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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.  We would have to agree! Curt and I have been visiting Port Aransas, Texas for the past 5 years!  Join us and learn about their great retirement journey!

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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.  

Many retirees have this same passion, to record and pass on family stories and traditions, but feel overwhelmed and lost as how to start.  Clytee has some excellent tips to start recording your history now for the future.  Hope you will join us!

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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."

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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 ebike world has changed  retirement for many bikers.  Owning and riding an  ebike is a fast new trend in the United States that is making riding a bike a fun and pleasurable hobby for many of us who dreaded head winds and hills in the past.  I bet after this show you will be investigating ebike sites and may even be on a waiting list to own your own!  Don't forget your helmet!

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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 Fred? Who wants or where do I leave my favorite collections?

 These are just a few of the questions we asked Kathy Randall , a professional organizer, who is retired herself, but still taking a few special clients with their quest to downsize. 

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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 Ozarks as a retirement journey!

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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 inspiration!     We never dreamt that we would have so many downloads in one year and be in the Top 20% of podcasts due to these numbers and we have never advertised or earned a dime!!!

Podcasts are relatively new to our age and older people.    We are finding that retired people don't have the expertise that the Millennials and Gen Xers  do in downloading and subscribing to podcasts.  Curt and I  have only been podcast listeners for the last five years, but we love them.  This is just one more learning curve for the generation who grew up with dial phones with party lines attached to the wall with a cord! 

Who would have thought we would become hosts to our own show????   Thanks to all of our subscribers and downloaders for listening to these adventures!  You have motivated us and have allowed us to come into your lives with your retirement stories.  Also thank you to all of our special guests!  You are the real stars of our show and our podcast is successful because you took the time to talk to us and tell us of your amazing adventures in retirement!

We have learned many lessons along the way and we are still learning!  Who knew that meeting that stranger in a McDonald's parking lot a year ago and purchasing his podcast equipment would lead to such a fun and successful retirement hobby for us!  

Happy Anniversary AdventuRetired!  

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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 different and unique and  being retired-ish suits this great couple perfectly.

After visiting with Sofia and Michael we realize that retirements can inspire us in different ways.  What is important to understand is that we all have our own path to retirement travel.  They call themselves Sojourners which means "a person who resides temporarily in a place" , and  the Rohrs fit that name perfectly!  What a great retirement adventure!

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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!