I'm a freak. I've been retired for 10 years. About 6-8 months ago, I realized that I am debt free.
The usual monthly expenses but no outstanding, long-term debt of any kind.
I didn't have the most lucrative jobs as a Biology professor.
But, I have a big, warm house with space for those who might wander this way.
However, I don't need many of the glamorous things.
I don't NEED to travel. I don't NEED the latest computer gadgets.
I'll never see 70 again. I need to live life and indulge myself in active hobbies and my far flung family.
Yeah. I could crawl up some logging road and buy crown land. All sorts of deadlines for building, permits
for water and waste, all that stuff.
So, I live in the village with all the usual services.
Within 45 minutes of this house, we might see mountain goats, mountain sheep, cougars, lynx & bobcat.
Black bears, grizzly bears, coyotes and wolves. Mule deer & White-tail deer & hybrids, moose, elk mountain caribou.
Otters, mink, weasels and Fishers. Birds from Sandhill cranes to Canada geese to all sorts of ducks.
Take a look at Jasper National Park. Imagine living 2 hrs west in the mountains without the crowds and prices.