Some Work. Some Retire. Some Do Both.

It used to be that one would work until about 65, get the gold watch and retire to either a life of leisure or sadly waiting for whatever life threw at them.

Another alternative is do do both.

While I am old enough to retire, I am fortunate enough to do both.  I have the good fortune to work a part-time job from my home office that allows me a flexible schedule.

Flexible enough that, for the first time here in the upcoming winter of 2020, Vickie, Dougal and I are going to head to warmer surroundings in the January through March time frame.  The beauty of this job is that the marine business is slow in the Winter months and I can easily "announce" that I won't be available until after April 1 beginning with the first of the new year.

We hope to leave in early January and take a (hopefully) leisurely trip down to our first destination in the Mobile, AL area.   Since we don't know what the en route weather will be like, our loose plans are to take 3-5 days going down.

We will be travelling in our classic (RV-Speak for old) Class A Holiday Rambler Monitor motor home.  The GW (Gypsy Wagon) is a well-equipped rig with a powerful and thirsty Chevrolet 454 engine on the venerable GM-Built P30 chassis.  She has a nice full bedroom at the rear, full bath, well-equipped kitchen and dining are and a comfortable living area.  We travel in style (but mid-80's decor) with our miniature dachshund (Dougal) alternating between Vickie's lap and the couch in the living area.

The remaining good weather time before late November will be spent getting her loaded up and making desired repairs and improvements.