Where is your dream place...

[Pax]

...My sister lives in Key West. She loves it there because of the weather, but she's had to endure hurricanes and I don't think it would be a good place for a road cyclist, since there's only one very busy road out of town. I guess you could take up kayaking instead.

Tell your sister I am SOOOOO jealous! I visit Key West as often as money allows and since my other sporting passions are scuba and kayaking I think it would be nirvana. If I were unattached I'd move there tomorrow.

[emily_in_nc]

I'd want to live in a quaint cottage somewhere warm all the time, like Queen, but not scorching, drippingly humid/hot (as NC can be in mid-July), car-free, where I could ride or walk or sail or kayak everywhere. I'm thinking Hopetown, Bahamas might be the only place that fits the bill -- there aren't many car-free places around, I've looked. I could handle Mackinac Island, MI in the summer for a change of scenery.

I've never been to Hopetown, or even the Bahamas. Love the BVIs, but there are maniac drivers there. Jost Van D--yke (edited) would work as there are very few vehicles on the very few roads, but it's not very bikeable; it's mountainous, and there is pretty much just one road back and forth (though DH and I did hike around the island once, which was the toughest 7 miles of my life!)

We're toying with the idea of a liveaboard sailing catamaran someday, so we could check out all the islands...taking sailing lessons now. Our Bike Fridays could go along for the ride and be taken onshore in bikeable places!

Emily

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

When I was little I lived in NYC, was happy there but dreamed of living in the country. At age 12 we moved to the country (the same little town I live now) and I was happy there but dreamed of moving back to the city. Then I moved back to the city, was happy there but wound up moving to Puerto Rico. I was happy there for years, then I dreamed of moving back to the little town in the country here. Then I moved back here and realized that there are a lot of places that seem like they would be the absolute best place to live, but in actuality might be better just to visit.
Nowadays, after 19 years of living back here in my little rural town, I like daydreaming about living in places like France, Quebec, Maine, Vermont, etc. But I know I'd want to be back here after a while....at last I am content where I am. -probably because I am (finally) happy on the INSIDE.

But i'd love to visit France and Italy one day...

[7rider]

A cottage on a lake in the mountains. Big mountains. Lots of pine trees.
But, we'd have to keep a sailboat somewhere - after we finish the Circle Route, it will be there for us when we need to smell salt air again.

[Trekhawk]

An old house on small acreage in Tasmania with a view of the mountains and perhaps the D'Entrecasteau Channel. Mild summers, cooler winters and the purest air in the world to breathe.

[CyclChyk]

I want - a 2200-2500 hundred sq ft house on the beach (perhaps Florida) with lots of glass windows (kinda like the house in the movie Sleeping with the Enemy) - and then I would want a cabin to vacation in on Sebec Lake in Maine..... (where I married my man).............

All with tons of land for my doggies to frolic of course............

[Tuckervill]

Even though it needs a new roof...

Karen, dying for Spring and blooming azaleas...

[snapdragen]

Someplace green, with a creek or river. Nothing too big, a cottage for me and Chloe, with a room for the occasional guest. Room for a small vege garden, oh, and a workshop so I can start making jewelry again. Near lots of good cycling roads/trails.

[emily_in_nc]

Karen, what a darling house! Just the cottage-y style I love.

I absolutely love our house in the woods, too, especially the secluded setting (11 acres), many birds, huge hardwood trees, deer, and trails all around us....but I have wanderlust as well. I'm kinda like Lisa says she used to be. Whatever lifestyle/setting I don't have, I crave. I live in a rural area now, so I crave city life, where I could walk everywhere and have coffee or a glass of wine in a quaint cafe along the street, or pop into a bookstore. I live in the woods, so I crave the beach, the islands, water all around me, blues instead of browns and greens. I'm content and happy where I am most of the time, but I don't want to die having lived in North Carolina for all of my days.

There's just too much more to see and experience, and a vacation isn't always enough time to really experience a place.

Emily

[cyclinnewbie]

Someplace woodsy, but much sunnier that where I live now. You'd think after being born and raised in Western WA, I could function without much sun, but I just can't. I can handle the cold, as long as there's sun. I would, however, like to be able to get out all year round. But not too far from mountains...I cannot be too far from mountains. Someplace where I can walk and ride a lot. Not sure where this place is, but someday I'll find it!

PS I have always wanted to go to Utah, New Mexico (high desert/mountainous parts), and Maine. Maybe one of those places is my dream.

PSS I just realized I'm limiting myself to the US...I would love to see the south of France, Greece, Istanbul, Jerusalem, Morrocco, Australia/New Zealand, Antarctica, Guatemala, Sweden, Ireland/Scotland (have family there), Africa...so many places! I wish my hubby liked to travel....I need a travel buddy. And a big inheritance!