Nice house in Moab

[TrailBate]

Bored at work today, so I was surfing for houses in Moab. Check out the views this one has!!

http://www.realtor.com/Prop/1039960294

[ArmOnFire]

Nice!


And just think, for that price you might be able to buy a postage stamp lot , or 2 BR condo in the Greater Boston area!

[Slider]

Nice place! And for roughly what NEMBA paid for 'Nam.
A week there sure would make a nice reward for donations,
membership renewals, and trail maintenance participation.

Nice place to retire, also.

You got me thinking....

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[Jisch]

Man, that looks awesome. Of course you can't forget that temps in the 120s are not unusual in the summer.
Have to find somewhere to "summer", perhaps up in Fruita?

John

[Slider]

OK, Jisch, you buy the Fruita place, and I'm good for the Moab one.

Oh yeah - your kids ought to switch to trade school very soon. :)

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[Jisch]

TB -

Please refrain from posting stuff like this. It leads to nothing but envy and wanting...

I actually went in and printed a brochure.

10 years from now (post kids college) this is where I'm at...

John

[TrailBate]

Trailbait - you gotta edit that URL to more than one line....

Nice place! And for roughly what NEMBA paid for 'Nam.
A week there sure would make a nice reward for donations,
membership renewals, and trail maintenance participation.

Nice place to retire, also.

You got me thinking....

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it posted in 6 lines. I don't know what happened.....

[If_Rider]

Nice! Just needs a pool.

[AA]

Nice! Just needs a pool.


the only problem with a pool in Moab is that you have to fill it once a week in July due to evaporation ;D

If money wasnt an issue (insert laughter here) Moab would be a great place to have a house for the peak seasons, March - June Sept - November

[Jisch]

yeah, but its a dry heat ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Seriously - anyone been there in summer, what's 113 feel like?

John

[AA]

I was there in Sept. 95 deg is hotter than hell. No shade anywhere. I cant imagine 113 deg.

[Slider]

I think it was Ben Franklin who said: Early to bed, early to rise makes a man cool, and eager to ride.

So you get up at 5am, and off the bike around 8, and hope like hell, literally, that you don't break something unfixable.

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[Jisch]

Right, forgot about that shade thing. When I was out in April (and it was cloudy most every day) I was thinking, this would be brutal in full sun on a hot day. Funny how you forget these things sitting back here in cold NE.

John

[ArmOnFire]

Djibouti, Djibouti (In Africa) I think their avg. temp is 115 deg F (OK, it's really 90, but that's the average)
Aweful, especially for a New Englander.
I think my eyeballs were sweating, and then dried out.
Seriously, you can only take off so much clothes and still sweat in the shade.
Hard to think about that being around here lately, but believe it or not I'd pick to live in this climate over that type.

Topic derailed, my work here is done.

-Dan

[TrailBate]

I'll take 90's and humidity over this weather any day.

[juiceguy03]

http://www.realtor.com/Prop/1043315537?lnksrc=00045

here's one in Fruita

[Slider]

I like the Moab one much better. Those big developments in the West all look the same - CO, CA, AZ, take your pick. And there's no vegetation to break up the monotony. :P

Then again, as long as Jisch lives there, and we all just visit in the warm weather, it might no be so bad. 8)

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[Quo Fan]

The lot size is incredibly small. 0.18 acre. Barely enough to put the house on. No way to build ramps and stunts to practice on, not enough land. The up side is, no grass to mow. No wasting riding time for yardwork.

[jh_on_the_cape]

yeah, but its a dry heat ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

Seriously - anyone been there in summer, what's 113 feel like?

John


I rode there in the summer once. It was HOT. I rode from dawn at 5 am til about 8 am and then it was just cooking hot. I was sleeping in my van, which was also very hot. During the day I read a book in McDonalds because it had AC. And I went to movie. Then I rode again for the 2 hours before sunset. still hot. it was july. i was passing through for a few days.

[jh_on_the_cape]

Nice!


And just think, for that price you might be able to buy a postage stamp lot , or 2 BR condo in the Greater Boston area!


Yes, exactly. So when you have paid off your boss-town place, you can sell it and get a place in moab and a place in arizona. and still take trips out there every winter while doing so!

[TrailBate]

Nice!


And just think, for that price you might be able to buy a postage stamp lot , or 2 BR condo in the Greater Boston area!


Yes, exactly. So when you have paid off your boss-town place, you can sell it and get a place in moab and a place in arizona. and still take trips out there every winter while doing so!


yeah, that's probably the only plus-side to owning a home in Massachusetts; You can sell it and buy a better house down south with cash!

[MTBME]

That's a good point but then there's no coming back. You couldn't afford it. My sister and her family moved out of Litchfield NH 7 years ago to move down to South Carolina. They bough a new house for half of what you would pay up here :) But, that new house has only appreciated about $5,000 since they bought it :( My brother in law was laid off and was thinking about coming back to this area. How do you get back in the market at this point?

[TrailBate]

buy a condo or a trailer. uh, I mean, Portable Home, or what is it now?

[Coolriding]

I was in Moab in Aug 2003 (passing thru, not a planned trip). Rented a bike and went out at 6:30 am for a little ride. It was about 60 deg. or so. Pretty nice. By 9:00 am it was in mid 90's. By 9:30 I was toast and done for the day. Mid day temp was 107 and spent by the pool.

I was told by Moab LBS that best time is October. The spring is nice, but attracts lots of college age kids on Spring break.

[gnurider1080]

I was in Moab in Aug 2003 (passing thru, not a planned trip). Rented a bike and went out at 6:30 am for a little ride. It was about 60 deg. or so. Pretty nice. By 9:00 am it was in mid 90's. By 9:30 I was toast and done for the day. Mid day temp was 107 and spent by the pool.

I was told by Moab LBS that best time is October. The spring is nice, but attracts lots of college age kids on Spring break.




really? i never realized that college kids who didnt bike or do any real outdoor stuff thats fun in moab would actually be interested in going there.