You’re not kidding. It’s getting worse but still not too bad. I’d still say way easier than living full time in Havasu and flying in/out commercially.
Ha Ha.... there's a lot to unpack with that statement.... I've got another friend in Billings who says Ennis is real tiny so I can imagine anyone 'fresh" in that bar as an unknown might get some grief. You know how it goes in those spots. My gal pal used to manage the boutique hotel there and wouldn't surprise me if you were at their bar. She says they get a lot of California/ Arizona folks through there. She was a surfer chick raised in Manhattan Beach who married a dude in UT and they settled in Ennis raising family... she seems to like the small townish thing.
Wife and I are not young anymore, regardless of what age my mind tries to convince me of. The process of aging has been an education and one important thing it's taught both my wife and I is --- Those amazing plans we laid out for our future "Golden Years", beginning over 25 years ago, although extremely well conceived, were accomplished with 25 year younger mentalities and bodies.
We have no regrets, we've utilized these acquisitions to their fullest and enjoyed every moment of ownership.
However, despite having the burning desire to see those plans through to fruition, the reality is, doing so would be a mistake.
Eventually you're forced to admit " Toto, we are no longer in Kansas" just as we are no longer in our late 40's and early 50's and needs and desires WILL change, like it or not.
So rather than discuss Montana Vs Lake Havasu City, because each has it's beauty and each has it's own beasts, which become a matter of preferences which will change as you age. It's inevitable that both physical and mental challenges will arise that for the most part are unpredictable, but eventual none the less.
My recommendation is this ---- DO NOT BECOME TRAPPED, by tossing all your eggs in one basket. Allow for these inevitable changes, allow for the future desire or necessity to change your plans.
My wife and I are faced with aging, like it or not, it's how life works, but at least we do so with the comfort of having choices.
right by my sisters houseYou’re not kidding. It’s getting worse but still not too bad. I’d still say way easier than living full time in Havasu and flying in/out commercially.
Went from Ontario to Phoenix today. Ontario was pretty empty while Phoenix airport was pretty packed. Spent the day in Surprise and Glendale. The growth is insane.
On a good note the Westgate area isn’t too bad
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its the lack of specialist in the hospital. Great medical workers, just not enough of what you need in a 911 situation. They have 'general' surgeons doing 'specialized' procedures.
You're SPOT ON, hit the nail on the head, about the summer fucktards that come to our town to "let their hair down" as they can't do it in their "Utopia" town in SoCal!!!!! If one wants to visit here, why not act like people that live here and fit in instead of having to impress and live like one does in SoCal!!!
Question for you, would you, if you're a bigtime medical specialist, come to a relatively small town with a hospital of 171 beds and get paid maybe a 1/3 of what you'd get paid in the rat race called SoCal??? I think not.
We don't see a problem with it either. Good friend had bypass surgery, another a stint put in. Wife has been in emergency a couple times and is fresh out of total hip replacement. They all have had the greatest of care. No problems in our minds so far.
We drive by that place when we travel between Polson, MT, and Spirit Lake, ID. The lakes are pretty awesome in that area. I have seen 25-foot logs floating in the middle of the PendO. lake.
So, you have been unfortunate enough to have to use the facilities in Havasu??????????? OR are you going by what one hears about any non- megatropolis care facility???
I don't know about the facilities, the hospital has a Da Vinci Robotic surgery system which is abut a cutting edge as you can get.
Well I guess your stories and my stories are on opposite ends of the spectrum.
I just showed The Idaho Club website to my wife. She is looking at flights to Spokane now.
Not a bad spot. Think it’ll my new go to hotel area.
I will contact Jeff and get up there this winter. It seems very golf-oriented. We don't golf though but like the look of the golf course.
Yes and it's the latest version. They are also an accredited Cath Lab which I understand is a pretty big deal.
Oh I wouldnt be concerned about not playing golf.... to live near or on a golf course is magnificent... courses are just gorgeous to look at. Next best thing to living on water for me.
I travel there annually and just got back in August. I can tell you that each year it gets worse and this year really surprised me. The old downtown district's transformation is complete, I will avoid it from now on and spend my time at Murdoch's. You are absolutely correct about Bozeman, probably the fastest growing city in Montana.You are confused with Bozeman..but Missoula is getting there unfortunately
One nice thing about San Diego, or other big cities, is that we have top notch doctors & healthcare facilities here. Doctors want to be here. My in laws couldn't get properly treated for anything more complicated than the common cold where they were from in the middle of Colorado. Good healthcare can be the matter of life or death & also quality of life.
Are you never gonna go camping, off roading, hiking in isolated areas in the US? You can't live your life worrying about dying, or what hospitals are near by.
