Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
- Thread starter Gary O'
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'Have to'
Gonna say no
We're pretty much off the radar out this way
Authorities don't care to come out here
Too many renegades
Might leave horizontal
and (bottom line) it's where folks can be and stay off the welfare rolls (they, happily, get that, and leave well enough alone)
If I went to the county bldg dept, they'd tell me what all I'd have to do
But
Nobody in their right mind does that here
...it's why we're here
Folks out this way live in cabins
'Cabins' are not in the bldg dept's vocabulary
I believe this dialogue is somewhere in the first few pages of this thread/book/diary concoction, if you have the time or interest to read it all
Don't get me started on building codes
My structures are built so much better than code dictates, it isn't funny
Hope this answers your query, Rosita
If not, query on
I'll do best I can to answer
Had to egg me on
Newest discoveries;
The nativity scene on the rear window of my lady’s hobby shack (ancient dilapidated trailer)
or
Goldilocks and the three dogs in the 'and she's sleeping in it right now!' scene
Birdhouse roof napping Polar bear
….aaaand, lastly…. the tree dwelling albino gerbil
Hoookaaay, jus’ gonna have one more sip, and off to beddy bye
We like anything in the woods with a good buffer zone from neighbors, we're thinking somewhere in the 3 to 5 acre range. We like people, but we like them better when they're far away, lol. We're hoping for something on the water, so it will be difficult to find a nice spot that hasn't already been built on that will be in our price range. Most quality waterfront lots are already inhabited, if they're not then the price tag is very high. No poisonous snakes is always a plus and there aren't many in these parts.
We're beyond serious about our goals for retirement. We both have 401K's and IRA's and I have a profit sharing plan. We have been socking away as much as we can. We are in good shape to hit one of our financial goals in 4 to 5 years, that's when we'll make our retirement home purchase. We'll use it as a weekend getaway until we retire as well. It's just a waiting game right now until the numbers get to where we're comfortable.
Had to egg me on
Newest discoveries;
The nativity scene on the rear window of my lady’s hobby shack (ancient dilapidated trailer)
or
Goldilocks and the three dogs in the 'and she's sleeping in it right now!' scene
Birdhouse roof napping Polar bear
….aaaand, lastly…. the tree dwelling albino gerbil
Hoookaaay, jus’ gonna have one more sip, and off to beddy bye
Great imagination my friend!
Does it mean I'm as crazy as you are if I can see those things too? :laugh:
Yeah, you'll be spending some dinero for waterfront...anywhere
but
ya gotta get what you want
no need to settle for less
sounds very much like you got this
You might be asking the wrong guy....
:laugh:
Meanderer
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RadishRose
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Interesting article, Meanderer. My worry is-
"To achieve this, in most places, we must accept climatic variations beyond the usual range for human comfort and current standards for artifact preservation."
But of course, in my heart I know things must begin to change. I've just started on some of the examples given and will continue later.
"To achieve this, in most places, we must accept climatic variations beyond the usual range for human comfort and current standards for artifact preservation."
But of course, in my heart I know things must begin to change. I've just started on some of the examples given and will continue later.
They may have legitimate concerns
The life is simple
But the demands are not easy
We have a maze of glorified logging roads throughout this region
There’s some parcels not far off these roads
We have wunna them, actually two, adjoined
A bit over 2 ½ acres
There’s a smattering of off grid folks sprinkled here and there
Some are growers
Thinking they can score with crops of mary jane
Most don’t make it thru the fall, let alone winter
It’s rugged
Winter holds no forgiveness for ignorance
There’s one lady that lives alone out here
Scary ol’ gal
Jamie
Hard
More man than woman
Tougher’n nails
An ol’ boy passed away last Dec
His sister, a lovely sweet lady that resides in northern Cal, asked us to run his estate sale
Local folks got word
Jamie did too
She cleaned up, took two pickup loads
Tween trips, she asked to use the facilities
They weren’t working
She just squatted on the other side of her pickup
Gotta be that way out here
Point is, womenfolk, normal womenfolk, alone, don’t do that well off grid, when living out a ways
Last spring we came across an older gal who was just walking down the path
She’d just moved out this way, living in a sea container, and didn’t have a means of connecting up her stove
Me and my buddy rigged up the pipe thru her roof, and connected her stove
She became a sorta pest, thinking folks would pitch in
Thing is, folks here have enough to do keeping themselves topside
Guess she made it thru the winter
Aunt Bea
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It doesn't have to be an all or nothing proposition.
