Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming are my 3 top choices for that same dream. As soon as my youngest graduates high school, unless living at home is the only way either boy can afford college (we're right next to the U of I). I really hope they can get scholarships...
I have wanted to move there my whole life. My wife, who has NO family other than our own, is the one who won't uproot. No sense of adventure. Trouble is, I will be getting too old to do all things I want to out West. I would be just another political refugee.
So I will be going with or without her come the day. Seriously. That may sound cold, but I wanted to raise my kids out West. She had her way, and here I still am. Soon, I will have mine.
Iowa has gone completely to the liberals. Can't stand it here anymore. We have been thoroughly invaded. Soon, our state will resemble Illinois and Ohio and Indiana... Yuk! Our liberal lawmakers use the worst loser State in the Nation as their "example" and either pass laws mirroring or try to "one-up" Kalifornia at every opportunity. Go figure... Morons.