We spend warm months in our cottage on Lake Champlain in Vermont and cold months in home outside St. George UT. So far I think we are on year 4 of this and LOVE it.
The things we notice
- two sets of friends (though some of them also snowbird Vermont and “heatbird” Utah desert) so even if we stayed in one place, some of them would also be gone.
- one more car than necessary. We leave one in each place and then drive out Tesla back and forth.
- doctors/dentists/hair dressers, etc. in both places
- finding health insurance that covers us in both (not medicare yet)
- Home Opening up and shutting down logistics (re-stocking and de-stocking) - not a huge issue but still some work
- where are my clothes? - we leave some clothes in both but inevitably something is @ the other location
- two homes to maintain, pay taxes on, etc.
- less need for vacations - we feel we live in two of the most beautiful places around where other people come to vacation - though Kauai is our special place where we try to go every year
- kids are on the east coast so Utah is a bit of a haul for them (and was never their home so no friends for them to connect to).
- we have two sets of pickleball friends now so great to reconnect with them.
We always talk about simplifying (especially in this crazy housing market) but there is no way we could live in Vermont in the winter or Utah in the summer so can’t think of a better option @ this point.
The things we notice
- two sets of friends (though some of them also snowbird Vermont and “heatbird” Utah desert) so even if we stayed in one place, some of them would also be gone.
- one more car than necessary. We leave one in each place and then drive out Tesla back and forth.
- doctors/dentists/hair dressers, etc. in both places
- finding health insurance that covers us in both (not medicare yet)
- Home Opening up and shutting down logistics (re-stocking and de-stocking) - not a huge issue but still some work
- where are my clothes? - we leave some clothes in both but inevitably something is @ the other location
- two homes to maintain, pay taxes on, etc.
- less need for vacations - we feel we live in two of the most beautiful places around where other people come to vacation - though Kauai is our special place where we try to go every year
- kids are on the east coast so Utah is a bit of a haul for them (and was never their home so no friends for them to connect to).
- we have two sets of pickleball friends now so great to reconnect with them.
We always talk about simplifying (especially in this crazy housing market) but there is no way we could live in Vermont in the winter or Utah in the summer so can’t think of a better option @ this point.