Mind My House
Ron and I are trying an experiment: house and pet sitting for a couple in Shingle Springs, California. They are interesting, well-travelled folks who have a house on the beach in Costa Rica and they are headed there for a month. So we are getting out of the heat in Phoenix and spending this time in the gold rush country. There are other creative ways retirees are using their time to travel and experience new places. This article from the NY Times is chock full of ideas. Increasingly, Retirees Dump Their Possessions and Hit the Road By DAVID WALLISAUG. 29, 2014 SOME call themselves “senior gypsies.” Others prefer “international nomad.” David Law, 74, a retired executive recruiter who has primarily slept in tents in several countries in the last two years, likes the ring of “American Bedouin.” They are American retirees who have downsized to the extreme, choosing a life of travel over a life of tending to possessions. And their numbers are rising. Mr. Law and his wife, Bonni