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Thursday, February 24, 2011

We Bought a Boat!

Ok, so we took the plunge. Bought a trawler. Now what. Life gets in the way. Well, and we have to sell the first boat. Have another grandbaby. Settle a parent's estate and oh yeah, keep working. But.... we bought a boat, one we can live on to travel. Heck.. one we could just live on if we wanted.
More pictures to come... We bought a boat!!

Saturday, February 12, 2011

Teacher Retirement

We know a couple who were both teachers and are now retired. I regret that I can't say that we know them even better than we do. Honestly, they are really more like really good aquaintances. I now see that I squandered an opportunity a few years ago to know them much better.
I keep up with them now by email though. They are retired and travel almost constantly it seems. Sometimes here in the States, but often in other countries. They stay often in hostels. They hike and camp a lot. Sometimes, their travel is to the homes of friends. I am sure they have mastered the art of traveling light. Right now they are in Costa Rica and I believe this is at least their second time to travel to this delightful country.
I have lifted a picture from their recent travel, which I don't think they would mind.
So, contrary to my original post, stating that there aren't many examples of what people are doing in their retirement phase of life - here is a great example.


I think this is a wonderful lifetime adventure our friends are on. They have slept in a tent in Africa and stayed in several hostels in many countries. They were both teachers so I have the feeling they are pretty darn organized in planning their trips. And then there is their blog with journal and pictures. I don't have their permission to post a link. Maybe in the future I can do this.
But this is definately a couple, yes a boomer couple, who is making the most of this time in their lives.