A few reasons....
I own a nice home in the country.
You can look out any window & not see neighbors.
My front yard do get a lil crowded though....



Thomas gets to play cowboy on the neighbor's ranch helping with ranch chores......









Having lived here all my life, I have connections to private property for very good blacktail hunting...

This year the Kid & I get to have this ranch all to ourselves...






Yeah, we have no salmon fishing for the time being, but life ain't all bad.
We had our annual squirrelfest up north last week on a friend's ranch...







California ain't the best place in the world, but I can think of a lot worse...