I retired 3 years ago. we bought 30 acres with 10 acre pond, maybe 5 acres under beaver produced swamp. lots of work to do. especially in Tornado / Hurricane Alley. I fish some but the Alabama heat makes outdoors in the summer miserable. Collect stuff, RV, Family around a lot. there's some lazy days but in the fall and winter in Alabama that's the time to be outside. congrats, you'll find stuff to do.