The picture on your website is picturesque, but not sustainable or livable.
Imagine going to feed or care for critters in the pre-dawn hours in that locale. First (as you get older, this matters) you have to get down the hill in snow and ice without busting your ass.
Live in a tent in a spot for 16 days, 4 days each in the middle of winter, spring, summer, and fall, and then tell me that you can't find a better spot nearby.
I'm all about practical. But I chose a spot at the base of a 200 ft hill that moves about 2 inches a year. I'll be dead before it over-runs the house, or my descendants turn it into a hill-side root cellar.
It's little things like that that you have to live to understand.
/johnny
Yes, it was chosen purely for looks. I would probably choose the same as you, just on or at the bottom of a slope in a valley. Need some fertile ground for gardens, and protection from harsh winter winds.