Thank you, Dughlas.
I started working part-time for the HOA during the summer in `03. They provided a campsite as part of my wages. I liked the area & the people. Always wanted to buy a place up there. In `09 my Mom died and I took some of what she left me to buy an acre. It had a septic vault, but no water or power. But I didn't get to spend much time up there; health issues, both mine & the wife's, kept us pretty close to town. I started going back up last year, but just day trips. My trailer was a tad large for the curved driveway. But then I noticed that the lot (another acre) next door was for sale. It had power, a well, a complete septic system w/leach field, and a straight drive way. So I bought it!
I took the trailer up in late May and parked it. After some health issues cleared, I've been up there most weekends. Painting sheds, clearing brush, basically improving the new lot. I still have over two dozen major trees to fell; the mountain pine beetle devastation has been terrible. But the views are fantastic as I have a few major rock outcrops to sit upon and contemplate my navel (with a cigar & Scotch, of course).