See, you get on the road (now that you have time) and visit all of those Mudcatters you've always wanted to meet. You'll have a lot to discuss so take your time -- three or four weeks at each place isn't too much and all you need to buy is gas for the car!

I myself live in a small 8 x 12 foot cabin at the end of a footpath near an old mineshaft halfway up a mountain in Idaho about ten or twelve miles from the nearest road. Water is hauled from the creek two miles away when it isn't snowing and we have kill and butcher whatever we eat. The outhouse is pretty old and some of the floorboards crack every now and then, but feel free to visit any time. Be careful of grizzly bears and mountain lions (cougars) when you come.