WOW~ Time flys

December 15th, 2018

Pulled up the blog and saw the last post I made was August 2016!

Biggest news that May 31st 2019 will be my final day of work. I am taking early retirement so Deanna and I can get back to traveling, of course Jessie our fur girl will be going wherever we go. Originally I was going to make my last day on Deanna's birthday which is June 13th but that created a real mess for getting my Social Security check scheduled so I am backdating it to May 31st. I will be 62 and 5 months at that time so it will be a reduced amount for retirement but we will be just fine for traveling as we have other investments to assist.

First travel plans for the winter which is what we want to try to avoid is leaving in the early fall for Utah to visit the 5 National Parks among several State Parks which one of is  Goosenecks. This just sounds awesome to be camping on the edge of a 1000' canyon wall looking down at the San Juan River as it cuts through the canyon. Fully aware of how crowded National Parks are we are going to try to make it a little later than the normal busy season. As the weather begins to cool down we will start our way towards Quartzite and area for the winter season of having at least warmer weather than Ohio has to offer.

Hopes are that with retiring there will be more time to enjoy not only the traveling we want to do and spending time with my awesome wife but some of the hobbies that I enjoy and have ignored due to lack of appropriate time, this would include, Metal Detecting, wood working, Photography and Kayaking.

Since deciding to retire back in December of 2017 it seemed so far away but now it is closing in quickly and leaves me about 24 weeks of working. It all seems to be moving so much quicker as I get closer. A few projects are planned commencing on beginning of retirement, an upgrade to our bath in the house and a reconstruction of a attached shed to the garage to make room for my wood working equipment. Then some State Park visits during the week leaving the parks to the masses of people on the weekends.

Well, at least I have made a post, next year as we progress into our retirement adventures I hope to do a better job of documenting our adventures.