Baby steps!

We've done it! Are we crazy? Sometimes I think so. We've now been retired for four years, and it seems like there should be more to this time in our lives.



We've spent the last four winters down in Florida, having a good time fishing and making new friends at a condo we rent there. But.........the time spent back in Michigan? Friends and family there as well, but still.....the urge to travel is overwhelming. Should we do it? Should we not? Family responsibilities weigh heavily on our minds. A granddaughter growing up fast. Sons and daughter-in-laws, parents growing older, siblings........but still. What else is out there?



In past travels, we've seen but small snitches of towering mountains, glimmering lakes, wooded pathways, roaring rivers tumbling over boulders, small quiet pools of water, running underneath the mangroves. All places that beg to be explored fully, to talk about later in the evening of our lives.



We've sold the house. We've sold some belongings......other "stuff" in storage. We now exhaustively look for a motor home/fifth wheel to explore our possibilities. It's fun......it's tiring.....it's exciting. We'll find what our hearts desire, and go forward.



We've one more winter in Florida, while we look. Time to sell our boat and say good-bye to good friends there. We'll be back......fishing is in our blood. But......time for a change. We embrace it.