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Tell us about your Adventure! Do you dream of the wind in your hair as the miles sail by?  Do you reminisce about the fun bike riding filled days of your youth?  Maybe you have always harbored a secret dream to ride a trail for miles while enjoying the beautiful country side.  If this is you, this episode is spot on!  We interview Rhonda and Tom from Tennessee as they tour on their ebikes.  The eb...

Tell us about your Adventure! One of the many jobs retired people take on is downsizing their homes or the homes of their elderly parents either when they move into a senior living center or when they pass away.  This can be an huge undertaking with lots of stress.   What do we keep?  What do we throw away?  Who gets what?  Who wants what? Does someone want this antique dresser from Great Uncle Fr...

Tell us about your Adventure! Dave and Kelly love spending time in the Ozarks!  Kelly, a retired teacher and Dave, an electric troubleshooting lineman (who is still hard at work, but is feeling this retirement thing would be a good gig) love their lake life!    Lake of the Ozarks is a happening place with everything a retiree needs to relax and enjoy their days!  Join us as we talk about the Ozark...

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Tell us about your Adventure! Happy anniversary to us! Hard to believe that just one year ago our first podcast episodes dropped into the podcast libraries of all major podcast hosts !  Our vision for this podcast has always been  to inspire others at or near retirement age to  "Live Your Retired Life" !  We appreciate our guests who  share their retirement journeys to help in this inspi...

Tell us about your Adventure! So, is retired-ish a real word?  It sounds like the title of a new TV sitcom! It is a great question for sure!  Michael and Sofia Rohr from Hawaii  live this lifestyle  and they do very well at it! Our new definition of retired - ish is :  where one spouse works full time and the other spouse works at keeping the first spouse happy!  Retirement journeys are all differ...

Tell us about your Adventure! Do you have a passion or a pet peeve that is a driving force in your retirement?  In this interview we meet Jody Naquin Ritner from Virginia who shares a passion of ours!  No, not traveling....which is a big passion of ours.... but picking up trash !  

Tell us about your Adventure! Where is your retirement path leading? Do you see yourself retiring and living in a foreign country? Retirement can be a new beginning for sure! In this interview we meet a recent retiree from the educational field who took a huge leap of faith when he moved to teach his final years in Kuwait. Richard Barbree, retired from one career in education and moved to Kuwait t...

Tell us about your Adventure! Meet Del and Pamella Kissinger our wonderful Iowa friends who are definitely living their best retired lives!    This fun couple loves to travel and when they do they go to "all inclusive resorts!"  We met Pam and Del in Cabo San Lucas a couple of years ago at Rui Palace Baja California (a wonderful all inclusive resort) where Del was sitting in a pool relax...

Tell us about your Adventure! Is becoming a cruise connoisseur in your retirement a dream?  Well, then you need to meet Roger and Jani Burnham of McAllen, Texas!  These expert cruisers have enjoyed 15 cruises in their retirement and they are not stopping until the seas drive up! Unfortunately, the pandemic has slowed them down a bit, but you can bet they will be right back on the seas as soon as t...

Tell us about your Adventure! We have often felt that becoming a Park Host at one of our country's wonderful state or national parks would be the best job in the world...and would bet that we are not alone!  Today we interview Diane Newberry, a Minnesotan, who does just that!  She is  a park host for Minnesota state parks and we met her camping one weekend this fall!   Camping brings out the...

Tell us about your Adventure! Pickleball is the fastest growing new sport in America.  People of all ages are beginning to play and enjoy the benefits of this active sport.  Today, tennis courts are being revamped into pickleball courts and the sound of a whiffle ball hitting a racquet is heard from many sport complexes,  gyms, and retirement parks! Please join us as Craig Lewis tells us about Pic...

Tell us about your Adventure! Ask any child where their favorite place to vacation  in the United States is and I'll bet they say Disneyworld!  If you are lucky you might get there once or twice in your childhood with your parents...but what about Grandma and Grandpa?  If it involves grandchildren having a blast and a ton of fun, they might just plan it!   Today we interview a grandma that di...

