgrounds. Here's the parks in Northern California, 7 in Alameda County. Pick one and go. What's the worst that can happen - you don't like it and go somewhere else next time....

Pay attention.

Not sure I wan't to reveal which national park in advance.

That's because you would have to admit that O Really was correct when he told you that it's likely already too late to book space in a national park or a decent nearby campground.

[Ulysses]

[neoplacebo]

If I were you I"d just go for the breakdown lane. You're more likely to get help that way. Or get your ass kicked for baking without a license. sick

[Vrede too]

(cowering)

Poor baby.

[Ulysses]

If I were you I"d just go for the breakdown lane. You're more likely to get help that way. Or get your ass kicked for baking without a license. sick

You would.

But a more intelligent person than you would proceed to their destination park campground, check in, unpack, set up the site, pitch a tent or whatevet is needed for sleeping, and then, and only then, set about firing up the Camp Chef device to cook a meal.

But of course you'd probably do it in the center lane. Cause that's how you roll.

[neoplacebo]

I recommend you bake a skunk. That way you'll have the place to yourself and people would remark about your oven. Bake it now

[billy.pilgrim]

I recommend you bake a skunk. That way you'll have the place to yourself and people would remark about your oven. Bake it now

Ge could just grill it, make a stew. I still don't understand the reason for an oven at a campsite.