It’s a trade off living in a small town in the middle of nowhere. We moved from Irvine which is in Southern California, to Lake Havasu City, AZ. Its only 300 miles away but at time it feels like 3000!

Trade off’s are becoming less and less for me. There’s a couple restaurants I go to every time I go back to visit. Sunday dinners with Mom and my brother kind of stuff too. But most of mine are selfish things that I’m getting used to.

Southern California is a 24/7/365 lifestyle and exactly the reason I wanted out. Everyone is in a hurry, impatient and blind to every moment and every thing around them. I lived the corporate lifestyle and lost years of my life to it. I had an opportunity to take some time to slow down and enjoy things before life threw loose wheels and blown head gaskets at me again. I know it will, it’s just a matter of time.

Some trade offs: Amazon does not deliver the same day. Safeway.com does not deliver at all. The closest Frys Electronics is Phoenix, 3 hours away.  There is no Pho restaurant in town. The amount of stars at night will keep you staring for hours. Gossip comes from the woman in a booth at the Smith’s gas station. Sunsets are spectacular. They serve sushi at the Chinese food restaurant. You can drive your off-road vehicle on the city streets. The police wave to you. Speed limit in town is 35 MPH, at 36 MPH you get a ticket. Crime is low because everyone carries a gun. There is no line at the DMV, really! They will shoot your drone out of the sky just for fun if you launch it. The amount of classic cars here is incredible. Snowbirds will run you over to get to the garage sale. Jeepers will give you any part you need if you’re broke down in the desert. During the summer months everyone goes to the lake to play so don’t bother. During the winter months everyone goes out into the desert to play so don’t bother. You can’t always get what you want when you want it. Let it go.

It’s all a trade off.

Trust me when I say this place can rock! There is always something going on so if your’e bored, your not looking around. This is Memorial Day weekend in ‘The Channel’ during the Desert Storm 2018 event. Want to see some of the fastest boats make full throttle 180 MPH passes down the lake, then this is your weekend. I was shocked seeing how much money people spend on toys. Twin, Supercharged Lamborghini engines in a boat pushing 3000 HP! Really! Some of these things are well above the million dollar mark. A lot above and hundreds of them.

It’s a retirement town during the winter and a recreational town during the summer. You look forward to both of them beginning and both of them ending.

Spring Breakers, Weekenders and the Snow Birds. Trade offs.