Friday November 8
Now that the
party was over it was time to have a Kerry and Ricky day. This would be a day
when we got to do what we wanted. The only thing we had planned on doing was
having dinner and Jodi's house. We were looking forward to that. Timo was doing
his Mexican style BBQ and from what I remember, it was going to be amazing.
While slowly
getting ready for the day, I started scanning the internet for homes in areas
that were of interest to us. I found two, one in Ashland and one in a small
town called Jacksonville. Kerry and I would do a drive by today, just to see
what was out there as far as real estate inventory goes. Judith was setting up
a few places we could go into on Saturday, beginning in Ashland at noon.
Kerry and I
loaded Rosie into the car and headed for Ashland. We plugged the address we
found online into the GPS and before long, we were pulling up in front of this
beautiful home, on a steep hill, just above the University. We know that
University neighborhoods hold their real estate value and are usually ahead of
the curve as far as value growth goes. This was an impressive house, but
slightly over priced for what we were willing to pay. As we peeked around, a
neighbor across the street, doing some yard work, kept an eye on us the entire
time. I waved to him as we drove off. He smiled and waved back.
John and
June were trying to talk us out of Ashland because of the old hippy population
that lives there. They also pointed out that this was a town full of Liberals.
Hmmm, couldn't see a problem with that! There was an invasion of tourist in the
summer time and that could be an issue.
On the way
back towards John's we GPS'd the address to the house in Jacksonville. What a
quaint little town (population 2800). As we pulled up we saw an agent entering
the house with a couple. We sat in the car and admired the curb appeal. We drove
around Jacksonville to get a feel for this historical town
This house
was just a couple of blocks from their down town business district. Calling the
name on the realtor sign we ended up speaking with the husband of the husband
and wife sales team. He said that his wife could meet us there in 30 minutes.
We said that would be fine. We drove back to the house and were glad to see
that the other couple had left, leaving us the freedom to peek around over
fences and into windows.
Right on
time the realtor showed up and the first thing she asked was if we had an
agent. We said we did and with a disappointed
tone she still agreed to show us around inside. I will go more into what we saw
in my Saturday blog. All I will say here is what we saw, we liked (very much).
As we left
we told the agent that we wanted to come back with Kerry's brother, so we can
see the place through a contractors eye. She agreed with the plan and suggested
that we coordinate it with Judith (our agent in Medford). Done.
We gave a
call to Judith and asked if she could add the Jacksonville house to our tour
scheduled for Saturday. She agreed. Now it was time to head back home to get
cleaned up for tonight's dinner with Jodi and her clan.
We arrived at
Jodi's house at 5pm with our appetites. Timo served us a beautifully cooked Carne
Asada with all the trimmings. We ate well. Jodi and her family made us feel right
at home, like it had only been a day since we last saw each other. Wait a
minute, it was only a day since we last saw them.
Jodi asked
us if we were really considering moving there. We replied that we didn't know.
We added that we were simply looking around to see what was available. We even
suggested that if we found a cute place, one that we could lock up and leave
for a long period of time we might consider spending our summers in Oregon,
keeping a townhouse in Tucson for our winters. Jodi was excited by the
possibility.
After
getting back to John's, we had our regular bedtime cup of tea before heading to
the RV for the night. Tomorrow was going to be a really busy day.
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