The Merritt B.C. area

Retirement area worth concideration.

Merritt B.C. is nestled in the heart of The Nicola Valley and sports a wide veriety of shopping, a 18 hole golf course with access to excelent fishing and hunting.

It is also home to one of the largest music concerts in the county, (if not the largest) with some of the top western stars showcasing thier talents.

Housing prices fall into just about anyones budget, depends on your needs.

The climate is hot and dry in the long summer and has winters which are not cold.

Gardens grow great with a little care. In all of our travels we have found weeds, there is no place to go to escape them.

The town is growing with new shopping added in the last few years and more comming.

Kamloops is only 50 minutes to the north and Kelona about 90 minutes to the east.
Vancouver is about two and a half hours away,





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one more look

Before we leave the coast we stopped in Vancouver to visit some friends who have retired there.

They have a very affordable condo with a view of the Fraser river. They got a steal of a deal, (the right place at the right time).

They get a ton of rain there, so if you don't like the sun, this is a great place to go.

Cost of living is high compared to some of the other places we have looked at as we traveled to the west.

In Langley it was the same, just to wet for my liking and to much moss in the lawn.

Other than the rain, the temps are good.





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looking for retirement places

We have been doing a lot of waking for the last month , searching for the ideal place to retire.
As we are getting older we find it harder to control our wieght and this leads to a whole bunch of health problems.
We need a little boost, on our way to attaining our wieght goals so we have started a natural path to wieght control.




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more on Victoria

We have run out of time for looking around Victoria, as a retirement destination.
It is, at this point, our first choice for retirement.

Since this is a big change to ourselves and our family, there is a lot more questions to be answered.

We will be leaving part of our family behind and far away.

Many people who move to another part of the country to retire, take a long time to get used to thier new home.

There is still much to do before we make our final choice of where and when.

As we tour the rest of western Canada we will be looking for other places that offer the kind of life style we want to continue to pursue.

Victoria

Public transportation is very good around the city, there are also plenty of taxi cabs around.
Trafic volume is very reasonable, with courtious drivers.

There are taxies of the four legged veriety, make the touring of some parts of the city very pleasent.

Walkers abound throughout the many parks and walking pathes in the city, ( if you walked every trail and path it would be a retirement project which would keep you in great shape).

We did look at the food prices and they were not that bad, compared to the rest of the west.

Gasoline was another story, it was the highest price we paid throughout all our travels in western Canada.

walking and looking for houses

Day 3 and another 10k walk looking for real estate, this has been a great way to see a lot of houses without driving all over the city.
Legs are getting a good work out and sore, we will drive for the next day or two.

next is the cost of living to look at and the price of food and transportation

looking for houses on day 2 ,10k walk

Today we walked another 10 k around a dfferent area of the city.

We started at the Archie Browning Sports Centre and went north to kinsmen Gorge Park then east to the Trestle Bridge.

This area has a lot of older homes and a bunch of newer ones as well, with great gardens.

From the bridge we went south past Esquimalt to Kimta, then west back to the Centre.

Along the way, more nice homes and gardens.

Looks more and more like a great place to retire. The real estate prices are high, if compared to most other places in Canada. The climate is the big plus.

We have not looked at the condos yet, but they will likely carry the same pricing.

walking in Victoria

Still looking at affordable houses in and around Victoria B.C.,

This time we have been doing the Victoria International walking festival, which has been held for the last eight years. This is our second time at this walk.

This gives us a excelent look at varios parts of the city, the first day we walked ten km, through lots of the residential areas and along part of the ocean front.

Give us a good idea of the types of homes that are available for purchace along the route we took on Friday.
We will be out there again Saterday a:m, doing the same thing.

Retire in Victoria

We have spent a lot of time looking at a lot of diferent areas in the city and some west of the city.
We found many sites , most of them were outside our budget and also would be outside the budget of those who would like to retire to the area for the climate.

One thing to include in the mix, is the cost of travel to and from the mainland, a midsize car with two in it is $100 return .
Most of the things you need are available.

We still have a lot of research to do.

world curling

The curling is all over for another year and we sure did enjoy it.
The last game was not as tense as some of the other games leading up to the title game.
Canada had two big ends and that was all they needed to dispatch the young Scotish team.
Randy Frebee did not give the scots an easy shot all game, and in the end it paid off with some key misses by Scotland.

retirement places

Over the last few weeks we have been looking at various places across the western part of Canada, looking for the Ideal place to retire.

We looked at the places with two diferent budgets in mind, those under 30 k, and those over 30 k.
We are now in Victoria B.C, found a few places that are suited to a small budget, but thay are in the minority.
Depending on your budget it is a nice place to retire, if you don't mind some rain.

While here, we are taking in the world curling championships, there have been some nail biting games over the last few days since we have been here.


Scotland and Canada are playing for the title tomorrow, we will put off our hunt for a retirement place for a few more days as we visit around the Island.