Hello All,
My wife and I are about 12 years from retirement and we're trying to figure out where to retire. Our current dream is to have a home somewhere for half the year and a boat for the other half of the year.
The most likely scenario is to live somewhere like Arizona or Colorado for the Spring/Summer/Fall, and then have a boat somewhere to spend the winter. But we could also flip this and live somewhere warmer in the winter and spend summers aboard (PNW, Maine, Northern Great Lakes.)
The most important factor for us is the weather and bugs. We have to be somewhere that it's pleasant to be outside nearly 24 hours a day. If it's too hot and sticky to enjoy sitting on the aft deck or walking into town, or the mosquitos are eating my wife up so badly that she has to stay inside, then this liveaboard dream won't last very long.
Where are some locations you've found the weather to be pleasant (basically 70-85 degrees and lower humidity) and the bugs weren't an issue? If you've ever lived in Colorado, think of that weather but on the water - I know, it's basically impossible. We currently live in the Annapolis area and, while beautiful, the summers here are getting to be too much.
From what I understand, the Bahamas are pleasant in the winter.
Northern locations like the PNW, Maine, Novia Scotia, etc, are beautiful but they all seem rather humid in the summer and I'm guessing bugs can be an issue.
Maybe my screen name should be "Searching for Utopia".
Thanks for your suggestions.