John,

Where I live there were still cows and a dairy farm in the middle of town until about 15 years ago. Then the developers discovered ways to gobble up as much farmland as possible, and the state and county allowed them to build McMansions, homes that begin at $750,000 and sit on postage stamp size parcels of ground. The traffic's getting heavier, but it's still bearable most of the time. As DNJ will tell you, I live in the sticks, and if it were not for the cold winters and constantly increasing tax burden I couln't think of a better place.

My ultimate goal is to buy a much larger sailboat, something in the 52 to 55-foot category, one that will allow me to spend my winters living aboard it in the Florida Keys and sail back north when the temperature here is higher than my age. My loving wife is not real keen on this one, but she wasn't real keen about the boat I now own. What the hell, she'll eventually get over it!

Cheers,

Gary

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