Elaine and I are in the same frame of mind. We really enjoy the smaller space, which in turn requires less cleaning, less maintenance, NO lawn to mow, trees to trim, plumbing to fix, etc. Due to the disastrous decline of the Southern California real estate market we will probably hold on to the house for a few more years and lease it out to our kids while we travel. Hopefully, in a few years the market will come back enough to justify selling it and pulling out our equity. At that point we will probably try to find a small cabin somewhere, not in California, to call home base. We have really had it with California. We are looking at the Pacific Northwest somewhere, but Colorado certainly has its allure.
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