Well, for a host of good reasons, my wife and I are moving from Tulsa back to California. We'll be on the road come friday, and expect to be on the Monterey beach by Monday or Tuesday (again).
My parents were some of those Cherokee that were displaced by the government during the early 30s (and sent to California). They stayed on for he war, and that's how our family wound up in California. So for as long as I was in the army, I knew I'd come back home to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. I did, as of July 2000. But the kids had found very good careers in law enforcement, and EMT/911 centers, plus the oldest is now in the Air Force...and all the grandkids are living in California.
So, it's either stay here and maybe see the children growing up from a vast distance, or go back and get a home on the same street as all my grandkids. The choice is easy.
The only hurtful aspect is the cost of living. Here in Tulsa, Oklahoma the retirement income goes very far indeed! We can even save a great deal.
But in Salinas, California...maaaann!
Oh, and I'd have to say adios to Gilmores Tulsa Indoor gun range
In California, I'll drive 40 miles to King City to use some ranch land.
AND, I CAN SHRED MY CCW; IT IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO POSSESS A CCW IN CALIFORNIA.
Well, I'll pull the plug on this machine thursday. Should be on line again NLT the following Thursday.
Jim Burnes
My parents were some of those Cherokee that were displaced by the government during the early 30s (and sent to California). They stayed on for he war, and that's how our family wound up in California. So for as long as I was in the army, I knew I'd come back home to Fort Gibson, Oklahoma. I did, as of July 2000. But the kids had found very good careers in law enforcement, and EMT/911 centers, plus the oldest is now in the Air Force...and all the grandkids are living in California.
So, it's either stay here and maybe see the children growing up from a vast distance, or go back and get a home on the same street as all my grandkids. The choice is easy.
The only hurtful aspect is the cost of living. Here in Tulsa, Oklahoma the retirement income goes very far indeed! We can even save a great deal.
But in Salinas, California...maaaann!
Oh, and I'd have to say adios to Gilmores Tulsa Indoor gun range

AND, I CAN SHRED MY CCW; IT IS NEAR IMPOSSIBLE TO POSSESS A CCW IN CALIFORNIA.
Well, I'll pull the plug on this machine thursday. Should be on line again NLT the following Thursday.
Jim Burnes
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