Tell us about your Adventure! What??? Live on a $1000 a month?  Yup, you can retired friends, however, you need to leave the USA for sunny Mexico!  In this interview, we talk with Janet Blazer, author of  Why We Left: An Anthology of American Women Expats.  Curt found Janet on MSN and reached out to her.  She was a delightful guest and gave us some great advice and the lowdown of leaving the USA f...

Tell us about your Adventure! Janine and Dr. Steve Havener break down this grand voyage, stop by stop, and in great detail for us.  Janine keeps a detailed  travel log that gives us a realistic and vivid look into their great adventure.  As an avid photographer, she takes thousands of pictures to document their voyage.  One really believes that they are traveling along with the Haveners as they ex...

Tell us about your Adventure! This episode is about a 21 days adventure in Africa by Chris and Laura Bertelson.  They do have a personal connection and love to Africa from Laura's Peace Corp days and Chris has many Rotary Club International water projects in Africa which he supports, but today is about the safaris and African travel!   Thank you for join us!

Tell us about your Adventure! Where do you see your retirement journey taking you? We meet Californian Richard Haiduck in this episode as he navigates new retirement waters as an author.  His book, Shifting Gears , tells about the retirement paths that others have taken.  He has interviewed and condensed hundreds of pages of transcripts into a thought provoking collection of retirement stories.  ...

Tell us about your Adventure! Do you dream of the open roads, blue skies, and paths to places that are scenic?  How about a canoe trip down a river or exploring a quaint town from border to border?  If this is your dream in retirement, this is the episode for you!   Pat and Jane Sallee of Guthrie, Oklahoma, do just that!  Their son, Dustin, reached out to us after listening to one of our podcasts...

Tell us about your Adventure! Face Book can be a wonderful way of keeping old friends connected...but that's not all! It is also a wonderful way to meet new friends!  That's exactly how I met this episode's guest!  We both belong to a face book group called "cool retired women"  because that is just what we are!!  Cathy Funk Kelly is a fascinating retired lady with an amaz...

Tell us about your Adventure! Have you heard about Door County, Wisconsin?  Curt and I were totally surprised to learn about this wonderful place that is only a couple states away from Iowa!  Door County sounds just like the kind of vacation that I adore, shopping, relaxing, beaches, eating, REPEAT! In this episode we talk to Joyce and Pat Schrauth of Bancroft, Iowa, who have a second home there a...

Tell us about your Adventure! Visiting Scotland was a dream come true for both of us! Curt got to knock off  his bucket list to see and walk on the "Old Course" at St. Andrews and I got to experience some of the most beautiful castles ! You need to visit this beautiful country at least once in your lifetime!

Tell us about your Adventure! Does the idea of retiring in a foreign country sound like something you'd like to do? Meet our wonderful guests, Celine and Glen Collins, who decided that is just what they dreamed of doing.  After retiring from high level, fast paced careers, this couple packed up two suitcases each and moved to beautiful Kilkenny, Ireland.  They enlighten us with the story of t...

Tell us about your Adventure! Ireland, the beautiful, windy, and wild country  has always been top on my bucket list.  Like so many others who have visited this beautiful land, to spend time here is a step back in history.  Curt gave in and we planned for a wonderful trip here in October 2019 to visit castles, ruins, and the gorgeous Cliffs of Moher.  Along the way, we were immersed in history and...

Tell us about your Adventure! Have you ever wondered what your retirement adventure would look like? Maybe you thought you'd travel, or maybe you thought you'd volunteer some. Both are  exactly what this retired couple from Maryland do in their retirement.  They volunteer for NOMADS. NOMADS stands for Nomads on a Mission Active in Divine Service and is a ministry of the United Methodist...

Tell us about your Adventure! Are you as tired as we are of the phrases, "in these uncertain times"  "now more than ever"  and "the new normal"???  Blah, Blah, Blah!!!   We decided to take back our retirement the best way we could for now with a " micro adventure ."  What exactly is a "micro adventure" and "how can I sign up" you might as...