Oldhorselady, what a terrific story!
Never in my wildest, would I have thought something so horse perfect could be found that close to a metro area like San Diego:clap:
Deserthorsewoman, if you don't move down by Oldhorselady, come to Middle Tennessee, if the threat of tornadoes don't bother you.
We have some awesome riding, especially up on the Cumberland Plateau (Big South Fork and East Fork for starters).
No state tax; also no private property tax (I think Kentucky still has that) but sales tax is 9.75% on whatever items Tennessee deems taxable. Gasoline has shot up to $3.62/gal. We have never hit $4/gal but that doesn't mean we won't this time:-(
Middle Tennessee has Nashville and Chattanooga for Metro Cities. Knoxville is on the cusp of Middle & East Tennessee and UT Knoxville has an equine facility.
West Tennessee has Memphis and the New Madrid Fault Line which is worse than the San Andreas Fault Line. It is the reason the Mississippi River split in two and ran backward during the great earthquake of 1812. If the New Madrid Fault Line ever has another big belly ache, the experts claim it will make the San Andreas Fault Line look like a small crack in the desert sand:-| Banks require earthquake insurance in West TN:-(