Bud88, you took the words right out of my mouth. We always want more space. My sister and I went to look at a house in Oregon on Monday. A smaller place, but with a full daylight basement. The owners are growers and there is a room about 11' sq that is set up for growing--they still had 4 1000W HPS hanging. There is water, a large whole house water purification system, 240, and ventilation run. The back yard has planting spaces that have great organic soil that has been built up over several years. The realtor told us that they brought in "truckloads of worm poo". I am trying not to get too hopeful--me moving is contingent upon my sister's place selling.
Hackerman, I would still be "on the way" to Rosebuds. This would put me about 2 hours closer to her place. I'm not sure how safe it would be for us to live only 4 hours away from each other.... Have you ever been out west? I just love the west with its mountains, lakes, streams, rivers, and high deserts.
Be warned though, if you think at 64 that I'm still hot, you ARE having flashbacks to the 70s.