So, we start "investigating" retirement locations. Not houses as much as towns and neighborhoods. Placerville, Twain Harte, Grass Valley. Those more recent than our old standby locations of (of course) Burney, Foresthill and Shingletown.
We ended up in Nevada City. Somehow.
We started wandering around the area and figured out there is big water for the Blue Boat, small water for the Watermasters, rivers for stream fishing, the correct elevation, an historic but updated downtown with a good deal of relocated North Bay folks, a small but thriving "high-tech" area in Grass Valley, an hour from The Thomas', a little more than an hour from Sacramento Intl Airport, 45 minutes from Auburn all it's big box-store amenities..... the list goes on.
We found, online, a couple properties we found interesting. We looked at one, with disappointing results. On several levels. We decided we needed a local real estate agent to be the ground forces for us. Mary Kay provided an agent.
So, Barry prepared The List.
I don't have the official list we challenged Carol with but....
Can't see any neighbors
> 1 acre of property
Rustic, yet not run down
Room and access for trailer/RV
(Barry's acutal list is much more precise, but you get the idea.)
To our pleased amazement..... La Casita Madrona de Pasquale (working name only) showed up....
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