100 day Challenge #24 August 23.25 – November 30.25

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  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,112 Member
    edited September 3

    @dawnbgethealthy The pictures look so serene and peaceful! Lovely idea finding your zen and I'm sure that you'll enjoy the hiking with your feet "fixed". And we all know that water brings you joy. Love that you'll have time to read and relax away from the hubbub. Can't wait to hear more as you enjoy your 65th! birthday.

  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,272 Member

    Your cruising adventures sound amazing. Our recent cruise was with SIL & BIL. They are 64 and have a similar approach as you regarding getting their travel in. Both are feeling the aches & pains of arthritis and past injuries and new medical conditions creeping up. So, they are focused on travelling now, while they are able to. Having said that, we saw lots of people on our cruise who were much older at varying degrees of mobility. You just never know what is around the corner.

    We've retired on the earlier side (57), so feel like we need to be more measured with travel plans. As long as my husband is willing and able to drive, I see us camping.

    We've been camping for 30 years. Highlights of our camping in Spoiler:

    Started with a tent (which we still have)

    Move to a tent trailer for 9 seasons 2003 to 2011

    Upgraded our tow vehicle from a van to a full sized SUV and went to a hard sided travel travel with RV double bunk beds and a king bed that slide out the rear of the trailer for 6 seasons 2012 to 2017. On our last trip with this trailer, we went without the teenaged kids.

    Moved to a couples trailer with a walk around residential sized queen bed and a bedroom door! What a novelty. Just finishing our 8th season with this trailer. 2018 to 2025.

    We will receive our new trailer in March or April. It is a little smaller than our current trailer. It is a fiber glass and built more like a boat with two fiber glass shells that are sealed together with a strip of more fiber glass. It also has a walk around queen bed, but an RV sized queen and no bedroom door. It is lighter and will be more nimble for towing and parking. We expect this will be our last trailer because fiber glass trailers last forever.

    We've travelled with our 4 kids all across Canada and parts of the US. Major trips include:

    2009 —> 5 week trip to Victoria BC

    2011 —> 3 week trip to St. John's Nfld.

    2012 —> 4 week trip to Yellowstone & Waterton Lakes

    For the last few years, we've redone some of the trips with just the two of us:

    2022 —> 4 weeks trip to the Rocky Mountains, Lake Louise, Jasper, Banff

    We really enjoy the flexibility of camping.

  • Lilylady3k
    Lilylady3k Posts: 4,112 Member
  • age_is_just_a_number
    age_is_just_a_number Posts: 1,272 Member
    edited September 5

    I love that you are able to travel with your adult children and their children! Not everyone has that kind of relationship or ability. We have 4 kids ranging in age from 21 (will be 22 next month) to 29 (will be 30 in January). I'm very grateful for the camping we did with them as children. For a variety of reasons, travelling with them as adults isn't a current reality.

    Right back at you for also retiring young!! I hear you regarding those last two years and asking your boss to let you go. Let's just say, the story is similar on my front. I was originally planning to work for another two years. But my dissatisfaction showed through in my work effort. There is definitely an up-side to retiring under these circumstances. I had been there for 30 years.

    If you ever do travel across Canada, let me know. We've done it and have lots of favourites and must see places.