I have been thinking about taking my truck driving skills to the oil fields of NoDak....I have family in Ashley, never met most of them, but blood is thicker than water. That’s a long truck from WA. They have land cheap, you can make a living. Just make sure you put enough of everything away before the cold hits hard.
You have an excellent idea. You can always move back if you find it is not to your liking, but my guess is you will fall in love with the place. This would be a good time of the year to make the move, with Winter ending soon there. ND has the lowest unemployment rate in the US and employment keeps growing there.