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I Waited 53 Years to Raft the Grand Canyon. It Was Worth Every Minute.
Some bucket list dreams take a lifetime Fifty-three years ago I stood at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Adventurers in rubber rafts floated into view, screaming in delight as they surged through the the Colorado River’s Hermit Creek Rapids. I remember thinking, "Someday I'm going to raft that river." This June, at age 77, I finally did. If you've…...
Top Retirement Towns
Coral Springs, Florida, is a unique master-planned city that was developed by a division of Westinghouse, and officially chartered in 1963 for 50,000 residents. But during the 1970's through the 1990's, the popular town grew rapidly, with the population swelling to 134,394 during the 2020 census. Located in Broward County, twenty miles northwest of Fort Lauderdale, Coral Springs has been…...
Franklin County is located in Northeast Texas, 72 miles southwest of Texarkana and 96 miles northeast of Dallas on Interstate 30. Mount Vernon, the county seat, has been selected a Main Street City because of its historic preservation, museums, a diversified community of gifted artists, and a superb quality of life. Franklin County (population just over 10,000) has been designated…...
Columbia has frequently been rated as one of the top retirement towns in the USA. CNN Money included it in its 25 Best Places to Retire for 2009 because it has the amenities of city life, Southern Hospitality, a low cost of living, outdoor recreation, and a temperate climate. Consumer Reports compared the CNN Money list with the U.S. News…...
Englewood is a small town on the Gulf coast of Florida, just south of Venice and west of Port Charlotte. The town is very popular with retirees (average age is 62) and snowbirds, some of whom come from England and Europe. Although the population is 20,800 (2020 census), it swells to several times that in the winter. Englewood Beach (previously…...
