A peek at Life on the Road
How nice to stay local and relax after the business of planning, packing and travel. The weather couldn’t be better, sun, warm 70, moderate breeze. The only plan today is to take it easy. We check out some local eateries, half of the seafood restaurants on the shores and docks are closed for the … Continue reading DAY 6 – St. Andrews old town
Ahhh the road to retirement. Work and our personal lives were so busy, the road to retirement was not relaxing at all. Work ended abruptly on Jan 3 for me, and the transition has been proceeding nicely. Today, we were on a different road in retirement. Linda found Gayle’s Trails here in Panama … Continue reading Day 5 – On a Different Road in Retirement
The day starts nice and easy, a beautiful sunny day, temps 50’s and 60’s. We drive out with the truck (no trailer, so easy 🙂 explore the sea shore area. This area is a major tourist destination, but the season is early, there are few tourists, nice. We drive through the busy area with … Continue reading Day 4 – Now On Vacation 🙂
2 states, 350 miles to achieve our first destination This was an easy travel day :-). Sleep late, 6:00, easy breakfast at the motor lodge and depart. We were told we could drive the rig through the parking lot and exit at the other end. Well,.. there is a gate, which is locked by … Continue reading Day 3 – Macon, GA to Panama City Beach
4 States, 655 miles, 12:45 hours When winter changes to spring, we are all ready, cabin fever has been afflicting us for weeks, and spring seems to delay, followed by more delays. We all long for those warm days, sprouts, and the return of birds and other spring life. This year was different for … Continue reading Day 2 – Spring, Sprang, Sprung !
8 states, 538 miles, 10 hours How great to arrive at our destination, this is day 1 of our first long haul with the camper. Our maiden trip last September to the coast of Maine from New Hampshire was great for breaking in the camper, truck, our equipment, and for sure breaking in ourselves. We … Continue reading Day 1 – On The Road
For most trips and projects, I enjoy the planning. It gets you excited about all of the events, destinations and details. For this 8 week trip, the planning seemed to continue f o r e v e r . . . I was hoping for a mix of reservations and spontaneous destinations, but we learned … Continue reading Planning, planning, planning
We work all of our lives, we go to school for so many years, to consider that this is the end of the only life which we know is hard to imagine. I thought that it would take me 4 weeks to accept the dramatic change in life, 4 weeks into it, I felt … Continue reading Retirement Happens, it seems so unreal
What's not to like about retirement?? Sleeping late, eat and drink whatever you want, goofing off, binge watching, take a nap,... you name it, it is now okay to do...Hard to believe isn't is. Spend the morning in your bathrobe and slippers. Have breakfast at 10, AM or PM. Make the bed, you should. Shave, … Continue reading Retired and Loving it !
Thanks for joining me! Good company in a journey makes the way seem shorter. — Izaak Walton
Retired and Loving It 