Damn, that's great news and I'll have to dig into that. Hmmm, maybe "Plan A" isn't a bust after allEverything is there waiting for me, except a few sticks nailed together
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would that be by age or 1965 ? In one of those examples I'm easily "Grandfathered" inArizona is passing a law that only allows those who came here prior to 65 to stay.
All others, Arizona is closed....
Very good suggestion, Thanks
Being SD inland, there's no lack of heat during the summers for sure, but being on a hill with a strong coastal influence, we enjoy rather mild usually frost-free winter temps.
But the Santa Ana winds and inevitable fires drive me bonkers, already lost one house, don't want to do that again ---- that being my primary motivation for leaving.
Our current back up plan is, fires start, we pack up and head for our Havasu place, that makes it all better
At the advise of a long time friend of ours, I needed to take care of a matter on my left diabetic foot and was about to go to the wound care center here in Havasu. She said in NO round about way, to get my A$$ to Kingman to have it fixed. They patched her up in a month and a half when she had been dealing with Havasu's wound care for 18 months. I checked the one here out and Holy Crap completely different approach to my problem. I stuck with her and the results couldn't have been any better. WONDERFUL people all around.
My wife, being a bit younger still enjoys her job, wants to work about two more years, at which point this internet window shopping needs to show results.
I agree on Kentucky Lake, I spent an afternoon checking listings there and liked several. I like that from that lake you can just keep on boatin and exploration could virtually be endless. Two things that bug me about Lake Hartwell, that lake changes elevation radically, I can see where entire arms could be dry during the winter. Also after searching damn near every listing on the both the Georgia and SC sides, I'd fire all the architects and probably be forced to build. Oh well, this is the fun part, gets real when you write the deposit check.
I'm up north above Lake Hodges backed up to the San Dieguito River Park, so it's kinda like living in a wild life sanctuary. I liked Jamul, some very nices places, obviously fire country as well. Did several projects at the Jamul Primary School years ago.
Any particular Kentucky Lake areas that stand out ?
Enjoy your life quest
So, we had to travel all over the last 2 summers. We have been to High Point Lake in North Carolina, Lake George NY, Lake Champlain, Lake Erie, Lake Higgins and Houghton MI. At this point I told her I will not buy in a "blue" State. We also decided against going to far north as it shortens the summer and we hate cold. Then we hit Norris Lake and Douglas Lake TN. Lake Harwell, Lake Oconee and Lake Sinclair GA. This year we hit Lake Marion SC, Lake Cumberland KY, Lake Barkley and Lake Kentucky. 
That's not a surplus. They just haven't found a pocket it fits in yet.Fixed it for ya
It's crazy when a State that currently has a $22 Billion dollar surplus wants to tax it's primary source of tax revenue to the point that it has to relocate to survive! What the state should really be doing is Lowering Taxes or providing its tax paying citizens a Rebate!
Where are you going ?
Have a safe trip..
Here you go. Don't move to Texas if you don't like property taxes.Hell
oh wait I'm already here.
Somewhere, just not here.
But they also don't have state taxes. 
Exactly! This isn't a business tax, it's a property tax. There aren't that many commercial property owners that have over 50 employees. That's a bullshit loophole. If passed with that in it, I'm sure it'll also have a loophole for all the puppeteers err..... Large corporations that constantly benefit from the loopholes in all those laws that get passed by the left.
I need mountains in my life. Texas just doesn't do it for me . been there handful of times .Here you go. Don't move to Texas if you don't like property taxes.
https://wallethub.com/edu/t/states-with-the-highest-and-lowest-property-taxes/11585/
I check prices in Mammoth every time I go skiing there. Houses are pricey there also. I’ll keep staying at the Alpenhof Lodge.I need mountains in my life. Texas just doesn't do it for me . been there handful of times .
its not just the high cost of living here in califonia . once I sell out . I wont have to worry about to much.
its everything that is wrong with this state.
Hey ! but the weather is great
maybe ? ill just go to mammoth and make Mammoth Great again.
I check prices in Mammoth every time I go skiing there. Houses are pricey there also. I’ll keep staying at the Alpenhof Lodge.
So we flew home and here we are all these years later --- for some reason I find illusive, we've never returned
Came within a signature on the dotted line of relocating to the Big Island in mid 90's. Made one more trip to seal the deal, by now we'd visited numerous times over the previous few years, vacationing and property hunting etc. During that week, we came to realize the island had gotten much smaller and came with a lot of limitations.
We came to realize, that that island along with the others, are wonderful & magic places to get away from the outside world and vacation and that's how they're best served.
I have followed the real estate prices and HOLY SHITTE
I need mountains in my life. Texas just doesn't do it for me . been there handful of times .
its not just the high cost of living here in califonia . once I sell out . I wont have to worry about to much.
its everything that is wrong with this state.
Hey ! but the weather is great
maybe ? ill just go to mammoth and make Mammoth Great again.
