My wife and I recently made the decision to move our family 2400 miles away. We have always dreamed of living in a warm climate and because we are avid boaters living by the ocean was also a dream. There was every reason to talk ourselves out of making this move now. We had not sold our home here and because we both grew up in Utah we had much angst about moving away from family and friends. After much back and forth, my wife convinced me it was the right thing to do and we had to make a decision because school was starting soon and we would need to get our 11 year old enrolled. It has been about 6 months now and I have never been happier. My family is thriving in the new environment and it is everything we dreamed it could be. We bought a home on the water and will have our boat right in the back yard. We are 58 miles by boat from the Bahamas (about 2 hours). Acording to our realtor, we can anchor off one of the 500 islands and dive, spear fish, catch lobster or take our dingy over to the island and lay on the beach. Since our boat is self contained we can spend the weekend on it with ac and television if we want.

It accured to me that it is never the perfect time to make a decision and you can always come up with a reason for not living out your dream. The real turning point for me came a while back, before we moved. We were visiting the area and spent the day at Jensen Beach. I struck up a conversation with a gentleman while we were both wading in the warm water of the Atlantic. After I mentioned my dream about relocationg to the area, he asked me if I could work from there. I told him I could and he said “do it now, I wish I would have done it at your age, when I could really take advantage of all this place has to offer.”