I'm happy with my job as well. I don't work in a pit of despair that sucks my soul away, and I make a decent paycheck.

I think the idea is that we all are just working to get to a place when we don't have to work any longer, but I think I'd miss working in some way if I couldn't do it anymore.

To answer the question, though, I'd probably try to buy a house on the lake in Coeur d'Alene, or on the Oregon coast. Someplace close to civilization, but noth smack in the middle of a city. I'm sure I'll travel, too, but I'm not waiting until I retire to visit all of the places I want. Forty years is much too long for that.