A YOUNG RETIREMENT
We traveled to Paris, Ireland, Ecaudor, Panama, and Costa Rica. We would still be traveling if not for the negligent actions of Go South Adventure Tours, Costa Rica. Jane broke her wrist and needed surgery ASAP. So we had to pack up and head back to Wisconsin. You can read more about that in The Story and Reason.
I started this new site as a continuation of the other because of two reasons. One, we are now back in the states and not abroad anymore. Second, I loaded my photos at too large of a file size and I ran out of storage. That site will aways be there and I will have links on this site back to it.
We are now residing in Port Charlotte, Florida and decided to make it our permanent home. We will be sharing our new adventures from here and anywhere else we travel. We also will be posting pictures of of the beautiful flowers, wildlife, sunsets, and interesting things we come across. For our over 300 follows, welcome aboard and hope you enjoy our adventures into retirement.
Thanks Bud and Jane
Thank you for the follow of my blog. I am happy to join your followers as I am also “retired” and “young”. I retired at 50 due to some health challenges but have been lucky and am now very well, ,busier than ever and spending winters in Florida! I wish I was back there now as Ontario is cold ( flurries forecast for Sunday!!!) and very wet. Ah well, c’est la vie!
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Thank you also for following us. Look forward to reading your blog. Hope it warms up there
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Great blogs. And thank you for the follow. 😀
cate b
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Thank you. And thank you too for joining us
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I’ve just discovered your site through Cee’s Oddball Photo Challenge. I’m looking forward to reading more!
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Well thank you. I will check out yours as well
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OK – I’m glad you know how to do it. It’s a bit of a pain (in terms of time) but worth it to save the space. I’m also not sure if the larger photos take a lot more time to load on other people’s slower machines or web services. So I think it’s well worth the effort. Enjoy your retirement(s). 🙂
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Thank you
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Thank you so much for liking my blog post(s). I just noticed that you said (above) that you had loaded pictures with too large a file size (or too many small ones) onto your old site. So did you know that you can reduce them in size ? I use some software to bring them down to around 150K, but even the picture viewer has that capability I think. Let me know if you’d like more information or advice and I’ll do some research for you. (I used to be in IT so should be able to come up with something. 🙂 )
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Thank you for the information. Yes I thought about going back and reducing the size but at the point there were too many photos. I now do it on the new site as well as linking most of the right from Flickr
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I look forward to following your blog
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Thank you. I also look forward to following yours. Thank you for stopping by
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So sorry about your shortened trip abroad. Sounds too painful. I am up in the Panhandle of Florida; we are neighbors, so to speak. I thank you so much for the follow.
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Yes we are and your welcome. Thanks for stopping by
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Hi Bud & Jane what a great blog you have, loved the pics and the post retirement activity. Thanks for following my blog and let us stay connected. Waiting to see more of your flowers and sunset. Keep smiling and happy 🙂
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Thank you. And thank you too for following us.
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Hello Bud and Jane from Downunder! It’s nice to catch up with fellow CeeFFC-ers! Thanks so much for checking out my Daytripper Sippers and following. I’m having a great look around your photos. cheeky, fun and creative takes on the challenges! I’m a sucker for a your beautiful sunsets! See you for the next challenge. Cheerios, CC
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Yes I enjoy her challenges and thank you for looking around our site
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Hello Bud and Jane, what a sweet photo of the two of you, it’s nice to see who is behind a blog! Thanks very much for stopping by my blog and visiting. And the follow. I see you love to take photos so please do feel free to join in the photo challenge for fountains, we’d love to have you!
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Thank you so much and thank you too for the follow. And I do plan on playing along with your challenge. Bud
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excellent!
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Spectacular pictures fascinating.Feels good visiting you. Cheers 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by, come again
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Pleased to meet you.
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You too. Looking forward to following the blog
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Thanks for visiting and following The 3rd Drawer Down. I hope you enjoy all my “other stuff”.
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I look forward to it
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Thank you for stopping by and liking my blog. Your blog is wonderful and has many things of my interest.
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Thank you, hope you enjoy it. I look forward to following you
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Thanks for following my blog 🙂
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Your welcome
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Thank you for following my blog. God bless.
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Your welcome. And thank you too
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Many thanks for so many ‘likes’ and for following my blog!! 🙂
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Your welcome
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Hi, Jane and Bud, love to see you following puzzleblume, my blog before, and I really would appreciate to see you also on my new blog puzzleblume2 , running since march 2016.
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Just did. Thanks for following us too
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Hi there Bud and Jane. Thank you for visiting and following HoB. Much appreciated!
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Thank you so much for following Oh, the Places We See. What a pleasure getting to know you better and to see that your retirement has many similarities to ours. Best wishes for continued good health so you can see even more!
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Thanks for following my blog, Bud and Jane! I wish you a happy weekend 🙂
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Thank you too and the same to you
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Hi Bud and Jane! Just loved the title of your blog and I am looking for updates on your future adventures.
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Thank you. I look forward to following you too
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Hi Bud and Jane! Lovely to meet you, and I’ll be catching up on your adventures. 😊 Also thank you for visiting and following my blog. Much appreciated.
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And the very same to you. Thanks for the likes and the follow.
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Thank you for your extended visit and follow! I’ll come back to visit your blog after the weekend.
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Your welcome and thank you
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Many thanks for visiting my blog and liking it enough to follow! 🙂
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Your very welcome looking forward to it
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Thank you for visiting keith kreates.
I have to admit, as our son and his family live in Florida, the temptation to cross over is very strong. Only two things stop us:
1. The cost of healthcare, and
2. The possibility, however remote, that Donald Trump could end up in the Oval Office.
For the time being at least, we’ll stick with France, with the odd trip out when finances permit.
