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Wednesday, November 12, 2014

A New Home for the Holidays

My Home


Tired of shoveling snow and months of cold weather?  If you’ve ever thought about desert living, check out this house in the high desert of southwest Utah.


This home is near several national parks and about two miles away from a beautiful state park.  You’ll love living here if you love the outdoors and watching wildlife.  This is especially true for hikers, campers, rock climbers, and photographers and artists.  There’s something magnificent to see everywhere you look from the scenic red rocks, to petrified sand dunes, to old black lava flows.

If you’re not into outdoor physical activities, you might enjoy plays from Broadway that are acted out using the backdrop of the unique red rock amphitheater only two miles away.  Enjoy a performance of an array of plays, bands, and comedians throughout the year.



 Tuachan Amphitheater

My home is large enough to accommodate a big family, or a retired couple that want space and a place to entertain relatives and friends.  The landscaping is low maintenance with just enough grass to make it desirable, yet easy to take care of.  Barbecue and watch all the wildlife you want from your own backyard.  At night view stars all the way to the horizon because we don’t have all the big city lights. 

This home sits on a large lot in the picturesque community of Ivins.  It backs up to the desert where you’ll find hiking and horseback riding trails, making it also the perfect place for walking your canine friend.

One of many hiking trails behind my house

Ivins is a small community of about 7400 people located minutes from St George where you’ll find all the shopping and restaurants you could ever want.  There are two Walmart supercenters in the area, as well as a Costco and all the chain stores and restaurants.

We get over 300 days of sunshine a year here.  Summers can be quite warm, but winters are mild and short when you consider the northern and central United States, December and January being the coldest months here.  As surprising as it sounds when you think of Utah, we get very little snow, if any, every winter.  It’s usually melted in a day or two.

We’re also only two and a half hours north of Las Vegas, or thirty minutes from Mesquite, Nevada where you’ll find fabulous buffets and gambling activities.

I must warn you, we have very little humidity here year round.  I love this house with its spacious open floor plan and so much storage.  I wish I could transport it closer to my family, but as my husband reminds me, we do need to downsize a tad at our age.  And of course it’s impossible to transport a house unless you’re Dorothy in the Wizard of Oz.

We’ve enjoyed a great ten and a half years here.  Now it’s someone else’s turn.  Please take a look at the website, enjoy the pictures, and ask questions if you have any.  All inquiries will be answered.

2 comments:

  1. Sounds like a mighty fine place. Sorry we're not in the market though. My wife still has a few years before retirement, then I'm not sure what we'll do. I'd sure like to get closer back east so we could see our kids and grandkids more often.

    Sorry I haven't been around in a while. Haven't been doing as much blog visiting in the past few months. I'm trying to get better at it though.

    Lee
    Tossing It Out

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  2. Lee,

    Thanks for stopping by. I was wondering about you lately. I haven't been on the discussion groups much either but I did notice you were missing. I thought maybe you took the summer off.

    We'll be here another winter it looks like, but you never know. There are two people who want to see the house right before Thanksgiving. We'll see if they follow through. I don't like the thought of moving in the winter though. We may pull if off the market at the end of the month and then put it back up in the spring. We'll see.

    I still have a ton of stuff to weed through in the garage before we move, but I'm involved in the NaNo challenge for the month of Nov. That's taking priority.

    Good to hear from you.

    Sunni

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