Texas, or????

As I mentioned in my previous blog, I'm from Texas.  I miss Texas.  But then I'm not terribly well traveled, but I really liked Florida the couple times I was there, and Louisiana, especially New Orleans have an undeniable charm.  Even Colorado and New Mexico, the beautiful mountains and much nicer summer weather (though winter in the mountains kind of scares me).  It makes me wonder if it's Texas I miss, or the South and West?

That's where the RV/Motorhome would be nice.  It would give a chance to wander around a bit, and see other places, to decide where we want to live.  Hell, I might even like Alaska or Washington state if I even went there. But that doesn't alter the economics.

There are also time restraints.  Our goal is to retire in about 7-8 years.  Maybe 10?  Five years would be nice, but be hard to do.  If we buy the land in Texas, we'll need to pay for the land in a couple years.  That doesn't give a lot of time to decide.

The land in Texas has a number of drawbacks.  While it's half an hour from the beach, it's MILES from the mountains, and not even that close to the Texas hill country (my favorite part of Texas).  I don't recall a lot of lakes in the area either.  It's rivers and gulf.  What it does have is a chance to help out family and some sentimental attachment since it's the house my parents died in.  They hadn't lived there long, so it's not a deep attachment, but it was a place my mom loved. It does have an old premanufactured home that I hear is going to need torn down and hauled off.

That part of Texas (for that matter most of the state) does have some drawbacks.  Summers are killers, frequently hot and humid, Tornadoes are too common through most of the state, and the Gulf area catches more than it's share of hurricanes and tropical storms.  But I guess most locations have their drawbacks.