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Thank you for your reply. I am going to sign up to follow you. Was no normal follow button but will put in my email. Also we may be moving too if Trump were to be elected. Yikes what a thought. Bud
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Thanks for the follow. If you search back on my blog you will find daily blogs for our 7 day cruise to Spain and our 25 day cruise to New Zealand, the Fiji Islands, and New Caledonia. Nice to connect.
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Thanks to you too. I look forward to reading about your adventures
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Thanks so much for the follow on my travel blog. I’m going to enjoy reading about your experiences on this blog. You both look very happy and relaxed in retirement.
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Thank you too I look forward to following your blog
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I googled Jacaranda trees–didn’t find any yellow ones. But if you photographed them in Florida, I do believe they grow there. Victoria
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Ok thanks.
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You are blessed to be able to travel. My husband won’t retire for about 7 more years. Visiting from the A-Z challenge. That was one horror story about Costa Rico. The photos of the hospital was unreal.
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Thank you. Yes it was terrible in the public hospital. Especially be left there on our own.
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Thank you for your visit to my blog! It is great to visit yours! So—you were originally from Wisconsin? I am still here…I did leave for awhile…and I am hoping I can move again soon. Love your photos! We are so blessed to have you share your travels among us! Thank you! Blessings to you both!
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Thank you. Look forward to following your blog. We still have family and friends there
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happy looking couple
nice to meet you! 🙂
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Than you very much. Welcome aboard
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Happy travels to you.
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Thank you very much
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Thanks for visiting my site and for the Follow. Looks like you have a great home base; being a former Floridian, I am familiar with the Port Charlotte area. Look forward to seeing you again.
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Thank you. I look forward to following you too
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I’m envious of you… sun, sea, sand and seagulls! Here in Ireland we only have sea, sand and seagulls, if we’re lucky. Thanks for following OMBH… I hope you find a smile or two when you visit! 😉
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We were in Ireland too and it was beautiful. We had nice weather the whole month. Wouldn’t mind living there
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Mmmmm… I think you’d soon wish for more sun!! 😉
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Hopefully you will recover fully and keep enjoying travels over the world! Thank you for the follow – and I will pick up those words in your header…about retirement. I have quit my stressful job in order not to die too early…
See you soon! Happy travels!
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Thank you and I hope you enjoy retirement
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I guess just as much as you do!
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Hi folks, thank your for visiting Renaissance Musings, and I do appreciate the “following.” I have been on this blog more than two years and more than 700 posts. I look forward to seeing more of your posts.
Jeff
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Thank you and we look forward to following you too.
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Thanks for liking my post today. I also live in Florida. and am loving it here. Good luck with your new blog site. 🙂 Sylvia
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Thank you we love it too. And I’ll be following you
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Thank you. 🙂
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Good luck to you in your adventures to come. Florida is pretty nice. I recently visited Fort Lauderdale, Miami, and the Keys. Key West and Key Largo were my favorite. I hope to return when it’s not crowded.
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Good luck finding the keys uncrowded it is a very popular spot. We love it too. Thanks for stopping by and following us
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I love the seafood in Florida and the sea breezes. The traffic and crowds not so much! Have a great weekend.
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I like your blog caption – Retired From Work, Not Life. That’s my philosophy too. There is simply too much to explore and experience. Maybe someday I’ll slow down … just not yet 🙂
Happy Travels 🙂
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Thanks for stopping by and following. Yes, I just wanting everyone to know, just because were retired in Florida now doesn’t mean we’re dead yet
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Don’t you just hate it when people ask ‘so, what do you do all day?’
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Yes. I wish I had time to answer them.😎
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HAHAHA!! Great response! 😀
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Thanks. I do standup in my free time
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What a wonderous adventure you and your lady are on. I love to travel and recently traveled to Paris. Hope your wife is recovering nicely and hope you continue to enjoy your travels. Thank you so much for stopping by my blog. @sheilamgood at Cow Pasture Chronicles
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Thanks for stopping by my blog! I see you are enjoying the Color Your World Challenge as much as I am!
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Hi there,
I am so glad to “meet” a fellow Florida resident & another veteran traveler. I’m afraid you can’t get rid of the travel bug once in your system. It will start gnawing again when wrist heals. From my backpacking days to present, thru Indochina, India, Europe … oh, plus I’m from Singapore & my husband is Australian and we now live in the US, I think you will be checking travel sites on the internet very soon. 😀 BTW, your flower pics are just beautiful!
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Thank you very much and yes we still like to travel. I look forward to following your site too
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Good morning! Just dropping by to say thank you for the follow over at my place! Looking forward to reading more of your posts! 🙂
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What a beautiful blog this is, full of stunning photos! I love them, even if they do make me slightly envious 😉
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Than you very much. I look forward to following your blog
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Thank you for following my blog. I look forward to reading more of yours.
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I retired exactly ten years before then You and I can say that life continues. We are busy in our life, both having own hobbies, I photographing and my wife making different kinds of crafts with her hands, like quilting, knitting and beading. Together we love outdoors visiting beautiful places and having experiences.
You live in a paradise – enjoy life!
P.S. About me.
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how exciting, i look forward to doing this myself one day. thanks for reading and following and i look forward to following the two of you on your adventures. best, beth
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Hope you stay in Florida. It’s a nice place and state to live. Good luck.
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Hi there,
Thanks for taking the time to stop by my little corner of the Blogosphere and for the follow. Your support is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoyed you visit and look forward to seeing more from you.
Have a great day, 🙂
Eddie
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