Where to retire?

[adirondackjoe]

bevel down
my e mail is joeadirondack@gmail.com send me a few pictures of alaska and i'll send some of the adirondacks back at you.

[big w beagles]

What are the winters like in the middle southern part of Tennessee? The area around Coffee county sounds interesting for running the beagles, deer hunting, and maybe some fishing. But as stated earlier, the wife wants to get away from the extreme cold and snow that we have had in Ohio the last couple years. This year has been terrible in trying to get the dogs out. Many days of minus 15-20 degrees with the wind chill and with snow on the ground has kept this old hunter close to home. I'm not ready to go to Florida and not be able to do the things I enjoy. I'd prefer to meet my maker in the brush with my dogs by my side than sleeping in an easy chair by a pool.

[Shady Grove Beagles]

Winters in middle Tn. to me resemble the first week of of Dec. in N.H.You'll get plenty of frosty mornings with temps in the mid to high 20's but quite often will end up with a 45-50 degree day.The average winter temp. according to the state is 46 degrees.We do get some temps. that do hit the teens at night but over all not that many.In 20 years of living in Tn. I've only seen it get to below zero twice.The first year we moved here in '95 it dropped down to -5 for one morning and last year we had-1 one morning but that's pretty unusual.
Many winters we have no snow at all.This winter we had one 5" snow but the next day it was 44 degrees and the snow was gone.This morning we woke up to just enough snow to make the ground white [maybe 1/4" ]and it was gone by 9:30 A.M.
One thing I forgot to mention earlier and to me as a beagler it's a big plus and that is we can run beagles year round day or night.
I'd stay away from Florida ---- the land of newlyweds and nearly deads.LOL.

[PREACHERS KENNEL]

dana..i.sent u a pm ted wants to talk to u

[Bevel Down]

Big W, have you considered RVing? Somewhere up North in the summer & down South for the winter. For the price of one or more non-resident licenses -- if the hunting isn't to your liking in one area, just try someplace else? We tried it in 2005 but, unless you have some land, you can't plant a garden... no roots literally & figuratively.

Alabama John, Am I correct in thinking that the deer are taking refuge on the out of state land that can't be hunted, with a resulting population explosion? On another note, high up on my Lower 48 "to do list" is fishing Weiss Lake.
My name is in reference to single bevel woodworking tools such as a draw knife & wood chisel. When used bevel up, they can hog out large amounts of wood quickly. While the same tool when used bevel down, it becomes a precision tool that can take precise "finishing" cuts.
Never thought of it being a musical name, but I never tire of the sounds a hand plane makes.

Adirondackjoe, I'll have to ask my daughter how to send photos. Will send a PM.

[Alabama John]

I see, that is your computer site name. Nothing like the sound of woodworking!
Most instruments for making music are wood.
What are you wanting to fish for at Weiss lake?
Stripe are best at Smith lake.
Deer everywhere, State, Federal or not and they need food bad. Most everyone wants a trophy so does multiply.

[big w beagles]

I think my wife and I will drive down to investigate the southern, central part of Tennessee. Any specific towns, cities or other areas that we should check out?
Thanks for all the information that the beaglers shared with me.

[PREACHERS KENNEL]

realestate is cheaper and deals abound in Manchester ..Tullahoma not bad either

[Shady Grove Beagles]

Don't know anything about real estate or prices but you might want to check out Lewisburg and the surrounding area.I used to call on several customers there and one of them had a big farm raising Angus cattle.He let me rabbit hunt it and it was flat covered up with rabbits! I've heard from some other beaglers that that area has lots of rabbits also.
I'd say stay away from the Murfreesboro area.M-boro is the fastest growing city in Tn.and I've also heard one of the fastest growing in the U.S.The sprawl is gobbling up land for developement and prices are accordingly high and traffic can be brutal! If I wanted middle Tn. I would look at the counties south of M-boro down towards Alabama.Maybe look at Lawrenceburg a little to the SW. or Winchester more SE.

[Shady Grove Beagles]

Just happened to think about the area around Watertown [east of Nashville ].There's an active A.R.H.A. Little Pack club there that I used to trial at and we always seemed to find plenty of rabbits and they had some pretty nice spots to run on.Just a thought.

[Bevel Down]

AlabamaJohn PM sent.