Reminder to be sure to do the Colorectal CANCER Home Screening STOOL TEST when it arrives in the mail. It’s a simple free test to people over 50 years old. Early detection is key to beating bowel cancer. My home test over 6 years ago, identified and resulted in the removal of some risky polyps […]
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The dinosaur extinction is widely attributed to a large asteroid from space, hitting the earth near Cancun, in the Yucatan peninsula / Gulf of Mexico. This 10 km diameter asteroid strike occurred 66 million years ago, with the center of the impact near the coastal town of Chicxulub which is about a 5 hour drive […]
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These two little blue ASPIRIN pills can help save a person’s life, so carry them in your purse or as I do in my wallet. A recent heart attack in our family reminded me of the reason why I carry two wrapped safely in cellophane in my wallet. When you phone 911 with heart attack […]
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One of my biggest concerns before retirement was related to the financial considerations. With a lower fixed income, what would our lifestyle be like? I had noticed random articles claiming that you can live in places outside of Canada for less than $1,000 per month, all included! What would that be like? How realistic could […]
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Another fun YES Couple, Beth and Geoff originally from Nova Scotia have been sharing their retirement journey with us after they purchased a large Class A motor coach RV, with a nice Jeep in tow (affectionately known as the Toad), and travelled around the USA in 2021 for a few months. They typically book their […]
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We did a basic 7 day test run of a longer road trip by taking a run trip through the mountains of Alberta last year, using the Canada Dream RV Truck rental. Its great to have a totally self contained vehicle that you can move at what ever pace that you want to. I liked […]
Continue ReadingWe feel fortunate to have travelled through a lot of our world, but there are ALWAYS other new places to explore. Initially our plans focused on places that might become our full time living place that is “outside of Canada”. Since Cathy has learned to speak Spanish quite well, those countries are also good picks […]
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We have really enjoyed the many years of content that Barry Kessler has in his weekly podcasts and associated website photos as shared at his Puerto Vallarta Travel Show site. The podcasts are great to listen to when driving on roadtrips. Very inspirational interviews with all types of people who live in the Puerto Vallarta […]
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Through my earlier working years, as I observed two kinds of retired people. Some that thought they were looking forward to doing nothing and some that were excited to have the time to do some of the other things they wanted to do. It seemed that the ones who checked out and did nothing had […]
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UPDATE: 2024-12-16, Our next trip is to Spain and Turkey in 2025. Our personal journey to this blog stems from the blood sweat and tears that we have worked through starting when I was about 60 years old, trying to picture what retirement at age 65 would be like. Frankly I was very scared back […]
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