Well.....now what?

[Armed Ferret]

Somehow ended up retiring. The hell am I supposed to do now?

Movin westward because I got sick of MD ages ago. Sucked it up knowing it wasn't permanent. Looks like CO is the target.

Anyway. Hope everyone's well. Nothin but time now I guess.

 

[dznnf7]

Go hunting. I'm retiring in the spring: Hunt, ride motorcycles, travel, hunt, shoot.

 

[huntsman22]

Where in CO?

 

[bgold]

Congrats man! Enjoy your time...

 

[Dan In Alaska]

Congrats!

Is Colorado gun-friendly, these days? I don't honestly know, just keep hearing how much it has changed in the last 20 years.

 

[raghornjp]

I saw on one of the election maps that Colorado will be blue so that rules it out for me

 

[Witt]

Is Colorado gun-friendly, these days? I don't honestly know, just keep hearing how much it has changed in the last 20 years.

Red flag law, 15 round magazine limit, gun purchase waiting period, & more/worse in cities. Denver is a dystopian cesspool where the expensive apartments are 1 short fence and a Tesla length away from homeless drugged out of their minds & looking like zombies. I bought a stick while in CO last year & had to have it mailed to my FFL after the waiting period; I wasn't aware they had such a thing until I was ready to buy it. Rural vs urban are total opposites so there's lots of good parts and people if the rest doesn't kill the deal. Also, beware of zoning rules & how they can change if you want to open a muffler shop.

 

[Armed Ferret]

We won't be in Denver. We're headed to one of the many 2A sanctuary counties, where the sheriffs refuse in writing to enforce any of Denver's stupid laws they try to enact.

Motorcycles also on the list; decided the folks at Tamarit should build me something based off a Bonneville Bobber.

Be about 5-6 months before it's done, but already excited about it.

 

[Armed Ferret]

I saw on one of the election maps that Colorado will be blue so that rules it out for me

I don't care for red or blue these days. Like Ice T once said, "Right wing left wing same fuckin bird." We opted to go where we like the scenery, still have the ability to easily go international when ready (just got back from Italy and headed back to Prague in December), and a few other things. If I've made it in Maryland this long, I can survive someplace with a less shitty political climate and way better scenery.

 

[hangunnr]

Good for you!
I’m thinking about pulling the pin after the first of the year.

 

[Armed Ferret]

Good for you!
I’m thinking about pulling the pin after the first of the year.

Two of my closest, as soon as i put my application in, put theirs in too lol. Solidarity is lovely. Grats!!

 

[Ndbowhunter]

coming up on 10 years myself in 10 days. Time flies.

first thing is you’ll realize is hobbies won’t fill your time. They did when you were working, but you had time constraints. There’s a 168 hours in a week.

now don’t get me wrong, you’ll have time to scratch the itch, but you aren’t going to hobby 12 hours a day, 365.

I spend a lot of time around retirees. A lot of them have a hard time with this transition.

Fishing is probably a better retiree hobby then hunting. For me it has been. I can only hunt 50-60 days a year nowadays. Whereas we gofishing nearlyeveryday when it’s available.

another thing is build a life that covers afew bases. Daily things that are fun to do, go to beach, fish local holes, etc etc..

but have those big missions in sight.

I don’t know a single couple/or single person that doesn’t absolutely cherish spending time with young kids. They are the fountain of youth.

Colorado could use some more residents that are decent to offset all the home grown libs and replants from else where. You should find a groove.

 

[dznnf7]

coming up on 10 years myself in 10 days. Time flies.

first thing is you’ll realize is hobbies won’t fill your time. They did when you were working, but you had time constraints. There’s a 168 hours in a week.

now don’t get me wrong, you’ll have time to scratch the itch, but you aren’t going to hobby 12 hours a day, 365.

I spend a lot of time around retirees. A lot of them have a hard time with this transition.

Fishing is probably a better retiree hobby then hunting. For me it has been. I can only hunt 50-60 days a year nowadays. Whereas we gofishing nearlyeveryday when it’s available.

another thing is build a life that covers afew bases. Daily things that are fun to do, go to beach, fish local holes, etc etc..

but have those big missions in sight.

I don’t know a single couple/or single person that doesn’t absolutely cherish spending time with young kids. They are the fountain of youth.

Colorado could use some more residents that are decent to offset all the home grown libs and replants from else where. You should find a groove.

That's some solid advice for an early retiree. I look forward to the freedom, but really only so I can do more, and see more. I've seen your location change enough to know you aren't wasting any time - that's a well-executed plan. I'll have plenty of money to do that but feel for the folks who don't, and just retire from exhaustion.

 

[Horse1]

How about Iowa?

 

[dznnf7]

I drove West into Iowa last year, right at sunrise. It felt like a place that could be home. I can see why people landed there. You'd have to like farmers.

 

[bgold]

My son goes to Iowa State. Not that it's a lot different than where I live, but it's a great state and the Ames/Des Moines area is amazing.

 

[Horse1]

I drove West into Iowa last year, right at sunrise. It felt like a place that could be home. I can see why people landed there. You'd have to like farmers.

My son goes to Iowa State. Not that it's a lot different than where I live, but it's a great state and the Ames/Des Moines area is amazing.

I'm eagerly awaiting AF's reply.

 

[Armed Ferret]

My son goes to Iowa State. Not that it's a lot different than where I live, but it's a great state and the Ames/Des Moines area is amazing.

I grew up in Ames and went to Iowa State. For a little while anyway, till I decided maybe it wasn't my path.

Glad I dropped out TBH. Now I'm retired and just got a sweet motorcycle (which is on the outprocessing checklist for retirees--did you buy your motorcycle yet?)

Not sweatin hobbies just yet; plenty of projects around the house to get it ready to sell in June. Headed to Prague in a couple weeks, and Venice again in February (our regular thing along with raving in Vegas every May).

Got an idea for a bidness in CO once we get comfy in the house wherever it is. Buddy from OH is moving out that way too so we're gonna team up for it. And a couple friends have hunting-based charities, one in TX that I'm hoping to expand into CO/WY and another based out of Vail (who happens to be well established at 10th Mountain distilling).

Lots in the pipeline. Short-term focus is just physical therapy on the knee post-surgery tho. Maybe paint my nails, shave my toehair and set up a feetfinder, pretend to be a chick see if i can dupe some lonely weirdos into sending me free money.

 

[Painless]

Plenty of weirdo’s so you might be on to something…..