Doodle50 - I also welcome you and I understand completely about wanting to start a whole new life somewhere else. Two years ago, my husband and I discovered a beautiful town in SW Colorado. We had both lived in NY all of our lives (he's 47, I'm 46). We had no family there, no job lined up. But we did it anyway. We;ve been here for 10 months and it has been an adjustment. He's finally starting a business, I'm finally making some friends, and even though our older sons complain about this place every day, we know we did the right thing. Right now, I'm sitting on my front deck with my laptop and the beautiful San Juan Mountains are right in front of me. The weather is gorgeous, the people are friendly, the air is clean...I always liked the beach, too, but with all these hurricanes, I'm glad we picked the mountains. They are unmovable, reassuring and inspiring. God bless you, whatever yo do!