I just moved from Pennsylvania to Texas last week but the wife and I have been planning this for more than three years; researching the area, planning the trip, getting the house sold - it was a major undertaking for us.
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Similiar. Nevada to Kansas move. Spent two years researching which state, which town, which part of the town. Then there’s how to move, what to move and dump the rest. Sell the house, drive (4 days), get apartment at destination, search and buy another house, furniture. The last year was done in the middle of the china flu panic - that added to the entertainment.
That was our retirement move. Gonna die here.
We did it the simple way; sold everything we didn’t want to keep, put furniture and antiques in storage, loaded up the RV and the golf cart and away we went. We are living the RV life for a year, gonna consider options throughout this year and go from there. Texas, particularly the San Antonio area where we are, is a beautiful state with more history than I could explore in two lifetimes. It will be amazing to be able to show her and my son some of the places I have been and “discover” the history of others together.
Addendum; we did consider the apartment route but decided against it. Our son is a home-schooler and apartment living seemed to be too restrictive for his socializing needs. We have found the RV life to be quite fun and meet new people almost every day - there are some unusually kind and friendly people in our “community” of RV’ers.