Ready to move on.

My brother has a second home in Lake Havasu. He and his wife love the warm winters. He bought a condo during the housing downturn in 09, then upgraded a few years ago to a house. He stays down there for a few weeks then books a cheap flight back up here to check in for a week or so.

For AZ, using rural and affordable as a metric Central AZ is good (affordable is relative term- not sure what Kansas is in comparison).

Central Arizona outside of some of the smaller towns (Cottonwood, Clarkdale, Chino Valley/Prescott Valley) you can find cheaper land. Yet still only about 1.5-2 hours to Phoenix airport. And that area is higher elevation than Phoenix and southern Arizona, but lower than Flagstaff. So it is usually 10-15 degrees cooler than Phoenix in summer, but with mild winters (snow is rare).

We went to a wedding a few weeks ago and drove through Chino Valley to Prescott, I recall seeing several old (abandoned looking) barns and garages. Not much of a town, but only about 20-30 minutes to Prescott Valley which has everything (Costco, shopping mall, car dealers, a sports arena that holds Endurocross every year...). And you won't die from the heat in summer like Phoenix.

I sent you a PM with some possible opportunities, let me know if you want more info.

That's kind of exciting eh ? I'm jealous. Sorry I don't have any leads for you, I'm in Ca, cheap doesn't exist and it's the moran capitol of the galaxy it seems like. I just posted to say good luck !  I've always liked major lifestyle changes, especially when it means less bullshit. Something will work out for you because,  ...it always does lol.  Good luck can't wait to here what you stumble into lol.  I'm 65 in January, you're right about not knowing our expiration date. Go man go. 

And feel lucky your wife is down for the RV living lifestyle, that's a keeper right there ! 

Los Angles has plenty of affordable places if you have an RV. Oh wait, you didn't want neighbors.

In all seriousness, what is important to you for the new area you want besides affordable and warm?

TM

I’m in NM up in ABQ.  
 

Cloudcroft down south is a really cool spot if you want to be in the mountains   

Las Cruces would be warmer but its dry dry. 

I personally really like Fort Sumner (I lived there at one point) but it’s a bit clickish.  It’s in a nice little green valley with the Pecos River running through it and some of the biggest Cottonwood trees in the state.  Plenty of old structures to fix up there! This is at Bosque Del Apache In Sumner just about a mile from Billy the Kids grave site.

AZ35 has good info.

 Apache Junction has lots that people have trailers and manufactured homes on.

One bonus is it's 15 miles to beautiful Canyon Lake.

But it is in The Valley of the scorching sun and the question is if you could handle the summer's and hopefully your trailer has a good air conditioner that is reliable. 

 I would try to find a cheaper home than living in a trailer personally.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canyon_Lake_(Arizona)

Sounds like AZ or NV for you, maybe even UT. Given your living condition, you're not looking to own. there are some nice US communities in Baja CA that are very affordable. Being a US citizen, you can't own the property if it's within a certain # of miles from the coast. But you might find that you like ocean fishing and some real nice people. As far as hunting goes, unless you're cartel, they probably not real happy about you having weapon. What about central CA? Must be cheap up there, like Modesto area?

I was thinking south of Sacramento, it's mostly farm land but you're at the base of the mountains.

"The cost of living in Modesto, CA is 18% lower than the state average and 16% higher than the national average. Modesto, CA housing is 33% more expensive than the U.S average, while utilities are about 41% pricier."

I tried responding to you through the Vital PM system, but the email bounced back as undeliverable.

I had sent you my direct email and phone, I will get you more info on what I mentioned. Just get in touch with me next week and I will let you know what I could find out.

The foothills communities or north east part of Cali might be just right for you also.🤷‍♀️. Lots of rundown old rural logging and mining communities that haven't been gentrified yet...

Warmer then Kansas? I thought Kansas was already pretty warm?

Az summers can be tough on an RV. Unless you are looking at doing a park model or something similar. I would avoid phoenix in the summer. Like other people said, Prescott Valley has good options. Also Payson, Greer, Globe, etc. lots of good options on the eastern side of the state as well. 

Beautiful here right now!  But it’s generally always nice here. 

plus I can drive 30 minutes any direction from my house and be riding!

Can confirm. We used to leave our RV for 6-7 months lakeside at Havasu for many years. The other 6 months we brought it home to do riding trips in the desert. The intense heat and dramatic temp changes really damage the coach.

What kind of scoot you ride?

My cold line is generally interstate 40.  Anywhere north of 40 is cold in the winter!