AdventuRetired

Tell us about your Adventure! Today we talk to New Yorker, James Flaherty, who has wonderful sense of humor, great words of inspiration, and an excellent retirement journey!  Jim has written a new book titled Dear Old Friends , a  reminder to live life to it's fullest and never stop dancing.  We enjoyed our talk and promise you will too!  We can't wait to read his new book!  Enjoy our ne...

Tell us about your Adventure! Welcome to AdventuRetired! Today our guest, Elizabeth Golden from Colorado, is a superstar!  Why? After 8 spine surgeries this hiker accomplished a list item from her bucket that many can only dream about! She hiked the Camino de Santiago! Elizabeth's retirement adventure just proves to all of us that we can reach for the stars and accomplish a major goal!  Eliza...

Tell us about your Adventure! In this episode we talk to retired nurse, Candy Bisenius, about her beautiful raised gardens. After our conversation, all I could think about is "come on spring, get here already!"  Candy and her husband, Rick, have the most amazing raised bed gardens I have ever seen and  they have embraced this hobby to it's fullest. The raised bed way of gardening no...

Tell us about your Adventure! Today we visit with Dr. David Nixon.  Dave fulfilled his late wife's wish to take three granddaughters to beautiful Ireland to see their family roots.  Listen to Dave talk about his amazing family and the trip that will forever be cherished.

Tell us about your Adventure! Today we have the privilege of talking to Maryann Phillips, a retired mental health worker, who loves long distance biking!  Maryann has biked across the United States multiple times on various routes.  She started riding her bike at the tender age of 14 and is still loving her two and now three wheeled rides.  After listening to this episode we bet you will be ready...

Tell us about your Adventure! This episode  highlights the wonderful  retirement of Donny and Victoria Chamberland who retired in the beautiful Dominican Republic.  Donny retired from the United States Air Force after 22 years (Thank you!) and they decided to retire early to Victoria's home country while watching their American dollars go further.  They love the climate, people and now their...

Tell us about your Adventure! Hmmmm.... let's see....traveling to new places, beautiful and free accommodations, and a fun furry one all wrapped up in one?  Sign me up!  We think you will totally love this episode as we talk to George and Teresa Devlin about their experiences in retirement pet sitting their way around the United States!  Sounds like heaven to me!

Tell us about your Adventure! We are excited to introduce Deb and Tim Graf to you! This great retired couple have a wonderful retirement journey living and traveling abroad.  Not afraid of a challenge or new journey they sold all their belongings, packed their bags. and now live a wonderful life traveling around the world!  

Tell us about your Adventure! We have all experienced how the Covid-19 virus has affected our families, businesses, schools, and retirement travel plans for the past two years, so Curt and I decided to get our "shots" and start living our best retired life and start traveling as soon as we felt comfortable.  What better way to celebrate travel again then by starting a new tradition that...

Tell us about your Adventure! Today we talk to Dorothy and Roger Graff about their second home in Arizona.  These active retirees are living their best retired life and enjoying their little piece of Arizona to the fullest.  While many people retire to Arizona, these two found their second home in Green Valley!  Sounds like a great place to beat the cold mid-west winters!  Hope you join us!

Tell us about your Adventure! In this episode we visit with Harvest Host CEO Joel Holland and learn about his  wonderful company that supports RVers and small business owners at the same time.  That's right, a company that supports small businesses all over the US and at the same time gives RVers and retirees a wonderful stay away from the crowded campgrounds!  Over 2,800 Harvest Host spots a...

Tell us about your Adventure! Today we are joined by Mel and Pat Schlesinger who packed their belongings in their Prius and started their retirement journey!  Wow! Can we say downsized!!!   Mel and Pat love the freedom of visiting a new places and putting down temporary roots and before you know it, they are up and gone to the another new destination! We were able to track them down to Mazatlan, M...

Tell us about your Adventure! Retirement paths vary as much as the people who experience them.  Today we talk with Bruce Moilan from Wylie, Texas and learn about his retirement trips and work as a missionary in Africa.  Not everyone travels this far to volunteer, but after talking to Bruce we are sure glad he did.  What a great mission Bruce!  

Tell us about your Adventure! In this episode we interview author Francine Falk-Allen from the great state of California.  Francine, whom contacted polio as a child, talks to us about living your best retired life no matter what your mobility concerns.  She loves to travel and is quite good at it!  Traveling all around the world and in the United States, Francine has stories and tips for everyone!...

Tell us about your Adventure! Ciao beautiful Italy!   We have all dreamed of dropping everything and moving to romantic Italy and this couple did just that!  We interview Chip Stites and his wife Shonna Kelso and learn about their wonderful retirement in Italy.  You will be ready to move after listening we bet!  Arrivederci!

Tell us about your Adventure! Ask Katie and Pat Hagen where their happy place is in retirement and they will tell  you that there is no better place the Port Aransas, Texas!  This fun loving couple enjoy the Texas beach town of Port Aransas for six weeks each winter and love what Texas offers! Beach walks, hog hunting, surf fishing, golf,  shopping and wonderful restaurants top the list for them. ...

Tell us about your Adventure! In this episode we talk to an expert on "all things family!"  Genealogist, Clytee Gold from Salt Lake City, Utah, knows how important it is to record and document all those wonderful moments in history.  She teaches us that through family history, we can learn the important stories that we want to pass down to future generations as we learn about ourselves....

Tell us about your Adventure! Do you have a bucket list yet?  In this episode we talk to a couple whose bucket list included golf at some pretty impressive courses!  Nancy and Bob Hall have all the insight on a trip of a lifetime to the Augusta, Georgia for the "Masters" golf tournament.   You could say they were in "moon pie paradise."

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 !