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Avoid These 10 Mistakes When You Go Hiking

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September 21, 2022 — Swept up in the desire to stay healthy and armed with plenty of time in retirement, millions of baby boomers are enjoying hiking as a fun pastime. Unfortunately, sometimes things go wrong. According to hikersdaily.com, almost 5,000 hikers are injured every year,…

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Published on September 21, 2022
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10 Great River Trips for Your Retirement

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May 26, 2022 — Sooner or later the “what are you going to do” question comes up in conversations about retirement. For a whole lot of people their answer is: “Maybe we’ll take a river cruise”. Then the big question is where? There are so many great possibilities. For sake…

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Published on May 25, 2022
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Shake Things Up in Retirement: 10 Great Adventures

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April 13, 2022 — People often say that the most memorable things in our lives are our experiences, and we believe that is really true. You have worked hard to earn your retirement, so why make it really special with some once in a lifetime experiences. Here are 10 fantastic…

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Published on April 12, 2022
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A New Gig for Retirees – Become a YouTube Star

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January 19, 2022 — Bob Wells’ story seems like the perfect companion piece to our recent article on non-career jobs filling the vacuum for people in their early 60s. This baby boomer used to work at a Safeway, then fell on hard times. Living in his van, he discovered that…

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Published on January 19, 2022
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Nomadland, a Great Retirement Film, Wins 3 Oscars

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April 27, 2021 — Nomadland scored a hat trick at the the 2021 academy awards. It won Best Picture. Chloe zhao won for Best Director. And Frances McDormand won for Best Actress. The film is one of the best portrayals of one niche of retirement life we have seen (see reviews…

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Published on April 26, 2021
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Costa Rica: Thrills and Nature Bucket List

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(Note: this is the first of a 2 part series on Costa Rica. Part 2 focuses on expat retirement in the country. )January 13, 2019 — Does your retirement include a bucket list trip to Costa Rica, one of the world’s greatest ecotourism destinations? This Central American country, situated…

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Published on January 12, 2019
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Adventurous Retirements: Nomadic Pilot’s Search for the Right Airpark Community

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This article is courtesy of a recent interview with Nomadic Pilot, a long time Member at Topretirements. His retirement story is pretty interesting, we hope you enjoy it. November 11, 2018 – TopRetirements: We understand you are a pilot. Could you tell us a little bit about your flying…

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Published on November 10, 2018
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The Retiring Nomads: So Many Roads to a Life of Adventure

Category: Adventurous retirement

July 27, 2018 — There are some folks who decide the best place to retire is — everywhere! That’s right, there are people how so love adventure and travel that they sell everything and go on the road. Some do it for a few years, while others hope to do…

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Published on July 26, 2018
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VanLiving in Retirement

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June 3, 2018 — A lot of Americans, including retired baby boomers, are thinking… small. As one example, our last visit to the barbershop was spent listening to the young guy in the next chair talk about the tiny home he is building. Everyone in the shop was fascinated with…

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Published on June 2, 2018
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