RVing during Pandemic and looking relocate
Thanks for your consideration! My wife and I are in our early 60's, we hadn't planned to retire and are both unemployed, I have a little side income, and both plan to work into our 70's. We live in...
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When my dad met the right woman (his third wife), they moved out to her house on the Oregon Coast. First year, it rained 180". Yeah, above normal, but still, it rains a LOT on the Oregon Coast. That also means continual upkeep on a home due to all the rain. And lots of gray days in the winter.
So they started looking for somewhere else to live near the coast. When they found an interesting place, they'd subscribe to the local newspaper for a few months. You can get a pretty good idea about a place from the newspaper.
They finally ended up in Sequim, WA. It sits in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains so they average 16" a year. A much more tolerable amount. Sequim is full of retired, active people from all over. You see lots of people out walking every day. The median age is 58 years old. Close to the Strait. Maybe not the ocean, but a salty body of water that you can take a boat out on and see whales and go fishing. Easy day trip access via ferry to Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island. Close to Olympic National Park. A couple of hours via road and ferry to Seattle when you need a big city experience. Pretty affordable housing compared to what we're used to here in CO. Lots of homes available with acreage if that's of interest to you. Definitely suggest spending a few days there to see how you like it.
So they started looking for somewhere else to live near the coast. When they found an interesting place, they'd subscribe to the local newspaper for a few months. You can get a pretty good idea about a place from the newspaper.
They finally ended up in Sequim, WA. It sits in the rain shadow of the Olympic Mountains so they average 16" a year. A much more tolerable amount. Sequim is full of retired, active people from all over. You see lots of people out walking every day. The median age is 58 years old. Close to the Strait. Maybe not the ocean, but a salty body of water that you can take a boat out on and see whales and go fishing. Easy day trip access via ferry to Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island. Close to Olympic National Park. A couple of hours via road and ferry to Seattle when you need a big city experience. Pretty affordable housing compared to what we're used to here in CO. Lots of homes available with acreage if that's of interest to you. Definitely suggest spending a few days there to see how you like it.
