Carusoam,
Sure, I'm a longtime professional pilot (USAF C-130/T-1A, short stint at UAL pre-9/11, corporate Falcons/Gulfstreams).
I have very little piston aircraft experience, but I would like to begin doing more personal (maybe "real"?) flying with my family. I've thought about it on and off for years, but now that my son is approaching the end of high school, I've decided it is time to get on with it and have some fun with him and my wife. We love, and have family in, Colorado, want to escape the heat by going to northern AZ, and I have a brother in SoCal.
My guess is an aircraft which can go about 500nm with the three of us and handle high density altitudes should work well. From everything I've seen, the M20K is great bang for the buck. Not sure anything else comes close to the speed, capability and operating costs for what I would like to do with it.
That said, I'm green when it comes to small aircraft and aircraft ownership, so I'd love to find a local network or mentor I can turn to to help avoid the plethora of pitfalls this aviation disease can cause.
Cheers and happy flying!