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Sierra Nevada Foothills

Sierra Nevada Foothills

It’s been almost eight years since Holly and I moved from the hustle and bustle of the San Francisco Bay Area to the tranquil setting of the Sierra Nevada Foothills.  How Continue Reading

A Leap Of Faith: Revisited

Originally published in 2019 and re-visited here with a few edits for clarity.... I’m usually very content to stay close to The Golden K.  On one hand why wouldn’t I be? Continue Reading

Long Way Home

Miss The Mountains

A friend of mine recently went to Southern California for vacation with his family.  Like me, he has a large property in Tuolumne County with lots of quiet privacy Continue Reading

Kali: Founder of The Golden K

We call our home in the Sierra Nevada Foothills The Golden K.  This name was  inspired by our Golden Retriever Kali.  Kali had a big influence on my life. Continue Reading

We didn’t know what we didn’t know

We didn't know what we didn't know.... Next month will mark seven years that we closed escrow on our property in Tuolumne County that we fondly refer to as The Golden K. Continue Reading

A Simpler Time – Maybe Hooterville

Three of my favorite television shows growing up had rural settings.  These 1960's sitcoms were The Andy Griffith Show, Green Acres, and Petticoat Junction. Continue Reading

Spring In the Sierra Nevada Foothills

Spring In The Sierra Nevada Foothills

I've never been a fan of winter!   When I lived in the Bay Area and as Fall drew closer to Winter , I would begin lamenting the cold, wind, and rain that would soon be Continue Reading

Sierra Nevada Foothill and The Golden K

The Golden K and Sierra Nevada Foothills

Six years ago Holly and I relocated from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Sierra Nevada Foothill town of Tuolumne.   As a young man in my early twenties I had dreamed Continue Reading

Richard

Richard, Linus, and Real Estate

"And that Charlie Brown, is what Christmas is all about."   -  Linus Van Pelt, A Charlie Brown Christmas There are a lot of great things about being a Realtor. Continue Reading

What’s Motivating People To Move Right Now?

  This year, Americans are moving for a variety of reasons. The health crisis has truly reshaped our lifestyles and our needs. Spending so much more time in our Continue Reading

Long Way Home

Will This Be The Year?

For many people last year - 2020 - was "the year".  For some of you this new year may be the year.  The year to follow your dreams, as I did five years ago, into the Continue Reading

Smiles and Waves

Morning walks with one or more of my three dogs has been a morning ritual for six years.  Six years ago our first Golden Retriever, Kali, joined our family when we were Continue Reading

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Michael Morales

I’m a baby boomer and empty nester still passionately in love with the girl I married years ago as a young man with a vision. We live with our three golden retrievers on five acres in the Sierra Nevada foothills town of Tuolumne. In 2016, after a blessed life raising our family in the San Francisco Bay Area, we packed up suburbia and moved to the mountains. We haven’t looked back…

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Keller Williams Realty

8 South Washington Street
Sonora, CA 95370

(925) 337-3600
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