^I agree about Florida's lack of appeal.
I spent about a year and a half in Orlando, Florida. U.S. Navy boot camp, followed by A School and Nuclear Power School. On the initial flight in for boot camp, there was a glorious sunset out the window of the plane, but after that great first impression, it was all down hill!
I would buy some acreage in Washington State, perhaps with a view of the ocean, definitely forest and mountain views. On that property (10 acres minimum) I would have a fairly modest stone cottage built, and I would buy a 1969 Mustang Boss 429 and some modern, practical, 4wd vehicle for everyday getting around in snow/mud/whatever. Nice furniture. Other than the house and land, the biggest single expense would be Kef Muon loudspeakers ($140,000/pair) powered by Bryston electronics. Yes, there's more expensive equipment out there, but not necessarily better.
I'd pay off some family mortgages, set up a family trust, and live pretty modestly for the most part other than a few expensive toys. I would probably do some traveling with my mother (throughout Canada, Ireland, Scotland, England, Wales for her, as she's always wanted to travel through those countries), and some trips on my own to China, France, Italy, Germany, Russia, Greece (I would take the archaeology Grand Tour of the Mediterranean), Egypt (well, maybe. They're very anti-gay, so I wouldn't go without a couple of bodyguards!). I would love to see Victoria Falls, Cape Town, and a number of other places in Africa, but I'm not sure about the health risks (exotic insects, spiders, tropical ailments and all scare the hell out of me! :blushing: ).
I've been to about half of the United States, and visited Toronto, Canada, ages ago. In the Navy I was in Hong Kong for two weeks (loved it with a passion), Singapore for one week, Perth, Australia (well, the ship was off Freemantle, really, and we were ferried in) for a week, and countless visits to Dubai during a total of a year in the Persian Gulf region. Since I was on a nuclear aircraft carrier, we didn't pull into port all that much compared to a lot of smaller vessels. So a bit of travel would be nice with some lottery winnings.