We had a wonderful system where I worked. They had a woman who hosted meetings with the people that were getting close to retirement. Her best advise was don't move soon after retiring. If you're thinking of moving rent a place in the location and see what it's really like to live there. We waited four years to move. We knew we wanted to live in Kauai and didn't want to get too settled where we lived or we would never move. Friends always seemed to talk of moving to some wonderful place but never did. After a few years they stayed were they always lived. Both my wife and I had the idea that it's good to change. We had lived in the Bay Area most of our lives. Change keeps you young. We rented homes on the island two times. We found we love Kauai as a "drop" vacation but to live there was just a little too quiet. I had done a lot of filming on Maui so we tried that and loved it. It's not easy moving to a place like this. You don't know anyone and everything is different. We made tons of friends and love it here. Are worries were groundless. We saved an amazing $11,000 per year on property taxes from the bay area. We have a bigger house and view. There are lots of breaks for retired folks here also. I know it sounds silly but we are going on vacation soon...to Kauai.
Russ love your place, hows the trout fishing? Don
