Ready! Set! ....

This thread is making me smile and I really hope we continue to get some wise advice from the experienced folks on here.

We are in a very similar situation, but not quite. I turn 55 next month and will be retiring 2 days after my birthday. I am not a wealthy man, but everything is paid off and I expect to pay cash for our first new trailer in the next month or two.

My pension will be modest, but we haven't lived an extravagant lifestyle during our 32 year marriage. We've been planning for an RV lifestyle for awhile now and it's coming close, we want to do this while we are still young and healthy.

Our plan originally was to do the US thing during a bit of the winter months but we'll wait until the dollar parity is a bit closer. In the meantime, Canada is large enough to keep us occupied for a good while.

It's a funny feeling, on one hand I wonder where the years behind me went, but on the other I can't wait to live the ones in front of me.

Start camping in your new unit in your yard at home, so you can jettison the uneeded extra stuff you have filled it with and fix the issues, stick up the 3M hooks where you need them etc

And then enjoy...

Nova Scotia is great but I would not plan to get there until July. Take your time getting there.

I frequent this site for all sorts of retirement advice, not just financial. Peruse the forums and hope you find the site as useful as I do!

http://early-retirement.org/

A useful book to read is "Younger Next Year." Both of our libraries had it, and it's a simple easy way to understand getting older.
We've always been around younger people and they've keep us younger then we actually are. Don't forget staying active, and keeping a positive attitude.
We enjoy our travel trailer more then using motels. Spring in the Northwest is just around the corner, and we'll be out there. Wave to us.

Advice? Live the American dream!

If you're looking for a bunch of people to confirm your plan you can get plenty of that here.

If you are looking for "real" expert advice to help you decide if you are making good decisions at this time, you won't find any of that here.

nickthehunter wrote:
If you're looking for a bunch of people to confirm your plan you can get plenty of that here.

If you are looking for "real" expert advice to help you decide if you are making good decisions at this time, you won't find any of that here.

Sir, I sincerely appreciate your concern and input and I politely disagree. I have found numerous gems among the responses here. Information is easy to find. Wisdom, sage advice, experiences of those that have successfully done and the knowledge gained by those who tried, failed, persevered and made it is priceless!!! I so sincerely appreciate everyone who takes the time to respond and generously share. Thank you Sir for having enough concern to challenge rather than simply pat us on the back!

nickthehunter wrote:
If you are looking for "real" expert advice to help you decide if you are making good decisions at this time, you won't find any of that here.

You will from me. I don't sugar-coat stuff about people going "full time" with no money, no plans and kids. And I have the deleted posts to prove it.

These folks are doing fine.

2oldman wrote:

nickthehunter wrote:
If you are looking for "real" expert advice to help you decide if you are making good decisions at this time, you won't find any of that here.

You will from me. I don't sugar-coat stuff about people going "full time" with no money, no plans and kids. And I have the deleted posts to prove it.

These folks are doing fine.

You haven't a clue as to what amount of money they have already saved, what it is invested in, what their sources of income are, how good their health is, what health insurance they have, what their future needs are, what their life expectancy is, and about 600 other relevant questions. For all you know they could be 100% invested in rubber trees in Antartica.

So in my humble opinion, your opinion of how well they are doing is worthless.