Just curious, those that have installed engineered decking and say it looks great, How many years have you had it?
The climate where I live can get to the high 90's in summer to -10 in the winter, I've yet to see an engineered deck that doesn't look awful after a few years, Warping...
Didn't read all the responses but have you taken a break from exercise? Maybe your body is telling you to throttle back for a bit?
I live in an area that has a lot of terminally fit (extreme athletes) people that just break down because they never let up on exercise and let their body recoup.
Why not rent and try a different area every year?
Twice I was going to buy a vacation home and now looking back I'm glad we just rented, Those areas are no longer of interest, Also a mortgage, doubling property taxes, insurance, maintenance and utilities gets expensive.