But not on a solo dot-GOV salary.
Sell more flower books!

Or better yet, finish the 4-Wheeling in New Mexico book. You're a much better writer than Wells and a NM book is needed and would sell well. Throw in some flower pictures if that makes you happy. You could be writing off all these weekend trips and the all the costs associated with your "research vehicles".
We need to talk.
-Mike-