Fearless,

You are very right about needing something to fill "those hours" of long sought after retirement time!

I have a love of fishing and photography, so southern Oregn is a very good spot for that!

If I was to go "ex-patriot" out of America....Costa Rice is suppose to be one of the best spots to retire in!.....also Mexico, as long as you get far away from the borders, is pretty good pricewise...and there are lots of ex- patriot communities there that cater to the old rich foreigners !!

Best Regards,

Long for Cash

....and there is always these message boards to take up a few of those bad weather days.