1-bedroom cottage just 14 minutes from Franklin D Roosevelt Lake

I am a retired Chemist-Programmer, now mostly doing professional wood-working and projects around our Ranch with my wife. Rori likes to quilt, reads pretty much a book a day, and has kept goats for over 25 years. Together, we enjoy dancing (swing & country) and travel, especially to Mexico and other Latin American countries. We relocated to Rice Washington after 25 years in Alaska, also having had a small farm up there. I am also an EMT and Firefighter in our local Volunteer Fire Department , doing both fire and EMS calls in our district. Rori is also active in various other Volunteer organizations around our small community. We enjoy meeting new people and cooking for our neighbors.

After spending 25 years on a remote farm in Alaska, we were looking for a similiar experience, but with a full 4 seasons. This location has way fulfilled all of our expectations and then some. We enjoy a long, warm spring and fall, mild winters, and real summers. And best of all, things like to GROW here: ornamental trees, fruit trees, flower gardens, vegetable gardens, berries, hayfields, etc. We are also blessed with an abundance of wildlife, right out our windows, commonly including deer, elk, bears, cougars, eagles, and myriads of other birds, both seasonal and regulars.

Privacy, but not too remote was also one of our requirements and that has worked well for us here. We are still about 20 miles from Colville (Stevens County Seat), which has most all of the services we require, but still only about 1.5 hours from Spokane with a major airport, endless shopping and world-class medical care.