A while back, Karen and I began a search for some land near Knoxville, that we could use as a base of operations closer to her son and daughter-in-law and our grandkids. I even posted here at the beginning after we had looked at one property:
http://sportpilottalk.com/viewtopic.php ... 77&p=42751
Long story short, we were lucky to find some property for sale adjacent to an existing runway, and yesterday we closed on just over 3 acres adjacent to the runway at "Big T" airport (80TN), north of Lenoir City, TN:
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You may recall I took a little video of me flying into there for the first time:
https://youtu.be/imlMUEf7ekU
Anyway, right now its just raw land. The plan is to clear/level some portion of it for a driveway, bring in power, water and cable, and make a spot for our travel trailer and a shed for yard tools and the like. Fence in a yard so when we drive up to camp we can bring our 4 dogs. Clear room for a few tiedown spots - that sort of thing. Eventually a hangar with an efficiency apt, then long-term maybe build a proper house.
No intention of moving any time in the near future - N GA will still be home for now. But eventually it might be nice being closer to the kids and grandkids as we get older - we'll just have to see.
Oh, and Karen brought the champagne!
https://youtu.be/-c6imsnx0cc
BTW, there are still several 5-acre lots available - let me know if you'd like the realtor's contact info.