Came within a signature on the dotted line of relocating to the Big Island in mid 90's. Made one more trip to seal the deal, by now we'd visited numerous times over the previous few years, vacationing and property hunting etc. During that week, we came to realize the island had gotten much smaller and came with a lot of limitations.
We came to realize, that that island along with the others, are wonderful & magic places to get away from the outside world and vacation and that's how they're best served.
I have followed the real estate prices and HOLY SHITTE
My cousin moved there 5 years ago but kept a little 1BR condo in Cali. He flies back once a month and works 8 days straight on the mainland which seems to work well for them as it breaks up the reality of being stuck on "the rock". They have family there, love the ocean/ free diving, drive the customary Tacomas, bought a foreclosure fixer on a couple acres 5 years back that they remodeled, and are 100% happy. I keep a board at their house, and can't wait to visit more often in years to come, but to me being stuck in one place leads real quick to the classic "the grass is always greener" mentality --Came within a signature on the dotted line of relocating to the Big Island in mid 90's. Made one more trip to seal the deal, by now we'd visited numerous times over the previous few years, vacationing and property hunting etc. During that week, we came to realize the island had gotten much smaller and came with a lot of limitations.
We came to realize, that that island along with the others, are wonderful & magic places to get away from the outside world and vacation and that's how they're best served.
I have followed the real estate prices and HOLY SHITTE
Arizona is passing a law that only allows those who came here prior to 65 to stay.
All others, Arizona is closed....
(Sorry, couldn't resist)
I dont know, my 32 would still be good for some island hoppingNo need if you're on the Big Island ---- Gentry's Kona Marina, Honokokau Harbor, Hawaii, has ---- wait for it ----
RACK STORAGE
You're going to want a different type of boat in Hawaii than in Colorado anyway, guaranteed
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) the wind stood us straight up before slamming us back down. I tried to zig and zag, didn't help, we were crashing hard into wave after wave, yet peering over at the shore, it seemed we weren't even moving.
I'm aware of how the sees can get. Lived in Oahu for 3 years. And yes was talking about group runs.Your 32 would be fine for casual boating and some light-duty fishing on the Leeward side (Kona, Lahaina, etc) of the Big Island and Maui (Season depending).
But most, even die-heart skippers with 50+ footers, don't do island hopping unless traveling in groups or on very abnormal laid-down days. The waves,winds and converging currents on most days create seas that make island hopping serious business, for even the seasoned pros.
I stood on Shipwreck Beach (Aptly named due to the wrecked ships) on the island of Lanai one afternoon and was spellbound. Peering out across the Molokai Strait (The passage between Lanai and Molokai) you could see large commercial vessels miles offshore slamming head on into wave after wave, covered in spray with each encounter and struggling to make forward progress. The normally calm lee side lake like conditions give way to some extremely ugly conditions once you try to stick your bow where the prevailing winds blow.
In the mid-90's my wife and I, always looking for a boating adventure, found a guy in Kihie Maui, with a nicely rigged and equipped Ocean capable, 14' Zodiac he'd rent.
It was a beautiful morning when we set off from the Makena Park launch ramp, bound for the Molokini crater ONLY 4 miles offshore. The ride over was awesome, 50 HP outboard running perfect, water laid down flat, a perfect boating morning. We'd brought tanks and made two dives, we ate, we relaxed in the beauty of being anchored inside the remnants of a volcano.
From our perspective you could make out the mainland and the seas were appearing progressively more choppy as the clocked ticked away. We decided to head back before it got much rougher.
Soon after we'd left the lee of the volcano crater conditions rapidly deteriorated and continued to worsen. About half way back I was forced by the wind waves to change course so I was quartering the wind and waves. No Problem, we finally reached the mainland shore, but well south of our haul out point.
We decided to take a weather break and motored into the most beautiful bay imaginable. Peering down into the water it's as if we were floating in an exotic aquarium.
Had to at least snorkel, then enjoy a few snacks, didn't want to leave.
But leave we had to, we had a date at the launch ramp to keep. So off we went, piece of cake, only had to go maybe 3 miles at the most.
Let me tell you, once we stuck our bow outside that serene bay all holy hell broke loose. My wife and I have a shit-ton of boating experience having owned our own Sports fishing boat in San Diego. This few mile trip, dead into the howling wind and waves turned into a friggin horror movie that seemingly wouldn't end.
On several occasions, even with my wife damn near strapped in at the bow (Ummm, yeah, she was the bow ballast, lol
Looking seaward I noticed we were pacing a large tourist filled trimaran, each wave causing it to disappear under the spray --- they weren't having any better of a time than we were.
An hour later, yes, it took us an hour to go at most 3 miles, we pulled into the safety of the small harbor, soaking wet and I shit you not, several locals who'd been fishing and had seen us coming, stood up and gave us a standing ovation. They also wouldn't approach, pretty sure they thought we were just that bat-shit crazy, lol
Sorry for rambling on, one of those memory itches I had to satisfy.