The simple life is all about the thousands of choices we make every day.
Good luck!
Quite the planet, ain't it
Very happy to be close to it's splendor
(I'd say thank you, but I'm just a bystander)
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Had a free moment after chores today, so made a crude sign
The land is flat
The water is cold (constant 38°F all year)
So;
I gotta hang it on the fence, as those trees will sway in the winds we get
...and I gotta make the letters a bit bolder
But,
that's what we're callin' our little neck-o-the-woods
The land is flat
The water is cold (constant 38°F all year)
So;
I gotta hang it on the fence, as those trees will sway in the winds we get
...and I gotta make the letters a bit bolder
But,
that's what we're callin' our little neck-o-the-woods
RadishRose
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- Connecticut, USA
Gary, I saw you this morning!
Pappy
Living the Dream
Gary....ah, the old 40s Jeep in the background. Is she still running?
Heh, that’d be some sorta miracle, as the engine and axles are in the bed
And the tranny and other running gear are in the cab.
Right now it's yard art
It’s gonna sit there mocking me for a couple more years
Then
Plop it on a late ‘80s Toyota pickup frame
Never will trick it out
But all will be fully functional
Planning on a small V8
Just 2WD
The only fancy will be the dash with basic round speedo, tach and other gauges
I will have to build the dash to do that
But, flat panel plate ain’t all that difficult
And the wiring harness looks quite doable
And now….I’m obsessing on it…again
I've got an aged thread that talks about it
https://www.seniorforums.com/showthread.php/32887-Ive-got-the-Willys
My lady is back to hiking
Short one today
Couple miles down the path
I went
Don’t really like to hike ever day, but not letting her go alone.
I mean she can hold her own against most wildlife
A little story here;
Back in the ‘70s, when the boys were small, we lived in south Aberdeen Washington
It was a flood zone…that flooded
Anyway, she was walking the boys back from school when some lads thought it funny to drive by and splash her and the boys, several times
They even followed them home
Once home, my lady grabbed a metal garbage can lid and sailed it like a Frisbee thru the back window of their sedan
Then came after them with the wood chopping maul
Their last words were ‘You’re crazy, lady!’
And sped off
And she is, when she’s mad
Anyway, she could slip on the ice and pull something not ready to pull
Took some pics on the way;
this snag stump caught my eye
looked like an elk, caught in the ice
a misplaced arachnid on the snow interrupted our stroll
a real snow cone
DQ waffle cone, that is
got back to the cabin, and went right to the roof rake
can't let my lady get buried on her way to her hobby shack
looked like an ill fitted sheet
did a few chores
then made another Cold Water Flats sign for the outside wall of the cabin
'twas a light day
and another good'n
Short one today
Couple miles down the path
I went
Don’t really like to hike ever day, but not letting her go alone.
I mean she can hold her own against most wildlife
A little story here;
Back in the ‘70s, when the boys were small, we lived in south Aberdeen Washington
It was a flood zone…that flooded
Anyway, she was walking the boys back from school when some lads thought it funny to drive by and splash her and the boys, several times
They even followed them home
Once home, my lady grabbed a metal garbage can lid and sailed it like a Frisbee thru the back window of their sedan
Then came after them with the wood chopping maul
Their last words were ‘You’re crazy, lady!’
And sped off
And she is, when she’s mad
Anyway, she could slip on the ice and pull something not ready to pull
Took some pics on the way;
this snag stump caught my eye
looked like an elk, caught in the ice
a misplaced arachnid on the snow interrupted our stroll
a real snow cone
DQ waffle cone, that is
got back to the cabin, and went right to the roof rake
can't let my lady get buried on her way to her hobby shack
looked like an ill fitted sheet
did a few chores
then made another Cold Water Flats sign for the outside wall of the cabin
'twas a light day
and another good'n
