Hi Dan,
Thanks for your kind words. One of your comments was:
>I'm about 9 years from retirement & hope to be doing what you are doing when we
>retire.>
During the 10 years before we retired, the only thought we gave to goals for the first
ten years
after we retired was spending at least a week in every state and province in the USA,
Canada and
Mexico.
After retirement we decided that because we had enjoyed "camping" in US Army Corps of
Engineers
campgrounds since the 1950s, we'd visit ALL of them. Little did we know there are
about a thousand.
So far, we've visited only several hundred. On top of that, we're still working on our
National
Monuments list, National Parks list and other lists.
Bottom line to you, Dan. Identifying a few simple goals ahead of time may help
planning that first
year when one specific recurring question keeps coming up, "Which way shall we go
today?"
Secondly, along the way, opportunities for community service will come to your
attention. You know
you'll get involved sooner or later. Whatever interests you most may be what will
spark you. When we
go to Mexico, we take school supplies for children and teachers in remote villages.
The Aztec Trails
group in Guadalajara shares similar goals and quickly facilitates getting involved.
Here in the states, when we get involved with groups of RVers, we step up to the plate
if one of
their goals is to help with a Ronald McDonald House project. True, we pick and choose,
and we don't
do everything. We allow serendipity to play a role. Once, when we particularly liked a
Park Ranger
in Georgia, we and another Airstream family volunteered to do odd jobs for a week in
his state park.
The fact that we have an old Airstream has never been lost on anyone, nor has the fact
we are
restoring it with great enthusiasm. Does that make any difference. Probably not. But
then again,
maybe it does. With that in mind, perhaps today (01/01/01) is a good time for one or
two New Year's
Resolutions.
Warm holiday wishes, Terry
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