I am a country girl. I can not see my neighbors, and unless the air is moving just right, I can't hear them either. We are surrounded by trees and you have to walk halfway down our driveway to see down into the valley. This is not a place one can have cows or make a big plot for the garden unless excivating is involved. Behind the house, you can see hills rising above us, and in front the valles and hills beyond them. If you walk five minutes into the woods our little homestead dissapears.

There are a few seasonal streams and a small pond that has a few goldfish in it. The dominate tree is cedar, and we have lots of wild life that wonder through.

Ya, the snow gets deep during the winter, but we have good sleds and good cold weather gear. So the snow is just a nice change of pace.

Woods and hills, that's my favorite place to live.

I like the view from where I lived when I was a kid. I grew up in the mountains in California. The view to the south was a mountian that I spent alot of time on as a kid, exploring gold mines, pig hunting, riding horses, etc.. I could look up from just about anywhere in my home town and see that mountain. The summit is probably only 3500-4000 ft above sea level, so there would usually be snow only a few times a year. The view to the north and east, there are alot higher mountains, Yosemite, Sierra National Forrest, Ansel Adams Wilderness.

i was born, raised and still live in kentucky, so i'm partial to rolling hills, lots of trees and plenty of green as far as the eye can see. although i don't live in that region, i'm also very partial to the southern appalachians. i like pine tree and mountain laurel.

i lived in the ugly upper midwest for 4 years and couldn't stand the flatness . . . .

i've also spent some time in the alps and wouldn't close my blinds if that was the view .

frye

We live on the top of a hill overlooking the city and it is very pretty at night. Not very many trees though so it is real exposed. I can see my neighbors houses but they are all about 500-1000yds away. I can't hear them at all unless the wind is blowing a certain way, then it sounds like they are in my yard. Lots of animals come through here but my wife and daughters won't let me take any of them. The siberian husky has gotten some wild turkey, (which I thought was the neighbors chicken at first), rabbits, deer legs, and a bunch of quills from a porcupine. Funny looking creature a porcupine. It looks like a black sack of puppies with quills. I might take one of the deer that come through here if the wife and kids aren't paying attention. They won't hear the bow but the dogs will FREAk.

I always loved the mountains in Colorado.




I'm very fond of Northern New Mexico as well.



I live in the Missouri River bottoms, not too shabby either.
(OK it's shabby, but nobody messes with me )

I like to see trees, wildlife and the purple/green of the distant mountain ranges. Onion ridge, Rainy ridge and Sheep mountain suit me just fine. The best part is no lights and the nearest neighbor (a complete psycho, but he feels the same about me) a too close half mile away. I love to see the ponderosas I have thinned and the fields I have cleared of weeds along with the decidious trees and native shrubs my family and I have planted. Best part is the winter when the snow muffles the sound of vehicles climbing up the mountain--made all the better by the lack of tourists and people looking for their own little piece of land.

Sounds like you have done a lot of work on your land. I have done a lot of land clearing and know how much work it can be. The place you live sounds lovely. Almost like my home, but we have a lot of cedars along with our pines.

The high plains... something where I can see for miles, and still have wooded mountains in my backyard.

If ican see my neighbors, then the view sucks.

Personally, these are a couple of my favorite views:

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Our Front Yard

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Our Back Yard

These are panoramas that I took when we first moved in. The landscaping has changed a bit. We have a water garden dug out in the back yard and the entire property has been left to grow wild except for a bit around the house, sheds, barn, and yards in order to reduce critters and bugs around the house. I guess I should update my photos sometime.

AA

No mountains to clutter the view. I like. How big is your spread, if you don't mind me asking?

10 acres.

Roughly, it's about 450 feet by 1000 feet rectanglular. Our home sits on the hill and we can see the city approximately 10 miles north of us from our front porch. Its easier to see at night time, but you can see the encroaching civilization from here.

AA

Nice, but a bit to open for me.
Kinda makes me want to dig a hole to hide in.

I'm a forest dewller. I live in heavily forested rough hills.
This is on the mountain above our cottage.


This is a shot looking down our driveway. You can just make out a bit of our cottage in the backround.



In the summer the place looks more like this. This is a shot of me walking down our hidden trail to the spring we get water from.


At night you can't see any lights anywhere, and the stars shine right through the heavens.

Like Heidi wrote -
That's the way we like it.

That's beautiful, my friend.

That's the kind of place I hope to retire to.

This property is temporary. A shelter from city life until we have it paid off and are ready to move on.

Our plan has been to purchase a home close to encrouching society as we work toward retirement, pay it off ASAP, help the kids move toward self-sufficiency, wait for developers to make an offer (where we are it's a matter of when, not if), sell the land for the highest price we can get. Take the cash and our retirement funds and move to some remote locale similar to that which you live on.

Awesome place, there EtdBob!!

AA

Thanks AA.
Your place certainly has it's advantages though ( aside from running water, indoor plumbing and electricity... )

You can spade up or plow as much land as you could wish for a huge garden, it looks like you have good grass for livestock and you can build stuff without first having to pay a pile of money to an excavator to carve you a flat spot! Must be nice!

It is nice. I just have not yet had time to get out there and get going, what with the new baby. Now that he is sleeping through the night, we'll be more inclined to start building hutches, pens, corrals, etc. and acquiring livestock.

AA

There is a place in California called Glacier Point. The view from there is awesome. It's over 3,000 ft straight down to the valley floor below.

This is the view looking to the west.


This is the view looking to the east.

Isn't that Yosemite? One of the prettiest places in America, imo.

Uh...this is weird. +1, only it was El Dorado Nat'l and Tahoe Nat'l Forest...Otherwise, your post could have been mine.

Yes

I went snow skiing up that way, a few times. Bear Valley. Awesome ski slopes. I never went skiing at Tahoe or Mammoth, but Bear Valley was really good.

Bear Valley, is that the ski resort on Hwy 4? I think I rode by there on the motorcycle in the summertime. I think it was just north of Angels Camp? I may have the name of it wrong.