Investments – How long will they last?
$100K invested in each category.
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$1,000 per Month Retirement Lifestyle?
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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RV Truck camper Alberta, Canada
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 […]
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Puerto Vallarta weekly Podcast – People Places and Things info, Mexico
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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65th Birthday – How did we get here?
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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AirBnB hosts can DOUBLE your price of a confirmed booking – How to Win
AirBnB hosts can DOUBLE your price on a confirmed and pre-paid booking! We learned about this the hard way, and the best you can hope for is a full refund from AirBnB if you know how to “play the game”. The way it works is that the host will “REQUEST” that you accept a new […]
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1972 USA/Canada family road trip, VW Camper van for 8 weeks
My wanderlust seed was firmly planted when I was 15 years old (1972) and my parents took us on an 8 week long road trip across the USA and Canada in our new red VW campervan, with all 6 of us. This blurry image from a family slide shows our home-made rooftop pop-up like the […]
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