Our little slice of heaven

Wife and I purchased this lot to build our retirement home on. Just outside of Polson, MT at the south end of Flathead Lake.

Congrats Paul! That is simply beautiful.

Congrats, you have an amazing view!!

Looks awesome.

That's God's country three seasons out of the year, as for winter, let's just say it's character building. I assume that you would be snow birding.

Very nice!

Awesome! Beautiful place!

Not going to say no to snow birding but I did grow up in Northern Michigan. Been in the south almost 30 years though...

Congrats on your slice of Heaven, its beautiful

Beautiful. It will be fun to design your house. My wife did ours on graph paper. You have so many moor tools now since the Internet.

Just so you know I'm in Minnesota and don't snow bird! I was all set to stay in Texas and met my wife, who's from MN, so here I am.

And I do love ice fishing so.....

Yes my wife is an architect and Interior Designer so she is burning up her AutoCAD

Go home yankee

That's a pretty awesome view, congrats.

Congrats...………………….
Just make sure, your wife puts a bathroom in my room...……...

Beautiful views. Congrats.

Count on you to make me feel good.....

All bedrooms will have their own bathrooms. Plus a half bath here and there

Congrats, that's an absolutely beautiful view.

Thanks everyone, we are really excited. Homebuilding and moving is still a few years away.

Montana has Medical Marijuana you need a Good Neighbor

Does this mean your gonna transfer everything over to TMHF ?

You should install a urinal in the garage. Triple dog dare ya

Congrats. Looks like a pretty area!

How many square feet are you planing.

Come on NORML!!!

And no.

Will be downsizing to about 1900 on the main level and a loft space of about 300 for a total of roughly 2200. We will have a very oversized garage though.

That is awesome. You'll have two airports nearby to get back to Texas when needed. The cherry festival is going to be great. Our next trip up there will probably be during that time. Make sure you find your own huckleberry patches in the summer. I can't tell you how awesome that is. Whatever you can't get in Polson or Kalispell, Missoula will have. Really great area yall have picked.

Thanks erath.... We were up there this summer during the festival. I think I ate my weight in cherries and huckleberries

We really like the area, love the views and the proximity to many small towns and national parks. Plus Flathead Lake is a phenomenal Yellow Perch fishery and that is one of my top 3 freshwater fish to both catch and eat!

Flew into Kalispell a few weeks ago to finalize the deal. 6 gates, only 2 of them with jetways. My kind of airport

Very beautiful, i wish you and your wife a very happy retirement together.

Can I come visit.....

Congrats on a beautiful place to enjoy the rest of your days....

Beautiful. Congratulations!

My man. Simply awesome. Dont put it off. Giddy up. Very proud for you.everyone should do it.

With all of your travels, I imagine you will be by several times.

I agree. Still need for my son to get out of High School and off to college.

Are you going to give him the new address after he goes to college?

Still sorting things out.... I don't think he will care as long as the checks keep coming.

that's usually how it goes, it would be a pita to haul the laundry to montana though

I would love to downsize.

Yeah it would. Not sure where he will go. I think he wants to go someplace up north. Next year will be time for visits and getting serious.

Nothing to it but to do it Bill

With an open invitation I can promise we will....

Congrats again brother....

University of Montana is close and a great school. Also planning on a trip up there to be a part of the Brawl of the Wild one year.

I love rivalry games.

Beautiful. Well done.

beautiful! I fell in love with MT when we visited there about 10 years ago ... congratulations!

That is awesome

Great thread. I simply can't see see myself leaving Texas.

I’m gonna buy the lot next door and move in my double wide, and store my not working cars.

Jk.

Nice place. How are the property taxes? State income tax?

Property taxes tiny...compared to here. No state income tax.

Very strict building standards so no double-wides allowed. But C'mon man, an Alabama guy and a double wide? That is so common it is a cliche.

Beautiful, let me know when you finish the guest bedroom!

Congratulations, that is a beautiful view you have. I have a cousin that lives about 3 hours from there in Medimont, Idaho. His wife posts some amazing pictures from up there.

I reckon it will be finished at the same time as the rest of the house...

Maybe we should have a big THF OT party up there, getter broke in good.

Bring extra boats for the fishing. No crappie there though.

For those that have not been up there, I think I speak for TXHS and myself when I say, you just won't understand it until you make the trip. It is truly an amazing area. No words or pictures can do it justice. While the video is truly impressive, it still does not put the entire thing into perspective until you are actually up there living it.

That is for sure.

I found a perfact house warming gift.

Very nice area, looks like a great place to retire to.

Love the time I have spent in Montana hunting and fishing beautiful country. Going to try to make it back up there in 2 or 3 years and do some fishing.

You do know they have self propelled snow blowers and people that will do it for you in exchange for some money right?

Call the man.

What everyone else said! Will be awesome 6 months out of the year JK, rather look at that skyline for one second then of Houston for a day.

You'll need one of these when the snow starts falling

Lot size?

It's not a ranch.

So, not another zero turn thread?

That's awesome! Congrats!

Congrats - bold move. My best buddy is buying a place near there, but only as 3 season home for now. His brother has a place up there as well just north of Missoula near Kicking Horse. They love it. Hope your spot is close enough to town lol. Cant wait to see pics once y'all start building.

No definitely not...

Close to town, close to the water, I can't wait either but we are a few years off. Kicking Horse is about 20 miles straight south of Polson.

You'll have to hit up Noggy P for a beer and friendly debate.

Awesome Paul. Glad you're not going to end up like me with no retirement. LOL.

At some point I'll probly be in hospice giving you a big thumbs up on the build.

Ummmm........NO.

A saying about a man on fire and me having to urinate comes to mind.

Paul, that is absolutely beautiful! And the best part is, you won't have to worry about me dropping by, during the month of January to visit!

Congrat's to you and your wife. Well done.

Thank you Janie.

I saw that you mentioned on Wytex's thread that you like walleye, I looked up the fish in Flathead, no walleyes, but lots of jumbo perch along with trout.

I know and that is a bummer. Will probably go home to Michigan and fish for Walleye. Love to fish for Perch and Pike though which are there. Also, whitefish are incredible smoked.

One of the lake trout we caught in July...

That's a pretty good compensation!

Seeing the thread about what a [censored] Austin is, thought I would resurrect this one. We are out of here.

Rub their nose in it

Nice!

Not my intention but....

Pretty nice. I keep looking for property that way since Colorado has gotten pricey and crowded. Had been keeping an eye on the area from Seely Lake to the West/north west. Need to be around forest and mountains!

Eagles Nest............around the Cimarron , New Mexico area

Nice . Better get one of these with a big snowblower. And a heated cab.

Actually the average annual snowfall is 33 inches. I live where it gets just over 50, a snowblower is plenty, size depends on driveway length. An excessively long driveway usually means that you contract to have it plowed.

Thanks for the info. I am thinking a self propelled snowblower will be plenty.

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